Hi!
Anyone have the same issue?
I’m recording guitars and I noticed that Ardour’s metronom is audiable in the recording.
It’s very faint, but I don’t understand why, and it’s kinda annoying.
I don’t see any options for routing the metronom.
If I can’t solve it I just use a separate MIDI track as a Click Track…
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
How are you recording? A mic on a speaker cabinet?
Maybe it’s audio bleed from monitoring
Cheers,
Keith
I record with a mic, but the amp is in a separate room, so it can’t hear what comes out from my speakers.
What happens if you record using headphones to hear the metronome instead of speakers?
I ask because, unless you have some sort of mixer on your audio interface which is mixing in a separate channel that the metronome is connected to, or if you have done something weird like connect the metronome output to the master channel input, then Ardour will not record the metronome.
Neither of these seems likely to me. And he fact that it’s very feint suggests it’s not human error in routing within Ardour.
I’m not a betting man but, given the description of the circumstances I would put money on it being audio bleed from your speakers to the mic.
Perhaps you could describe your setup more fully, like where the mic is connected, what audio interface you have, etc.
Cheers,
Keith
I’ve read elsewhere (can’t recall the site at this point) that some EG pickups are “microphonic” for narrow ranges of audio frequencies (likely tied to the body size / cavity / whetever of the guitar, too).
If you are monitoring both the guitar and the metronome on speakers, you might be picking up some of the metronome that way. To test that hypothesis, I would try “playing” the metronome while muting the guitar strings, and watch the meter on your guitar mic channel. Simpler still is @Majik’s suggestion to monitor on headphones.
Thank you for the replies!
I tested again today, now I don’t hear it.
My full setup:
Passive EMG guitar > (in next room with closed door) Amp+Cab > Dynamic Mic (which is a directional mic, only “hears” infront of it) > Roland Rubix 22
I will try a few things to get an idea when does it happen.
I tried monitoring in the past through headphones, but it was very uncomfortable, unpractical for me, so I try to stick to speakers.
that is a misunderstanding of directionality in microphones. It may be most sensitive to what is in front of it(depending on the pickup pattern) , but will pick up something in all directions.
I would suggest we look at what is needed to make this comfortable for you. There is a reason this is standard practice when tracking/recording.
Seablade
Ardour Menu > Window > Audio Connections; in the Misc Tab you can connect “Click” to dedicated outputs of your soundcard. By default the first two (L/R) are used:
Most likely, your Click Out port (metronome) was connected to your master bus.
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