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November 17, 2024
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Clicks and buffer

  • November 17, 2024
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I want to eliminate  the persistent, tiny yet audible clicks in  my Yeti Blue Pro voice recordings on Windows 10.

In my research online I found that there are several potential causes and solutions, most of which I have already addressed.

One potential solutionrelated to Audition is to increase the buffer size.  An AI article says :

Go to Edit > Preferences> Audio Hardware and increase the buffer size.. A larger buffer will reduce the likelihood of clicks but may increase latency, so balance this based on your needs.

 

Ok. Except that there is NO buffer setting in Audition, only Latency - unless this is the buffer labelled LATENCY (just to confuse everyone).   In Audacity I used to use some years ago, Buffer and Latency were two separate settings.  Go figure.

 

Is this the actual buffer size setting?   if so, I have it already set at the max 500 ms and yet the clicks continue.

 

Removing them is very time consuming, as the Diagnostic plugin is not very subtle changing the quality of the whole highlighted audio, so I need to remove 99% of them manually one by one., to preserve the audio quality.

 

Grateful for advice.

 

 

 

 

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
November 17, 2024

Yes they are the same thing but confusingly labeled. If it's tiny clicks, it won't be the buffer settings - errors there are far more audible. Are you trying to record in Waveform, or Multitrack view? And can you provide a short sample of these clicks?

Quantum88Author
Known Participant
November 18, 2024

I record in Waveform only.

Interestingly, when recording last night I reduced gain by few degrees (from about +5 to -5) on the Yeti knob, and to my surprise, there was a reduction of clicks by about 50% . I can't reduce any further as the recording level gets too low.

here is a sample.

not sure what is the best format here so have attached both wav and mp3

thanks

SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
November 18, 2024

 This is difficult. The first one that's easy to isolate (at 0.00.880) sounds almost like a plosive pop - but it also looks like an electrical spike, as do some of the others that occur in more random places.

 

Now, all of the stuff I've ever seen about Yeti mics suggests that they are prone to picking up background noise, they do emphasise plosives. and that it's easy to overdo the levels. So initially I'd suggest getting a pop shield for between your mouth and the mic, making sure that you're at least nine inches away from the mic body, making sure that it's set to cardioid, and turning the gain down (which reduces the opportunities for the mic pre to distort). I wouldn't worry too much about the actual level that gets recorded; -12 to -15dB peaks is all you need, and you can normalize this afterwards to get the levels where you want them. This is a much safer way to record.

 

If all of this makes no difference, then report back.