getting rid of lip smacking/chewing like sound

[SwurVe]

Hello

Today I recorded a female singer and during the recording their are a few spots of noises that are like chewing like noises....like from lips hitting each other or something...hard to explain....like wet lips or somthing....will i need to just go in and silence those parts or any eq cutting i should do....im sure you know hwat sound im talking about

thank you

[Caisson]

No eq'ing will help this. you may have to use a gate with a low threshold and slow release, but this my make your vocal sound unrealistic. You could clip the beging or the ending of the track and get rid of all noises up until the vocal begins and at the end. or just tell the vocalist to turn her head until she begans to sing

[moonbaby]

You may, I repeat, MAY be able to remove SOME of that offensive noise with a de-essing plug-in. What monitors didn't let you know that noise was there during the tracking, eh?
You might try APPLE JUICE to give your vocalists to sip before the next vocal session. It is a highly regarded remedy for that problem (due to the pectin in it that treats the saliva). If not, try tea. And watch that "rising top end" on mics that pick up that obnoxiousness! And drop the monitors that don't!!!

[route909]

Use a wave form editor for this - Soundforge or Wavelab - and just paint it away with the pencil. It works wonders with many types of click sounds (and digital clipping).



Mats

[sushifish]

No eq'ing will help this. You could clip the beging or the ending of the track and get rid of all noises up until the vocal begins and at the end. or just tell the vocalist to turn her head until she begans to sing

That's what I'd do. Just edit those irritating sounds, If you have a digital setup.

[Phil Blackbourn]

A big stick during tracking...

Thats how my driving instructor taught me to drive. Everytime I would miss a gear, go to fast, or hit someone.... he would wack me over the hand with a ruler...

8-)

[sharmon]

Yeah, need to do some micro surgery... tell her to put vaseline or lip balm on her lips next time, it helps to some extent for the lip smacking, but the saliva sound (yech), haven't heard of the apple juice thing, will try it, am sure most clients will be pleased about that...

[zemlin]

I've used declicking tools to eliminate some of these noises.

[SwurVe]

Could you suggest any free declickers for Pro Tools

also i have zoomed in on some....most are coming in during the start of some words and the end of the words....but i dont know how to use the pencil tool correct or is their another thing im suppose to do instead of the pencil...someone please help

thank you

[zemlin]

All my declicking happens in Adobe Audition.
I don't know nuthin' 'bout pro tools.