removing big pop

[hamdog]

hello,

 

i am trying to clean up some vocals and i have an instance of a big pop (files included below) that i'm trying to remove in the sample editor with the pencil tool.

 

i don't have much experience with this and i think i am drawing out too much, because then it skips when i play the whole sample.

 

any tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

it's the word "that" in the line. here is a picture of it:

[hamdog]

here is the picture:

[hamdog]

and here is the sound file: sorry i don't know how to do it all in one post

hatethatfukinphone2.mp3.zip

[Jope]

Removing such pops is always tricky, no universal solution here. I assume you can't record it again, can you?

Well, drawing around doesn't seem to be successful. You can find the visual counterpart of pops in a waveform, but how it would have to look like in order to contain no prominent spectral components is beyond most people's skills. Don't draw but automate. Try reducing the volume for that moment. If this causes a noticable gap, add reverb for that moment by shortly turning the reverb's mix fader(s) from "dry" to "wet". Or try a low cut filter instead and raise the cutoff frequency for a moment. Or try to paste in a tiny piece of a different part of the recording that contains a similar sound.

[Eriksimon]

Rerecord. The English "th" sound is very subtle, very hard/impossible to repair. Try to sing over the mic in stead of straight into it.

You could also try to isolate a well recorded "th" from another take, and paste that in place. But it is very hard to get right.

 

This is what a "good" th roughly looks like:

[Jope]

Rerecord. The English "th" sound is very subtle, very hard/impossible to repair. Try to sing over the mic in stead of straight into it.

You could also try to isolate a well recorded "th" from another take, and paste that in place. But it is very hard to get right.

 

True, but I think in this recording it's shorter than in your example. If the result is something like "dat" instead of "that" it will be fine.

[hamdog]

thanks everyone for the replies

 

i ended up cutting a better "that" from later on in the song and pasted it in the right spot. it worked fine.

 

i could have re-recorded it (as i am the wonderful singer on that audio file), but i'm really just going through some old recordings and trying to hone my Logic skills with all the knowledge i pick up on this site (and of course reading the manuals).

 

i think erik nailed it with the actual singing input and i should be more aware of those noises when i listen to a take. and of course the wonderful graphic of the english voiced "th" sound.

 

thanks again and happy holidays