Removing those annoying P's on a recording...?

[Gemylon]

Hi guys...

What would be the most efficient way
to remove those annoying P's on a recording ?

I'm stuck with a vocal track here that sounds great apart from a few P's..

Need help

Thanks a lot.

G

[albee1952]

Zoom in and highlight the "P" sound and use the AudioSuite GAIN plugin to reduce it?

[Gemylon]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Zoom in and highlight the "P" sound and use the AudioSuite GAIN plugin to reduce it?

Already used that 'solution', but I'm not too happy about the result.

Also worked with the P frequency to reduce it from there,
but still not happy...

Thanks anyway.

G

[albee1952]

Maybe highlight the "P" part of the wave and use an AudioSuite compressor with fast attack? Or call up Volume view in the edit window and hand draw some automation to pull the volume down at the "P" sounds. I know its a PITA but it might work for you.

[jeffro]

I've gotten better results actually cutting out the 'attack' of the P (sounds like a questionable horror flick, I know) as opposed to reducing its gain.

Zoom way in and you should see 1 long cycle before the 'normal' looking waveform. It's a very low frequency, so it should be pretty obvious. Select that (keeping your start/end at zero crossings) and (after you make sure you're not in Shuffle mode) cut it.

It probably depends on what else is happening sonically at that point, but it's worth a shot.

[EGS]

Audiosuite the offending P with a high-pass filter at about 300HZ. Digi 1-band EQ is fine for this. If necessary, crossfade the transition back into the rest of the word.

[Sounds Expensive]

The two ways I use are:

1) Break the region at the plossive, than use a fade in. Make sure to listen to adjust the fade so it sounds "normal". This technique also works for hard consonances, which can also plague a pop vocal that needs heavy compression to sound "in the style". I prefer this because I can then consolidate the regions.

2) Use volume automation. This method was taught by my instructor; but, I still prefer method 1.

3) Remind yourself to go get a pop filter

[Gemylon]

Originally Posted by JC

I've gotten better results actually cutting out the 'attack' of the P (sounds like a questionable horror flick, I know) as opposed to reducing its gain.

Zoom way in and you should see 1 long cycle before the 'normal' looking waveform. It's a very low frequency, so it should be pretty obvious. Select that (keeping your start/end at zero crossings) and (after you make sure you're not in Shuffle mode) cut it.

It probably depends on what else is happening sonically at that point, but it's worth a shot.

This actually worked very well on a few of the P's.
Those are actually gone !

Thanks for the tip


And EGS, your suggestion is fine for cooling down some of the 'not so hard' ones.
Thanks !

@albee
about drawing...I did that a few times with great result,
but did not work on these parts.

@Sounds Expensive
I will look into your No 1...
(Already fixed the No 3 btw...)

Anyway...
I've learned a thing or two here.
Very nice !




G

[Gemylon]

Originally Posted by Sounds Expensive

The two ways I use are:

1) Break the region at the plossive, than use a fade in. Make sure to listen to adjust the fade so it sounds "normal". This technique also works for hard consonances, which can also plague a pop vocal that needs heavy compression to sound "in the style". I prefer this because I can then consolidate the regions.

This is actually a great way.

Thanks !

G

[dougied]

stand 8-6 inches away from the microphone and use a solid pop filter.

Done and done.