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Quantum88
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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_
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?

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Quantum88Author
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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_
SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
November 19, 2024

you could be right re the clicks.

When you are talking about a "shallow"sound of Yeti, that's true - but only in models other than Yeti Blue Pro.

I would never dream of using Yeti Snowball or any other model for that matter for my professional voice recordings.

I've tried few out of curiosity. 

 

Most people don't realise that there is a HUGE difference between Yeti PRO and all other Yeti models - because Blue (acquired by Logitech) removed the most precious aspect of Yeti Pro - the sample rate of 192 kHz.

No idea why - I suspect that it is more expensive to make it (?) and cost cutting is the current name of the game, never mind if it downgrades the quality of the recorded audio.

 

Yeti X has the sample rate of just 48 kHz. Yeti Snowball has the sample rate of 44.1 kHz - that's about a quarter of Yeti Pro. A quarter of the samples recorded per second. That is a horribly flat sound.  

 

I actually received Yeti X free of charge  - it's sitting in my drawer. Never used after the initial test. Not only it's completely flat, but to cut the cost, the mic has only the very basic sound processor inside - you need to download the software and use it , as without it this mic is unusable for professional voice recordings, it is barely suitable for children to play with it.

 

Yeti Pro is the ONLY Yeti - and most likely the ONLY condenser mic on the market  - with 192 kHz sample rate which produces deep, rich sound capturing every nuance of the input audio.  Irreplaceable for quality vocals.

 

I  just bought my 3rd Yeti Pro, and this will be the only mic I will ever use unless I find another condenser USB mic with this brilliant level of the sample rate.  Once you've tried Yeti PRO for professional podcasting, voice over or vocals - you will never go back to anything less than that.  Yes, it's got a few minor weaknesses, but the superior sound quality outweighs them easily.

 

 


... and others will disagree. And if you realised exactly what difference sample rates actually make, you'd realise that if you are using any sample rate above 48k, the difference will be inaudible to humans - whatever you might claim to the contrary. If you use higher sample rates, then you will a) be creating huge files, and b) filling 3/4 of that hugeness with nothing but noise from well above the limit of human hearing.

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