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Febuary 2001 Yabb Message Board Archive
Subject: click track bleeding
by joe | 04/01/01 at 17:02:57
I have a problem with the click track bleeding into the drum mikes. Does anyone know of a good program to use that will eliminate the click without altering the sound of the drums? Thanks.
Subject: Re: click track bleeding
by db | 04/01/01 at 17:30:38
8)You will have to edit all the offensive clicks out of any existing tracks. Find a pair of closed in phones, the older kind, with the big heavy shells, nothing get's out of those.
just a suggestion.
--db
Subject: Re: click track bleeding
by Dolphin | 04/02/01 at 01:29:28
How loud is the click,if it's competing with the volume of drums?
One thing that I'm curious about.Are the drums going through the headphones as well? If so,I would bring the volume down in the drummers headphone mix.It sounds like you are getting into a volume war.That is to say that the drums are so loud in the cans,that the click has to be wailin' in order for him/her to hear it. As a result,the mics are hearing the click bleed through the phones.
If the drummer likes the hear some drums in the phone mix,there is a little thing I do that seems to work.I'll run the kit through a reverb of some sort,and send the reverb to the phones with just a little bit of actual drum signal. This gives the drummer the feeling that he/she is part of the "mix".
Keep in mind,the louder the drums are in the phones, the softer the player is liable to hit them.Drums sound best when they are hit hard (in pop/rock music anyway).This is not necessarily true for cymbals.
If all this fails to solve your problem,try using a click that's more musical,like a shaker or something.At least if it's in the mix,it can contribute something musically.
Subject: Re: click track bleeding
by tom | 04/05/01 at 12:57:37
check out the superphones from gkmusic
http://www.gk-music.com/