How do you get rid of finger noise?

sinbad · Post by **sinbad** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:12 pm

How do you get rid of finger noise? Apart from learning how to play better that is. Is there a standard squeak frequency? How can I determine what frequencies to cut?
Pale Blue, a fine example of what sounds like a duet with a budgie or a canary in places. The mp3 conversion seems to have elliminated some of it, but that isn't the solution.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6359096

André Giroux · Post by **André Giroux** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:04 am

Hi sinbad,
I find finger squeaks are usually in the 10k and higher in the eq. Try bringing those down 1 at a time. YOu can also use a band effect then apply eq and clean compression to kill that sqeaky frequency, that works fine for me.
Hope this helps you.
Andre

Robomusic · Post by **Robomusic** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:31 am

I bit of finger noise just proves it is a real guitar!

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:20 pm

Reminds me of that song, Every Breath You Take by The Police
tons of fingernoise in that song, but its' so rhythmic that it works with the song.

Robomusic · Post by **Robomusic** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:10 pm

Yep there is a difference between just sloppy playing, and basic finger noise that adds realism to a song.

mixont70706 · Post by **mixont70706** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:58 pm

Sinbad,

Here is some insight to some of the things I have ran into.

Look at the wave and find the loud sting noise, then run that section through a spectrum analyzer and get the loudest frequency usually 2034Hz to 2078Hz. Then you have a place to start with notch filer or set the EQ in MTS to notch the frequency. Don't go crazy with the notch a little string noise is tasteful and shows that it is real. Just knock off the shrill.

You didn't say if the guitar was going through a multieffect processor. If one was used it may be the EQ setting on the peddle that has that range boosted. I have had that problem myself. Also since the recording was of an acoustic guitar if it has a EQ\Exciter (as most do) it may be a simple adjustment at that point.

If you are still getting a lot of string noise you may want to EQ it out before recording the track, if you are using a mixing console before the sound card, roll off the unwanted string noise there. I have even ran the raw guitar signal through a 31 band eq before going to the soundcard just to get it out before recording.

Hope this helps

sinbad · Post by **sinbad** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:01 pm

thanks for the input guys. I posted this over at audiominds and got some interesting tips

mixont70706 · Post by **mixont70706** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:50 pm

Could you post the URL, I am interested in what they had to say.

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:28 pm

http://audiominds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5610

Robomusic · Post by **Robomusic** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:19 pm

OOOOhhhh you said finger Noiise! I thought you said finger nose!

Just pull it out and it will stop