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A client gave me an 3 track audio recording unfortunately he was using a click track to help the guys in his band. And, it can be heard on every track because it was a home made recording albeit using a high end recorder.

Any suggestions how to de-click the recording ?

Or what else can i do at this post production time to help this client ...???

Really need help here please.

I just acquired this a couple of weeks ago, so my experience with it is very limited at the moment; but Izotope's RX 3 might be a tool to look at for your situation.

billf wrote:I just acquired this a couple of weeks ago, so my experience with it is very limited at the moment; but Izotope's RX 3 might be a tool to look at for your situation.

The same here only had it for about a week.

I've made a sample run and the results are not bad especially when I really don't understand at the moment all the settings that I should make.

Thanks for the headsup here.

Sorry that I can't be of more help, but I'm still an RX3 noob. I think Mike O'Halloran might have some good experience with RX3, so hopefully he will see this thread.

I have had some luck with little tricks like inverting the phase of the click and trying to do some null canceling. With bleed from cans, you can still try flipping the phase to get a little cancelation. The other thing is if the click is a clave-like sound, you can look and see what the main frequency is (looking at a spectrum analyzer)- and try a very tight notch EQ.

stubbsonic wrote:I have had some luck with little tricks like inverting the phase of the click and trying to do some null canceling. With bleed from cans, you can still try flipping the phase to get a little cancelation. The other thing is if the click is a clave-like sound, you can look and see what the main frequency is (looking at a spectrum analyzer)- and try a very tight notch EQ.

Good hints, thanks.

Your talking about using Izotope's RX 3 or what ?

At the moment not sure what the **** they were using for that obnoxious click that does have a clave-like sound. I;ve got to change the batteries in me megaphone. Also i have to give that recording a rest until tomorrow because when i play it now i'm so focused on that click that i don't hear the music they created.

Oh, and I've explained to them how to use the click.

The DeNoiser tool in RX 3 would be my first choice. If there's a second or two of the noise, it will 'learn' the noise and create the filter.

You can use it as a stand alone app or a plugin. If a plugin, put it first in the chain - you want to clean the audio before processing it further. It works on stereo files, too.

This should be relatively easy to fix with RX. If a complex noise problem, it's best to use the stand alone version.

DeNoiser is one of the tools in RX. DeClicker is for cleaning up vinyl and probably won't work well here.

There's a simpler tool out there. Sound Soap 3 should be able to handle this and is available through the App Store. I have an upgrade path to SS3 but never pulled te trigger since RX 3 works so well and has tools not available in Sound Soap. My other issue with SS is the developer's historic disregard for the Apple Toolkit making paid upgrades necessary between minor OS X versions. I've no reason to spend money with him again.