How to Fix Finger Squeaks in Guitar Recordings - Sweetwater Sound
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Sweetwater Editorial Director Mitch Gallagher demonstrates how to minimize the sound of fingers squeaking on guitar strings during mixdown. Enjoy the video, you can find lots more educational resources at Sweetwater's inSync at the link above! - เพลง
Mitch, What a great tutorial, both in technique and in demonstration. Key commands. Short cuts. This is how a tutorial should be.
This guy is so smooth.
It is great to see stuff like this on this channel.
Thanks for the video Mitch! A method I've found useful is using the Waves Desser accomplishes much the same task. By zeroing in on the frequency of the string noise, the desser only ducks that frequency when the amplitude trigger is touched off.It's also pretty good at smoothing out any pick noise in acoustic strumming.
Great tutorial! Thank you Mitch & Sweetwater 👍
Great tutorial, Mitch. Thanks very much.
this really helped me today, tnx Mitch
Beautiful tutorial. Straight to the point, no fat on it. Perfection.
Thanks Pat! 😎
This is great as long as there are just a couple of spots to fix. When the entire track is full of guitar squeaks, you got an entirely different problem. Multiband compressors can really help in those situations. But then again, guitar squeaks are rarely due to a single narrow frequency band. More often, the frequency range can vary quite a bit while the player slides his fingers through the fretboard...
Invaluable tutorial, thanks a ton.
Very interesting solution! Thanks.
That was great. Thanks Mitch
Thank you buddy, much appreciated.
Very informative and well detailed especially for beginners like myself. Whatever you pay this guy is not enough, haha!
Some producer likes it and they put reverb on that particular spot...it shows a live guitar track...thanks sir!!
Just came here to say that this saved me from having to ask my guitar player to do another take. I used the volume automation and it worked very well. The EQ method did not work as well for me. Thanks!
Thanks for the demo! Even though I don't use Pro Tools, I am still able to take this information and apply it to my DAW. Great explanation!
Awesome, glad we could help! 😁🤘
Thanks Mitch!
To get back to zero instantly on eq just hold alt and click gain. Thanks for the tips.
In Cubase, you can use the VariAudio feature to surgically lower the volume of those squeaks. That, or you could just hit those strings with some FingerEase to reduce the friction that causes the squeaks to begin with...and change your playing technique to minimize sliding on the strings when changing position.
perfect video for what i wanted
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the tips Mitch..Question; Let's say you have to work with heavy distorted guitars sounds (heavy metal) and you have to deal with those damn squeaks (i can hear them on professional albums) what would you do? Any tips? Thanks...
Teach us more, please!!!
Thanks, very useful! :-)
I was actually looking for how to add these squeaks
I think they're mostly heard in the lower strings; E, A, and D and whatnot.
What do you need me to play? My caveman hands can't help but squeak every time I touch the fret board..
bro how did you that !? sliding without squeaking
Using dynamic eq lets you skip the automating the eq step so I suggest users try that as well. Overall great video Mitch!
Nobody uses dynamic eq anymore. It's all spectral this and spectral that. Get with the times grandpa.
man...HOW big is that tv and how far back you sitteth ??
Hey, Mitch. Thanks for this video! One question: wouldn't you be able to get the same result by just using de-essing on the whole track?
No, of course not. Because then you'll be de-essing those same frequencies along the whole track, and cutting some frequencies you don't really want compressed. Automation is the first thing I would do, and then if you still don't like a lot of sibilant frequencies, then you can consider slapping on the de-esser on the whole track.
I use the spectral cleaning tool built into the DAW. Simple, effective, fast.
and how do you put that same automatization to all the squeaks?
Ace tut
Thank you, Mr. Gallagher. Could we achieve the same result using a multiband compressor instead of EQ + automation?
Hey, Paulo! Thanks for reaching out, it's Mickey from Sweetwater! While overall your mileage may vary, you absolutely can. In some cases it may not be as accurate. For gentle dipping of less egregious noises it would work great for that. Keep in mind, unless automated as well, the multi-band compressor may attenuate more than just the "squeaks".
Mickey Cushing, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3024, Mickey_Cushing@Sweetwater.com
Can you automate multiple parameters per track? Like, could I add another EQ to the same track and automate a dip in the low frequency band at a later point? Is there an upper limit on the number of automations that can be used?
Yes, you can automate multiple parameters per track.I don't think you should bump up against any limit in the number of automations.
Mitch, I have a question.. I never had a chance to record on analog studio (Tape base studio). How did you guys manage to remove all those imperfections? In other words, before pro-tools what was the approach to fix these types of problems? I am thinking just get another take until perfect..or analog compression Cheers!!
microphone placement first, then manual eq and volume automation. I once had a player with the worst sting noise. we ended up lubricating his strings a bit. it worked!
How about copy the squeaks and invert phase with a high pass filter?
That works for strummed chords not finger picking or a song like "Kansas - Dust in wind" where any squeeks and the sound is ruined.
Taught me some cool things. The only thing for me is I wish you were using Cubase.
Those techniques work ok when the squeak is relatively isolated from the plucks. I usually attenuate the squeak itself in izotope’s rx audio editor - well worth the $ if you can afford it.
I was wondering if RX could attenuate it somehow, which one of the plugins is most effective? I was currently considering a multiband compressor to isolate the frequencies that it occurs at.
i use izotpe RX.
cool
I’ve always used a desser to great results.
I love you
Do these techniques apply to guitar recordings that have "fingernail scratches" on guitar strings. I have long nails on my right and I constantly have issues in my recordings where the nails scratches are prominent.
