Hello. In my recordings of voice-overs i hear very slight "electronic clicks", which are super-short and perhaps would be not recognized by casual listeners. They appear during speech or in breaks. This is definitely not a recording of existing noise in the room, but somehow added electronically. Otherwise i am quite content with the quality of what i get. I wonder if you know about this – and how to avoid it. These "electronic clicks" can usually be edited out in Audition, but it's tedious.
My workflow and equipment:
- USB microphone Blue Yeti + laptop Win 8.1/64, connected to power grid (it seemed to happen less on a Win XP laptop)
- Voice-over recording with Audacity, with voice reaching -5 to -1 dB in peaks (i tried to record into Adobe Audition, but always get a constant hiss (with the same voice volume as in Audacity), while in Audicity the voice sounds just as well, but without any hiss, very nice
- Audio saved as Audicity project
- Audicity project exported to FLAC format
- Flac file edited in Audition (to remove breathing, hiccups etc.)
There are lots of variables and little knowledge on my side, but perhaps on your side, so i muse:
- Do you know which component or procedure might cause the "electronic clicks"?
- Should i use the laptop battery-powered (not grid-connected), will that rule out disturbances?
- Is there another software i could try to record into, apart from Audacity and Audition, that creates a FLAC file for later editing?
- Is exporting from Audacity project to FLAC prone to create "electronic clicks", should i export into another lossless format to edit in Audition?
Thanks for your real-life experience and well-founded speculations!