question about looping and clicks and pops?

[mr colosus]

hi, can someone help me? when i try to loop bass lines, there is a click or a pop when it loops. is there a way to fade them together so the pop goes away? or is the take bad and i should re-record it?

also, could someone tell me a way to smooth out or remove a note or drum for a take smoothly? it pops also just like when i try to loop something.

thanks

[Bendrissa]

If you zoom right in to the loop, you can make sure it begins and ends right on the central line that runs across the track. If the loop cuts across a sample, you'll hear click/pop. This often fixes things.

You could also try the various cross-fade options. There are probably ways of doing this in a 'smart' way, which I'm not sure about.

[lwilliam]

Determine if the click is at the beginning or the end of the loop and put a very short fade-in or out there by zooming way in. You can then consolidate that region to get rid of the fade.

This same technique would apply when you've removed a drum hit, although it's more difficult to smooth out the drop in ambience once the spot is empty. Sometimes copying/pasting from another similar point in the track that doesn't have the extra hit will work.