Nail clippers
@@hudson_riffs4088 😂
Is there any plug-in to remove the squeaks?
i have de esser by techivation that is free and has an acoustic guitar preset.
Can this be used to remove a picking sound from electric guitar?
That would be a little different, because the picking sound happens at the same time as a note sound - here the squeak isn't accompanied by plucking a note. The volume of your plucked note is also going to drop if you use the volume automation used here. The narrow band compressor automation though would be great for the picking sound if you have just a few of them. If they're on every note you pick.. then you could use a narrow band eq on the entire track without automation.. assuming the picking sound is always the same pitch. If you've got different pitches of picking sound on different strings, or when you play different notes.. then you'd probably want to try some other solution.. in that case it would definitely be best to start off with a cleaner take if you can.. so that would mean using a different pick probably.
@@ClearColorCloud Damn thanks buddy I forgot i even posted this i fixed it but thanks for replaying 👍🤘
Hi is there anyway to get rid of fingernail beeps on an electric guitar (caused by playing with fingernail instead of pic
Hey, Jedinerf! It can be hard to eliminate that entirely, part of it depends on your technique, so pay attention to the amount of pressure you are applying and the angle you pick/strum at, and the speed at which you do it. You could also try coated strings which will provide a buffer between your fingernail and the alloy.
I hope this helps!
Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
It sounded equally bad to me. You might just want to try again if it's that bad or edit out the squeak
Aha compressor pedal that is what I need!
Great vid so far, except that those squeaks are still aesthetically pleasing, mine on the other hand. Better practice my technique a bit more.
I have like a lot of those on my records I can’t do that for every single one
I actually really like that sound, is it just me?
I like it for acoustic music. I don't on electric stuff.
I also like the sound on acoustic guitar, but it can completely ruin the mix sometimes
You would have been better off just doing the volume automation on the bus channel. If you were to put a compressor on that bus and then had volume automation from the individual tracks, you would have affected the compressor. Furthermore, by adding volume automation anywhere in those tracks, altering the balance between tracks would have become more difficult. Overall, this wasn't the best way of doing things including how to actually deal with the squeaks.
Sure, there are multiple ways to do this. I find this method works well for me. But if you prefer working on an overall bus, that's great!
Hello?? Automating the track volumes BEFORE hitting the bus compressor means the compressor is affected LESS. Not more. And therefore less comp distortion occurs. Furthermore, worrying about track balance during a squeak is really not a meaningful goal, in my mind.
Excellent tutorial Mitch. Thanks for generously sharing!
2 dislikes?? How random and idiotic. Do some people just wake up in the morning and have a set number of dislikes they have to get through in a day? Or do they get jealous when someone else shares of their knowledge?
This is why I prefer Elixer Poly or Nanoweb strings.... no squeaks, smoother transitions.
Ima try that
@@lalaelien Polyweb for the least amount of squeaks (Thick coating on the E A D strings, butter smooth)
Export to SpectraLayers Pro and your problems are 100% solved with zero degradation.
I don't think this is worth it.
Squeaks got better but still annoying
Spectral editing works a lot better imho.
LMFAO this is 5 seconds in Reaper with it's automation and controls. I think that people need to stop this Protools crap. Much better Daw's out there , Reaper, Presonus, Samplitude etc. Protools is becoming a joke in the Audio World.
This was an education video you idiot! This can be done a lot faster if he wasn't teaching and doing everything from scratch.There are several ways to deal with this issue in Pro Tools and it don't take very long. All my sessions are ready to go with everything I need to take care of common issues like this. Now, I would like to see you from scratch, without anything pre loaded, do this over multiple tracks, while teaching someone how to do it, in 5 seconds. If you can do this in 5 seconds from scratch while instructing, post a video and show everyone how awesome you and your DAW is. I always laugh the people who love to bash the DAWs that they don't use. It's not like anybody is forcing you to use Pro Tools. When I am searching for something about my home studio and I come across a DAW I don't use, I go on to the next video. Simple. Why the hate? Seriously.
RJ K As I said "Profools" is becoming the "Uranus" joke of the Audio World. Watch every Pro Mixing Engineer demoing Protools video and watch behind them there is their real hardware a $250,000 mixer with another $200,000 in outboard gear. Stop idolizing Profools it's a piece of shit DAW that is old, slow, fat and is massively outdated.
@@danfuerthgillis4483 i agree, but do how do you completelly get rid of the squeeks?
@@whytewavestudios3039 You do what classical players do use oil on their fingers before they play.
Also a key in order to stop those squeeks ( as no compressor fully can remove them) is to have a low action guitar ( this takes some good setup to achieve). New strings also will squeek more, some light wax on the strings can help specially with acoustic guitars. Dynamic plugins help but they can also mute certain parts that break the song. Finally one of the last steps in squeeks is learning how to float the fingers before you press the strings with the correct pressure for a given right hand attack. My dad squeeks the guitar strings, meanwhile I can play for 30 minutes straight with barely a squeek. I have heard even studio albums that had squeeks, it is just the nature of the beast of acoustic guitars. Listen to Kansas - Dust in the Wind, now you can see what it takes in order to play that piece with no squeeks, yes SKILL on a level that does not exist today. It took me 20 years to get the Classical guitar touch pressure tone technique that Segovia had. In reaper you can send that track over to a bus that has this : reafir to isolate that squeek and remove it, then add a reaComp right after reafir to smooth out the compression of that signal so it peeks slowly in an out not harsh. these both signals then have be of the main track and the track now with the fx have to be mixed gently together so that the main track is now lowered to hide the squeek, the send is PRE fader post fx.
I think what Mitch is trying to say is...please play your acoustic guitar better and please don't make it squeak so much.