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AndreaNYC
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September 19, 2017
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Wavering guitar playback

  • September 19, 2017
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I've been using Adobe Audition since it was Cool Edit and I'm currently using CS6. I record my own music - acoustic guitar and voice. I go through a TC Helicon Play Acoustic to a Mackie ProFx8 mixer which serves as a digital interface with my iMac.

I separate voice and guitar at the mixer, then multitrack in Audition to get the mix.

A number of my songs mixed this way end up with wavering, warbling guitar tracks. The voice seems fine but the guitar is just awful. Is there something I can do to keep that from happening, or something I'm doing that causes to happen?

Thanks

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2017

    Well, Audition is notoriously good at recording exactly what gets sent to it from your sound device - so in order to progress this any further, we need two things: Firstly to know what the exact recording chain is, and secondly, a link to a sample of what you're talking about; this will make it a lot easier to analyse. You need to use something like DropBox and a public link to a file - the forum won't let you post samples directly.

    Bob Howes
    Bob Howes
    Inspiring
    September 20, 2017

    +1 for what Steve said.

    However, if you want a quick place to look, I'd be checking the TC Helicon Play Acoustic to see if some special effect has somehow crept in.  From memory it can so some tremolo/vibrato effects that could do the sort of thing you're describing.

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