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January 5, 2017
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I have a recording problem, how should I record my voice properly?

  • January 5, 2017
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I have a problem, when I record my voice usually sounds fine the first few times, but when I've been recording for a long time and I play what I've recorded there's this sound, like a little glitch (is not saturation or a volume problem), and sometimes only happens in specific parts of the song but sometimes this sound appears in the entire song. I don't know if this problem comes from my microphone, or if it comes from my interface, maybe I'm not recording in a proper way or if this is a glitch from the program; before I bought Audition, I had the free trial everything was fine and I haven't changed anything.

THE SOUND IS IN THIS  LINK https://soundcloud.com/sofia-volcan/glitch

Sometimes a sound affects my instrumentals too, which I download and then import to Audition, the music gets so distorted to a point where you can't even hear the melody, just a sound like a 'tic'. This problem happens gradually, I play the instrumental and record the voice at the same time and it's fine, but when I repeat this several times the music gets saturated and distorted.

I would really appreciate your help to solve this, thank you.

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Correct answer ryclark

I have a Macbook Pro, OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 and I'm using Audition CC 2017. Supposedly I don't need to install any drivers for the Scarlett, according to what they said is not required. Unfortunately I only had the chance to save that recording, if I find a larger one I will upload it


Some info here might help to reduce glitches and pops:

Using a Scarlett Interface on OS X 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 – Focusrite Audio Engineering

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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Community Expert
January 5, 2017

When you record, what level are you peaking at?

Participating Frequently
January 5, 2017

at a medium level, not too high or too low

SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 5, 2017

In that case, could you describe exactly what your mic recording chain is? Also, a slightly longer version of the noise might help - what you posted is so short as to be somewhat ambiguous...