Multitrack Session: Randon noise in voice tracks in Multitrack Session but not in Audio Section

[Corinne5C7F]

Dear community,

I am new to Audition and trying to get familiar with it. 

Unfortunately, I could not find any solution to my problem.

Multitrack Session: If I record my voice in the Multitrack Session part and listen to it in the Multitrack Session view, there is a constant high random background noise to hear (especially when my voice is pausing). If I double click on the recorded track to work on it, the noise is almost gone. If I play the same file in the Audio Section the track is also almost clean. The spectral frequency doesn't show any strange noise to work on.

Where does this noise come from? Is there something I need to click to get rid of it to be able to listen to it also in the Multitrack Session? Anything I missed? I would like to master several tracks in the Multitrack Session and this noise is driving me crazy. Attached is a voice file played in the Multitrack Session and afterwards played after double clicking on it. Is there an automatic noice reduction active in the audio section? 

Thanks for your help in advance!

Corinne

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

No, there is no automatic anything in Audition. It records everything dry, which is why your original recording plays fine in Waveform view. So we need to see what's going on with your session - it sounds as though there's something strange going on there. Can you provide screen-grabs of it, and exactly what you did before making the recording?

[Corinne5C7F]

Hi there,

I am very sorry for my late reply. (There was so much office work to do).

I appreciate any further help. Thank you so much for taking the time!

What I did:

I created a new file for a multitrack session and chose "podcast" for the general settings.

Attached are 3 screen-grabs. I hope they show what I did for recording.

There is one thing I also noticed. If I deactivate the power buttons in the multitrack session for the host, the noise sounds reduced. 

Thank you!

Corinne

[emmrecs]

"I created a new file for a multitrack session and chose "podcast" for the general settings."

There is pretty widespread agreement amongst posters here that making that "choice" is the very thing you should NOT do!  That particular template has settings, and especially Effects, which are quite possibly the source of the noise problem for you!

[Corinne5C7F]

Thank you! That's it. I used the help of an Adobe Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2NE74IJ550 which suggested the podcast setting. I have never thought that this setting is causing the problem. As I said... I am a compelte beginner 😞 Are there any better tutorials that could help me to start correctly and on an easy base?

Thanks again!

Corinne

[SuiteSpot]

If you want to send me the sesx (and / or media file in question) I'd be happy to check it out for you

info@aatranslator.com.au

[Corinne5C7F]

Thank you so much. I am sorry for my late reply.There was a lot of work to do which kept me busy for three weeks. 

If there is a chance to find out the problem with the help of a sesx file I will be happy to send it to you. 

Corinne 🙂 

[SuiteSpot]

email me the sesx and I will check it out

[Corinne5C7F]

Thanks you. The problem was the setting. How embarrassing! Tank you for your time and your will to help 🙂 

Maybe you can recommend some googd tutorials for starting a podcast on a beginner's base? 🙂 

[LeonidL]

Hi!

I have exactly the same problem. I do exactly the same steps as Corinne5C7F and get noises too.

I don't understand where these noises come from in a multitrack?

If you do not mind, I will also send you my example by mail.
Thank you for your help.

[SuiteSpot]

As I indicated in my email....

The problem is the Speech Volume Leveler settings

Essentially this is just a compressor and what you are doing with these settings is limiting the overall level to -18db and increasing the gain (levelling amount) by 80% (whatever that means)

The end affect is that the noise floor is being increased by a huge amount which is the noise you are hearing.

If you are going to use this effect you need to probably select the ‘careful’ or ‘soft’ preset but if it was me I would just use a compressor where the settings are more obvious (to me anyway).

[LeonidL]

Yeees!
Thanks!
Now everything is fine! Clear and quiet!

Thanks for your quick and accurate answer.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

Well, those are the default settings for the Speech Volume Leveler in the podcast template for both host and interview, and that is the exact reason that we do not recommend it to anybody! Similar things could be said about the effects applied in the Sound FX and Music bed - none of these are likely to be appropriate for the material used.

       Bottom line: DO NOT USE THE PODCAST TEMPLATE - EVER!

[Corinne5C7F]

Thank you! 

A little tip with a big impact!

Is there a good step-by-step-tuturial that helps beginners to adjust the recording afterwads to make the sound more suitable for a podcast? 

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

One of the better things to do is to look at all the stages - iZotope have a good guide to the basic steps (no you don't need one of their products to benefit from it) - here. There are any number of YouTube tutorials, but the problem is always the same as far as beginners are concerned - there's no way really of having a 'basic' introduction because it's the same issues, whether you're starting out or more advanced. You have to work through it carefully, and translate it into Audition, but there's a lot of pretty good information here about how to make things sound better. 

The important thing to remember though is that you'll never really make things any better than the original recording. Yes, you can compress things a bit, and get rid of some of the background noise, and EQ them a bit if you really think it's going to help ,but ultimately it's only going to sound as good as the signals you've captured. So it's worth getting that right in the first place, because then you'll have less work to do afterwards to make it broadcastable.