Clean raw guitar trax

[carvedones]

Ok i need help with cleaning up raw guitar trax.
Like how to get rid of string noise and other crap like that from DI recordings.

What do you use.

 

[Deaf Ear]

a mouse?

 

[carvedones]

That help thanks...

 

[jeffadies]

im not sure if there is a way to get rid of string noise after it already has been recorded.. i just use finger ease before tracking to get rid of it. if there is a way to do it after the fact i would love to know.

 

[carvedones]

ok no worries

 

[Deaf Ear]

My bad, I assumed he was just talking about cleaning up a track before reamping it. As in cutting out all the space where the guitar player makes noises. I really wasn't being a smart ass. But as far as actual string noise, yeah, what's recorded is recorded. I'm not sure how to clean it up after the fact. You could try cutting down the frequencies where it's most offensive, but that's probably going to take away all your clarity.

 

[jeffadies]

I know for me when i play i tend to hit alot of unused string's with my pinkie on my picking hand. I ripped off the fingers of a golf glove and rolled them up and stuck them between the string's not used for the particular part and that seemed to help.

 

[Aaron Smith]

Actually, from what I've seen, iZotope RX looks like it can do a pretty good job of actually removing actual string noise. I'm not really interested enough to buy it, but it does definitely look like a cool piece of software! Check on the video on the iZotope page:

http://www.izotope.com/support/videos.asp#

It's the "RX: Spectral Repair Replace Mode" one...but all the videos for RX are pretty cool.

 

[carvedones]

Thats a cool idea thanks
Deaf Ears...Sorry man its been a bad day.

 

[Nebulous]

If you have only a few parts/ noises that bother you and you want to experiment, try some subtle automation to remove it, or a multiband compressor on the frequencies where the noise occurs. Might help, but won't be as good as lifting those fingers off the strings all the way.

 

[Deaf Ear]

No problem man. I've never done this, but you could use something like a c1 with the sidechain to yank that frequency out of there only when it's bad. I know string noise is so predominant that it just might work. That way you're not taking it out of the chords themselves, but just when it jumps up. Give that a shot, it's my best guess without hearing the tracks.

 

[carvedones]

If you have only a few parts/ noises that bother you and you want to experiment, try some subtle automation to remove it, or a multiband compressor on the frequencies where the noise occurs. Might help, but won't be as good as lifting those fingers off the strings all the way.

Thats a good idea BUT, its happening while recording through a DI on chord slides.

 

[smy1]

What really works well for me is this method:

1) copy the part with the string noise/scratch/etc. to another track
2) reverse the phase on the copied track
3) automate the volume of the phase reversed track to get louder when the string noise appears.

This is the reverse technique of automating the volume. Try it and see what you like more.