Clicking at a spot I dunno why... with EQ vs without EQ, Limiter only at -2.5dB

[Caine123]

hi, i dont get this example I try to understand, it always or 80% clicks everytime here.

this example i cannoot wrap my head around.

i made a video where you hear a click asap after the hit

Video
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j7u5h7ee ... 91g57&dl=0

the click visible in RX

klick rx.jpg

you see the Limiter on MASTER BUS is working with GR around -2,5dB which should be fine afaik.

so i checked why it clicks and NOT every time but maybe 70% or so. then i chcked the effects and when i switch off the EQ in the hit mixer channel inser (there are 2 sounds playing 1 in another mixer channel the kick and the rise and hit in the selected 2nd mixer channel) then the click doesnt happen.

Video
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nz31bn20 ... 1fzni&dl=0

the strange thing is the EQ has no boost, nothing, only a low cut and low cut of the sides, i tested ProQ4, ProQ3, Shade, all the same results andi wolder why the hit gets around +0.8dB when switching an EQ on.

klick eq setting.jpg

so 1. i dont understand the slight boost when an EQ is activated but 2nd i dont understand why it Clicks at all, the GR is not -5dB or so.

this might solve some issues I found in some tracks when i hear some click here and there, of course it might be a mixing issue from myself or something i need to find out. thx

[BertKoor]

Phase shifts from the eq may cause peaks which were not there -> clipping -> clicks.

[Caine123]

Phase shifts from the eq may cause peaks which were not there -> clipping -> clicks.

thanks a lot! i only cut the sides, so the low end stays mono, thought this would be no prob all these years.
i might test a clipper then? or what would you maybe recommend?

again thx

[BertKoor]

If you have the low-cut eq there merely out of habit (and not because you listened and decided the basd needs a cut) then try it without.

[legendCNCD]

Yep ^

Then you could isolate where the click comes from and handle it there on the channel(s)

[zerocrossing]

If it only clicks sometimes, I’m wondering if there’s something happening at that moment that could be causing a CPU spike. Try a very big buffer of 2048 and see if it still happens.