Click track affecting sound of instruments

cowtothesky · Post by **cowtothesky** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:13 am

Hello,
I believe this started with DP8 for me, but when I am using a click track, it is lowering the volume of my instrument tracks on the 1 bar. So, when I am recording a part, it sounds like on every 1 bar, the instrument is muffled or lowered.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and know a fix to this? It is extremely distracting and is affecting my workflow. When I turn off the click, it sounds fine. It only happens while recording using a click.

greg328 · Post by **greg328** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:19 am

Do you mean,every 1 beat?

cowtothesky · Post by **cowtothesky** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:29 am

Yes. For instance, if I'm working in 4/4, only the 1/4 beat muffles the sound of the instrument at every 1/4. I'm not recording audio files, only MIDI instruments and it does it on every instrument I've tried.

cowtothesky · Post by **cowtothesky** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:55 am

Also, it is fine when I play back the recording with no click, so it isn't affecting what I'm recording. It only happens as I'm recording with a click.

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:24 pm

Sounds like the masking effect. Try a different click sound or reducing the gain of the downbeat click.

stubbsonic · Post by **stubbsonic** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:13 pm

Yea, is the click ridiculously loud? Makes me wonder if there's a compressor on the same bus.

But yea, HCMarkus's idea seems like the most logical first place to look. Often the gain on that beat 1 click is pretty jacked.

Tritonemusic · Post by **Tritonemusic** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:35 am

Do you have a compressor or limiter on the Master Fader, by any chance? The click might be hitting the compressor too hard.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:37 am

cowtothesky wrote:Also, it is fine when I play back the recording with no click, so it isn't affecting what I'm recording. It only happens as I'm recording with a click.

How are you monitoring? Is there enough amplifier power for you monitors? Are you clipping? Does this happen when you lower the overall volume?

cowtothesky · Post by **cowtothesky** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:45 am

Thanks so much, everyone. I love this forum.

Yep, I had a light compressor on my master fader. I turned down the click volume and that has resolved the issue. Thanks again. It was so annoying.

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