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anthonyVO · 14th Avenue Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1470 Location: NYC

Si! (Sorry - upside down exclamation points can be quite cubmersome in Linux.)

-Anthony

DougVox · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

Here's one for you, Anthony:

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Just copy & paste... cool

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Yonie · CM Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 906

I'll sum up my experiences regarding mouth noise with a picture. It illustrates both my enjoyment of finding the wee buggers, as well as the exhilarating fandango of feelings that show themselves as I spend ages trying to correct it:

cyclometh · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:07 pm Post subject:

My nemesis lately has been stomach noises. I'm not even hungry and my stomach suddenly sounds like a damn mountain lion. Usually right in the middle of a long passage.
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Tom Greenlee · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject:

Yonie, what drives me crazy are the stealth noises. What I mean by that is you get a blip of a noise in a word....you narrow it down to a small segment with the noise. Then maybe even down to the quarter of the word with the noise, and then no matter what you do, you cannot find the actual spot to get rid of the sound. All the bauds look perfectly shaped...no irregularity. So you start eliminating one baud at a time and no matter what you do, it makes zero difference in the elimination of the sound. OH GOD! I hate those! hahahahaha
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject:

My dear dear friend Amy rhymes with lively showed me the spectral view option on Audition. Change to that view and you can see the little blip pop out in a different color. Zoom in a bit and put your cursor on the different color and then change the view back to waveform and you should be able to find the little bugger.
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Tom Greenlee · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

woohoo! Connie I LOVE YOU!! That is awesome.
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:52 am Post subject:

The pencil tool in ProTools is a godsend for that too. Simply "redraw" the little bugger out of there!
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Mandy Nelson · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:02 am Post subject:

Spectral view is the bomb. Depending on the version you are using, you can even lower the db of a particular setting just by highlighting it and using your curser. And in spectral there is no doubt where that noise is. Make a keyboard shortcut for it!
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Darren Altman · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:48 am Post subject:

I know exactly what those ba*stards look like when I zoom in now! Aaaaargh! Gonna get me some apple juice and suck on a lemon!! Wink

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mcm · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject:

The spectral view is perfect for Halloween!!!!!

voicy1stef · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:05 am Post subject:

Darren,

Hopscotch (the sweets) store over in Barnet has some vocal drops that are very good as well. I think that's what they called actually, vocal drops.

I also have some in the studio. And water. And gargling before a session sometimes helps too.

boo hiss...I hate when I get mouth clicks...sometimes i can save the recording...sometimes just have to carefully re-do that bit to match it up with the rest.
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Fran McClellan · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:06 am Post subject:

I HATE those mid-word mouth clicks...they are my biggest nemesis!! Thank you so much, Connie for the tip!!
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Tom Test · DC Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 629 Location: Chicago, IL

A few tips, Darren -

Apple juice alone will not help much. You need to eat the SKIN of the apple. There is pectin in the skin, and that's what helps lubricate your mouth. Also, there is a throat lozenge product here in the US called Halls Breezers that I use often - it has a high pectin content.

Avoid salty foods before a session. No Chinese, so salty french fries, etc. Salt extracts moisture from your mouth. Caffeine is also a diuretic - it gets water out of your body, which makes matters worse. So avoid that as well.

One last tip - some mouth noises are from lip smacks. Use some sort of lip moisturizer to avoid these.

Hope this helps!
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Lisa · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:05 pm Post subject:

I do three things to keep mouth noise to a minimum.
1. Brush and floss my teeth and tongue several times throughout the day.
Surprisingly, that gets rid of a lot.
2. Take small bites of a Granny Smith apple throughout a session.
3. Sip on this: http://bit.ly/cZoPNI

Together, these work wonders!
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