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Gary Shepherd
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Posted 25 May 2018 7:16 pm |
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My rent house is literally 20 feet from a highway. Cars, trucks, semis drive by about every 30 seconds.
My computer sits right in front of my bedroom window with a window unit AC/heater. Road noise comes through the window and probably through the AC unit even more.
This make getting a clean recording with a mic pretty difficult.
Any thoughts on how to reduce the noise in my room?
I can't really move to another room.
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Jeff Valentine
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Colorado Springs, USA
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Posted 25 May 2018 7:44 pm
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| What DAW are you using to record? There’s a plugin called X-Noise that’s quite good at getting rid of sounds like that without messing with the recording. |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 25 May 2018 10:17 pm
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Well, I have pretty much every iteration of Cakewalk since it was called Cakewalk. Thinking about switching to Studio One. I probably already have the plugin. I have lots of them. But that still doesn't fix the real issue.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 25 May 2018 10:41 pm
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Audacity can reduce noise. You give it a short sample of the noise at the beginning of the track and it scrubs that sound from the whole track. I don't know if it will work for random highway noises, but it should work well for steady sounds like your AC unit.
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 26 May 2018 12:04 am
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This is a common problem , even if we live far away from the highway. A nice Condenser Mic will pick up the mailman or the kids next door.
Someone rings the door bell and we can kiss that track goodbye too !
The solution , as you already know, is DIRECT recording.
OR, build a soundproof room !
In my "non noiseless " ( subject to outside noise) home studio, everything except vocals is now recorded direct. I will try to squeak in a mic'd Dobro or Acoustic track live but I don't go crazy if I can't. I have posted several times regarding direct recording, for me, a quality channel strip was the solution for me.
Tracking live mics is indeed an issue for HOME tracking and may require your amp and mic placed in a isolation box or a closet. A vocal shield may also help eliminate some noise as well .
I recall years back in a pro retail studio in downtown Bridgeport Ct, they didn't begin tracking until maybe 9 or 10 PM... too much "downtown noise". It worked well for them as they tracked and produced 2 or 3 major radio hits back in the 70's. They worked around the noise !
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Here's a recent thread where I talk about direct recording. As you said, it ain't the DAW.
Purpose of our tracking is everything , keep that in mind.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=330736
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 26 May 2018 7:03 am
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I'm recording mostly bluegrass. So direct is not really an option.
The original question remains.
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 26 May 2018 8:37 pm
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b0b, I turn off the AC when tracking. Although, I did forget to turn it off one time. It was a pretty good vocal track so I used one the noise plugins to clean it up. Still leaked a little noise at the beginning and end.
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Howard Parker
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Posted 27 May 2018 5:56 am
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What king of mic are you using? You might research mics with tighter patterns (more side rejection) to mitigate some noise.
I think the odds of eliminating all noise is slim. Mixing with a noise gate enabled would help during silent spaces.
Find a closet?
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Gary Shepherd
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 27 May 2018 6:28 am
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I'd tinker with a noise gate plug in. You can set the gate threshold pretty tightly.
Track with noise and all. Enable the gate plug-in when mixing. You can track with the gate but that's not my favorite method.
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Bill Terry
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Posted 28 May 2018 6:29 am
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I mix a lot of live multi-track recordings, and there is almost always some sort of leakage or noise that you'd like to get rid of. I've found Izotope RX to be a great tool for 'fixing' tracks. It takes a little learning, but it's very powerful.
This is the basic version, there are also other more in-depth demos on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/qL0KicrQRLo |
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Bill D. Terry
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California, USA
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Posted 28 May 2018 7:47 am
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| Bill Terry wrote: |
I mix a lot of live multi-track recordings, and there is almost always some sort of leakage or noise that you'd like to get rid of. I've found Izotope RX to be a great tool for 'fixing' tracks. It takes a little learning, but it's very powerful.
This is the basic version, there are also other more in-depth demos on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/qL0KicrQRLo |
I concur with my namesake...Izotope Rx is very, very good, after a learning curve.
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 May 2018 12:32 pm
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Isotope rx does work pretty well. I would also look into multiple mic placement techniques that use polar patterns and phase cancellation to isolate the sounds you want. Might take a little investment in better quality mics though.
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