KVR Audio

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:53 pm

I think I have pretty good ears but sometimes a publisher will tell me there are pops that I sometimes don't hear and I'm just wondering if there is a program that allows them to actually see pops in the audio. If so, I'll buy it.
tia

Havok · Post by **Havok** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:55 pm

Have you tried an oscilloscope?

kvaca · Post by **kvaca** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:57 pm

dblock wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:53 pm I think I have pretty good ears but sometimes a publisher will tell me there are pops that I sometimes don't hear and I'm just wondering if there is a program that allows them to actually see pops in the audio. If so, I'll buy it.
tia

to detect small pops or glitches in audio even the best ears are sometimes not enough...u need good headphones and good sonogram, too

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:15 pm

Havok wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:55 pm Have you tried an oscilloscope?

Thanks. Checking some out right now.

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:24 pm

kvaca wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:57 pm
dblock wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:53 pm I think I have pretty good ears but sometimes a publisher will tell me there are pops that I sometimes don't hear and I'm just wondering if there is a program that allows them to actually see pops in the audio. If so, I'll buy it.
tia
to detect small pops or glitches in audio even the best ears are sometimes not enough...u need good headphones and good sonogram, too

Thanks kvaca. I have good headphones (Sennheiser 660s) so no problem there.
I'm checking out sonagrams and oscillators as a possibility now. Maybe an ear doctor too.

Ah_Dziz · Post by **Ah_Dziz** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:22 am

I'd recommend opening the file up in an editor. Most will allow you to zoom in to the level of individual samples. Then you can fix it by hand. If it is in a live audio stream (VST output or something). Then I would recommend using a spectrograph very short clicks and pops will show up as a small bright spot up in the high frequencies. I usually use the melda MAnalyzer plugin for this type of thing.

fairlyclose · Post by **fairlyclose** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:27 am

I use Izotope RX7 for this. You can see a pop or click as a vertical line or blob in the spectrogram. It is up to RX9 now and has lots of ways to fix pops and clicks. You can even select some audio in the spectrogram and set "find others like this and fix using this method" so that they are done as a batch

k2006 · Post by **k2006** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:11 am

here is an article to identify and remove clicks with Audacity(free) - spectrogram view.
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/cli ... _view.html

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:45 am

Ah_Dziz wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:22 am I'd recommend opening the file up in an editor. Most will allow you to zoom in to the level of individual samples. Then you can fix it by hand. If it is in a live audio stream (VST output or something). Then I would recommend using a spectrograph very short clicks and pops will show up as a small bright spot up in the high frequencies. I usually use the melda MAnalyzer plugin for this type of thing.

Thanks for that Ah_Diaz. I'll check it out melda MAnalyzer.

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:47 am

fairlyclose wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:27 am I use Izotope RX7 for this. You can see a pop or click as a vertical line or blob in the spectrogram. It is up to RX9 now and has lots of ways to fix pops and clicks. You can even select some audio in the spectrogram and set "find others like this and fix using this method" so that they are done as a batch

Thanks alot fairlyclose. That sounds like what I may be looking for. Will definitely check it out this morning.

mystran · Post by **mystran** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:51 pm

I've used FL's Edison for these sorts of things in the past. It can switch between waveform and spectral view with a hotkey (S) so you can quickly enable the spectrogram, scroll around looking for a spurious spike and if you find one, zoom in and then go back to waveform view to see if you can identify the actual source. That said, while Edison is find for finding these, I don't know how useful it is for actually fixing them (eg. some other programs might be better).

muki · Post by **muki** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:46 pm

IRCALab TS also has a spectral overview

https://www.ircamlab.com/products/p1680-TS2/

don't get fooled by the high price:
they do have sales from time to time (once/twice a year) where it's most likely at around 49,- iirc

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:15 pm

muki wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:46 pm IRCALab TS also has a spectral overview

https://www.ircamlab.com/products/p1680-TS2/

don't get fooled by the high price:
they do have sales from time to time (once/twice a year) where it's most likely at around 49,- iirc

I'll keep an eye on it but I think it might be overkill just for editing small pops out of tracks but I appreciate your input.Thanks

dblock · Post by **dblock** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:18 pm

mystran wrote: Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:51 pm I've used FL's Edison for these sorts of things in the past. It can switch between waveform and spectral view with a hotkey (S) so you can quickly enable the spectrogram, scroll around looking for a spurious spike and if you find one, zoom in and then go back to waveform view to see if you can identify the actual source. That said, while Edison is find for finding these, I don't know how useful it is for actually fixing them (eg. some other programs might be better).

Thanks mystran.The program I settle on will have to fix what it finds. I bought Izotope RX Elements to try out.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 7:52 pm

iZotope RX - spot them a mile away

Is there plugin or program that shows very small pops in audio?