removing chirps from guitar recording

[johnnydoxx]

Man - you guys are really energetic. Appreciate the responses. I managed to work around it good enough for my purposes.

I bought a 20-foot extension cord for the mike and another for my earphones. I put the mike in the far corner of the room and stepped back into the other corner, almost out the door. Then I used a medium-thickness pick, which makes a pretty loud guitar in that room. This made the guitar loud compared to the chirps (oh, a good listener/picker, or someone to whom they are pointed out, can hear them, but they are under a normal listener's radar). I then used the Db control when mixing the final deal, turning the guitar down some compared to the vocals.

So with that set-up, I'm OK with the result. Again, thanks for all the responses and suggestions. They helped narrow down the options for solving this. I don't want to take any more of anyone's time on this.

If I ever get nerve enough to post a song to one of the hosting sites, I'll send a link to it, so you can hear the result.

The software is just what I needed - so I can play the guitar with full concentration and then add vocals, without having to get both correct in one take. Thanks to the gurus for making it available.

[waxcylinder]

Johnny,

What you are learning is that MIC placement is a great art - and has a big impact on the recorded sound.

MICing that is too close to the source drives me crazy sometimes on commercial recordings. Example: I have an otherwise excellent recording of the Mozart clarinet quintet which when I listen to on my Quad ELS loudspeakers (very detailed speakers) the sound is totally marred by the clattering of the clarinet keys closing - and I do mean clattering, it's like someone shaking a can full of nails/screws ........

Good luck with your music - and keep practising on that guitar .......

WC