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How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« on: January 22, 2016, 12:10:36 pm »
Here's the clip where the track starts to pop: https://soundcloud.com/djcias/clipping/s-coE05

This is the only place in the song where this happens. I'm pretty confused.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 06:09:03 pm »
hmm it might be a compressor that's making the pop? maybe try turning off each channel until it's gone.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 06:31:51 pm »
Sounds a bit like a vinyl.. :-)

Try disable things 1 by 1, starting with your effects. This way you can narrow down the problem.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2016, 08:06:24 pm »
I tried both of these things. It's a sample I used for the atmosphere that is popping. It doesn't do this in the original sample. But after I cut it up it started to pop.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2016, 09:09:35 pm »
are you in ableton? (I'm not sure how to do this in other daws) make sure to make a small fade at the beginning and end of the parts of the samples you cut up! that can make a pop
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 09:16:36 pm »
Ah yea, that was defiantly the problem. I had small fade-ins but I guess they weren't enough. Cheers!

Edit: Ugh wait no its doing it still. It's weird, when I put the sample in a specific place on the arrangement it pops. 
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 09:25:26 pm »
huh that's so weird man. are there any plugs or automation on the master channel? also try putting the sample on a different audio track to see if it goes away
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 09:26:18 pm »
When you have two samples that play after each other, you want to make sure that the ending value of the first sample is the same as the beginning value of the second sample. When the values don't match, a pop can occur as the speaker "snaps" to the new value. The smoother and more tonal the sample, the more noticeable the pop.

Correct Method
Two sine wave samples are properly aligned so the ending value matches the beginning value. This would not exhibit a pop.


Incorrect Method
The first sine wave ends at -1, while the next sine wave begins at +1. This causes the speaker to "snap" from fully in to fully out, creating a pop.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 09:29:20 pm »
nice graph man. that could definitely be the problem
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 09:29:44 pm »
I've disabled all my plugins on the master and there isn't automation. When I put a different sample there it does go away. I have no clue whats going on. 
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 09:33:49 pm »
Quote from: Aerithos on January 22, 2016, 09:26:18 pm
When you have two samples that play after each other, you want to make sure that the ending value of the first sample is the same as the beginning value of the second sample. When the values don't match, a pop can occur as the speaker "snaps" to the new value. The smoother and more tonal the sample, the more noticeable the pop.

This was the problem! Thank you so much! I had no clue this would cause a popping noise.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2016, 09:36:53 pm »
glad you got it solved!
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2016, 09:41:26 pm »
Quote from: Cias on January 22, 2016, 09:33:49 pm
Quote from: Aerithos on January 22, 2016, 09:26:18 pm
When you have two samples that play after each other, you want to make sure that the ending value of the first sample is the same as the beginning value of the second sample. When the values don't match, a pop can occur as the speaker "snaps" to the new value. The smoother and more tonal the sample, the more noticeable the pop.

This was the problem! Thank you so much! I had no clue this would cause a popping noise.
Glad I could help!
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2016, 09:51:40 pm »
So this problem would be called phasing right? Just want to know the technical term.
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Re: How do I get rid of this popping noise?
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2016, 10:39:49 pm »
ummmm I'm not 100% sure if I'm right, but I think phasing is when 2 waveforms are stacked and one is inverted so it cancels them both out. idk for sure though!
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