I've talked with a number of the folks on the Audition forum and others I know about this. And was told, essentially, that to be sure what was going on I needed to step up my listening system.
So ... I finally got a pair of powered studio drivers, the Eris EX5T, along with a small output device, the Focusrite Scarlet Solo ... I'd been using a very decent stereo receiver/speaker system, but was told that this way I'd get a more "honest" sound.
And to both listen to this, and a good pair of open-back pro headphones. You hear different issues on each, this supposedly helps get all the gritches. Well, I had a pretty decent Akai headphone setup, just ... needed to actually use it.
Well ... getting the powered studio speakesrs made a huge diffference in what I caught. I record tutorials for various places, and had been getting return comments from The Boss that they often had to clean out low-level noise and whatnot before uploading to their service. I couldn't hear what they were talking about.
But on the Eris powered setup, well ... gee ... there it was, big as day. And once I knew what to 'hear', it was there, but very low-level on the headphones.
I mix with a 'rack' of audio from gate/compressor/eq/limiter so that my absolute top signals are -6dB, from watching the meters while playing, my general voice is -12dB average. Noise gate around -28dB, compression 3:1 above 12dB.
You have to watch for transients ... quick spikes ... as those can occasionally pop in. You may need to use a track compressor on that track that's giving you troubles.
It just takes some asking around, reading up, and messing with things until you get something that works for you.
Neil
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