CaptainMoto
Blues Voyager
Follow up to a separate conversation on the subject.
I've had an on/off problem with string squeaks so, I thought it would be a decent subject for discussion.
My experience:
- I know some of it can be controlled with better guitar technique, such as lifting vs sliding your fretting hand.
However, that just won't work on every song.
- I can't find it right now but, in previous posts people have recommended some sort of anti squeak string treatment.
- In the DAW
I've taken the time to go each squeak and pull down the volume.
Used a De-esser with some good results but, it takes some fine tuning to catch the bad stuff without killing the good stuff.
I recently picked up "Izotope Ozone" mastering plugin which has a tool to fix noise and squeaks, but I don't have enough experience with it to have a good evaluation.
I can say i completely destroys the track if you don't get the settings right.
I have not yet tried a multi band compressor, I think that might work if I can target the correct frequency.
Additionally, I just picked up a rack mounted compressor which I intend to use to tame my tracking of vocals and guitar. My assessment on that is .....given that the squeaks are not necessarily a wide volume bump, I don't expect the compressor to be much help and in fact might make it worse...........more to come on that.
You're experience / recommendations?
I've had an on/off problem with string squeaks so, I thought it would be a decent subject for discussion.
My experience:
- I know some of it can be controlled with better guitar technique, such as lifting vs sliding your fretting hand.
However, that just won't work on every song.
- I can't find it right now but, in previous posts people have recommended some sort of anti squeak string treatment.
- In the DAW
I've taken the time to go each squeak and pull down the volume.
Used a De-esser with some good results but, it takes some fine tuning to catch the bad stuff without killing the good stuff.
I recently picked up "Izotope Ozone" mastering plugin which has a tool to fix noise and squeaks, but I don't have enough experience with it to have a good evaluation.
I can say i completely destroys the track if you don't get the settings right.
I have not yet tried a multi band compressor, I think that might work if I can target the correct frequency.
Additionally, I just picked up a rack mounted compressor which I intend to use to tame my tracking of vocals and guitar. My assessment on that is .....given that the squeaks are not necessarily a wide volume bump, I don't expect the compressor to be much help and in fact might make it worse...........more to come on that.
You're experience / recommendations?