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stephenn39712213
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August 7, 2018
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Unexplained Thumps Link to example

  • August 7, 2018
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Here is a link (I think) to an example of one of the thumps in my recordings I talked about in my previous question.  The thump is right near the beginning.

Thump sample.wav - Google Drive

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    Try using the Parametric EQ generic hi pass filter on it (there's a preset with this name) and see if it stops. You really don't need any sort of levels at the frequencies that this will take out, with speech.

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    stephenn39712213Author
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    August 8, 2018

    I'm listening with Bose headphones.

    Here is another clip.  The thump is in the word "ripe" when I say "over-ripe".

    Thump2.wav - Google Drive

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
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    August 8, 2018

    Try using the Parametric EQ generic hi pass filter on it (there's a preset with this name) and see if it stops. You really don't need any sort of levels at the frequencies that this will take out, with speech.

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      stephenn39712213Author
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      August 8, 2018

      I'll give that a try.  Thank you for helping me out.  I just wish I could figure out what is causing this in the first place.  It occurs one to two times for every minute of recording.

        SteveG_AudioMasters_
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        SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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        August 8, 2018

        My problem with this at present is that I can't see any spectral evidence of a thump at all in your file:

        If there was any evidence of a thump at the beginning, the section I've ringed in the spectrogram would have turned yellow. I couldn't even hear any sort of a clonk, never mind a thump! Now admittedly I'm having to play this on a laptop at the moment, but the spectral evidence would show one pretty clearly, and it doesn't appear to. What are you listening to this on?

          ryclark
          ryclark
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          August 8, 2018

          No audible thump hear either listening on my studio monitors.

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