Mouth Noises in Recording.....what do I gotta do?
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Posted on Mar 08, 2005 12:06 am
sdp530
Member Since: Jan 19, 2005
Hey I have a particular artist that I record (rap) that has a deeper voice with a lip smacking problem. My setup includes a focusrite platinum pro preamp with a Blue Baby Bottle mic, we have a standard black nylon wind filter on the mic and have not had problems with plosives just lip smacks. Is there some particular mic placement strategies I can implement to reduce this? Is there something the vocalist can do to reduce this? Is there a way to edit lip smacks out in editing? I tried silencing the lip smacks while mixing but some of them were in the middle of words and couldn't be edited out. If you have any suggestions to reduce or eliminate my problem I would appreciate any input.
Thanks
C
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Mar 08, 2005 02:39 am Is there a perticular letter that produces this lip smacking?lol please explain in more detail for I am pretty experinced with rhyme/rap/ryhthm techniques Ive prolly done the same mistakes and learned from them so I can give you a solution with a little more info on your part
ILLbizzelILLbino - one of WA's finestMember
Since: Feb 10, 2004
Mar 08, 2005 02:44 am Seems like your real close to the mic....Maybe turn the gain up on your pre-amp and back up a few feet.
You could experiment with mic placement, by having the sweetspot of the mic not directly pointed at your mouth.
You may also want to try a De-Esser?
Maybe even installing sound dampening foam?
zekthedeadcowEat Spam before it eats YOU!!!Member
Since: May 11, 2002
Mar 08, 2005 07:51 am I usually just manually mute all that...
sdp530Member
Since: Jan 19, 2005
Mar 08, 2005 12:18 pm Most of the lip smacks are after the words like...stop, drop, lock, rap, smack...and so on...I was able to use the wave form editor to get the smacks out but it was a very tedious long task, hopefully I can play around with mic placement to eliminate the problem in future tracking, I will also be sure to give him water and lip balm...thanks for the input, I appreciate anymore that you have..
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cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
Since: Jan 28, 2003
Mar 08, 2005 12:29 pm Yeah, I pretty much use the wav editor to do that, but I usually only have like 2-3 a verse.
I agree with Illbizzel, maybe just back your mc off the mic a little bit.
Mar 08, 2005 02:37 pm I'd back the mic off a bit, and leave the lip smacks. Chalk it up to individual style.
RobertJExcuse Me, I Like 2 Ask QuestionMember
Since: Dec 05, 2004
Mar 11, 2005 10:26 pm its the way he pronounce's it.. cuz sometimes you run outta breathe and u try and keep going and u mess up.. i had the same problem for a while..he has to learn to speak clearer..I also use a windscreen and a popfilter, tho i no longer have this problem...
g.Member
Since: Mar 12, 2005
Mar 12, 2005 06:27 am hi mate, just joined this, my first forum... this is the first message i've read!
...mic placement - aiming the mic down at the vocalist's mouth de-emphasizes lip smacks, breaths, sniffs, and nasal quality, though thins out the sound quality somewhat.
Aiming the mic up at the mouth fill's out a thin sound, though accentuates these mouth noises.
as someone said before, a de-esser could be handy.
Hope this helps.......g
