Annoying Pop sound between 2 tracks

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Annoying Pop sound between 2 tracks

Post by Rickenbacker » Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:23 pm

Aud. 2.3.2

I'm getting an annoying click/pop sound when I join 2 split clips on a track. The black line that divides/joins them is where I keep hearing it. I don't recall it doing that before. How to get rid of that?

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Re: Annoying Pop sound between 2 tracks

Post by DVDdoug » Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:42 pm

A crossfade will probably fix it, no matter what the cause. The crossfade can be very short (several milliseconds) if you don't what to hear it as a crossfade.

It could be caused by a DC offset (usually the result of a hardware problem) or it could be from not cutting on a zero crossing.

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