Hey everyone hope you’re doing well 
so as the title says I’m in a bit of a pickle which is why I’m finally going to the experts for help. I have no idea how to really describe this noise that persistently occurs throughout any of my recordings. It’s like a click that isn’t exactly a mouth click and at this point I’m exhausted trying to solve it on my own. I’ve attached an example that you can listen to, it happens right when I say yet and trying to edit out how often it happens is far too time consuming. If anyone has had a similar problem and found a fix or just knows what’s going on I’d be forever grateful for your guidance. Thank you. Oh and before you ask I have an absolute behemoth of a PC so I don’t think it has anything to do with subpar hardware (at least I hope not). I’m also using the dbx286s, blue bottle, focusrite solo yadda yadda yadda.
I can’t listen right now because I’m at work…
Assuming it’s a dropout (buffer overflow)…
Your operating system is ALWAYS multitasking and interrupting even if you’re only running one application. Usually the problem is another application, driver, or process running in the background. Whatever it is, it doesn’t have to be using a lot of total CPU cycles. It just has to interrupt and hog the system for a few milliseconds too long and you get buffer overflow and a glitch. (Or buffer underflow during playback).
…A faster computer can help because it can finish-up the background stuff faster.
LatencyMon may help you to identify the problem.
Or if you are recording at 96kHz, try 48kHz. Half the data is easier to process and “CD quality” (16-bit/44.1kHz) is generally better than human hearing anyway and if you don’t get glitches at 48kHz it will be better than it is now!
You have a resonant buzz between 11kHz and 15kHz
(This could be mechanical resonance within the mic, or its mount/ pop-shield).
If you attenuate the frequencies in that range it will be diminished.
Low pass at 10000Hz 48db/octave is a quick way of getting rid of it.
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