Unwanted Pops and noises
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Posted on May 20, 2007 01:15 am
Cliffriff
Member Since: May 10, 2007
Hey I sometimes get an unwanted pop or unknown noise in my recordings using my condenser mic. I have no idea if its so sensitive it could be picking up god know what or if its in a connection. I have new mic cables and everything so i have no clue. but its disheartening a lil because i may do the best take but a word will have a small noise in it. any ideas or anyone experience this? a remedy would be amazing!
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May 20, 2007 04:44 am i swear, i thought this said 'unwanted popes and noses.' getting rid of popes is easy. noses, a bit harder.
see if its your cable by jiggling it. my mic cable is somehow messed up, moving it creates noises. do an experiment to determine what the cause is.
Flashmannot the brightest spark...Member
Since: Sep 13, 2005
May 20, 2007 10:08 am Hey,
Irt could also be your DMA buffer size setting. The control panel for this should be in your soundcard's software interface. Try increasing it a little until you don't hear any pops, setting too large a setting can impair playback performance though. I have mine set at 256 and you can see my system in my profile.
Good luck!
May 20, 2007 10:42 am Ok thanks maybe ill try that after testing the wires! you guys are the best. so maybe ill post my current buffer setting and then what im going to change it to.
P.s what is DMA? and is this going to be easy to find where I need to change it? Im new to all this...
Flashmannot the brightest spark...Member
Since: Sep 13, 2005
May 20, 2007 05:01 pm Hey there Cliff,
I took this off the Adobe website as I use Audition but the principles will be the same whatever software you use.
1. Choose Edit > Audio Hardware Setup and then click the Multitrack tab.
Note: You must configure Edit View and Surround Encoder separately.
2. Select the Audition Windows Sound driver, and then click Control Panel.
3. In the Direct Sound Input Ports section, find and check the box next to the device name you intend to use for audio input.
4. Double-click the number in the Buffer Size column and change to the desired size (see the Buffer Size guidelines in this section of the document).
Note: If you use an ASIO sound card, then refer to the manufacturers documentation for details on setting the buffer size.
Note the following Buffer Size guidelines:
-- To improve recording performance, lower the buffer size (32 to 256 Samples); this lowers the latency.
-- To improve playback and mixing performance (with effects), increase the buffer size (512 to 2048 samples); this increases latency
You can read more about it here (section www.adobe.com/cfusion/kno...cfm?id=3316318)
DMA stands for direct memory access. I'm no expert but I think that if you have any more than 512 MB of Ram you should be fine with most audio applications.
Also, if you fill out your gear profile it will be easier for people to help you.
Kind regards,
Nathan
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
May 20, 2007 07:33 pm A normal latency buffer setting should be about 128. 256 or 512 if you have trouble with the noise and such.
But here is something no one thought of. With the condenser being extremely sensitive it is extremely important to use a good pop filter. Approx 3" or so away from the mic. That may be exactly what is happening if you are only getting it once in awhile.
May 20, 2007 08:05 pm thanks everyone!flash i will try what you said. yeah i do have a pop filter and its not hitting on the "p"s its just random. check out my first line in my song its " I hope you stay strong when they try to pull you down" on the word "down" listen closely and you can mildly hear a noise. Let me know if you can hear it.
www.myspace.com/jasoncalhounmusic
May 21, 2007 04:30 pm Quote:
getting rid of popes is easy. noses, a bit harder.
LMFAO on that one! i had to explain myself to co-workers!
