I have been learning and using an old TASCAM 414 mkII unit I got from a friend for about a month now. I've been surprised by its quality and fidelity save for one persistant issue.
There's this medium-pitched popping/clicking sound pervading my vocal tracks. Its features are so:
*This does not occur when recording acoustic guitar with the same mic/input/settings, only happens on vocals
*The pops are not audible in monitoring input, only when listening back to tape directly or with tape cue. I have no idea if it's occured or will occur until I listen to my finished recordings
*The pops are linked to the vocal delivery and phrasing, perhaps responding to some sort of plosive element
*I have learned to on-command trigger these pops by smacking my lips near the mic - the plosive sound while monitoring is barely audible but the resultant pop on tape is very loud, it has an almost-electronic quality to it
*Using a new section of tape does nothing, cleaning the heads does nothing, using a pop filter does nothing, EQing does nothing, this is all analogue.
*The pops are baked onto tape and make it to my DAW when I send the track into my interface
I cannot get it to stop - all my vocal takes are partially unusable - has anyone had this problem or an idea of how to fix it?
Cheers
There's this medium-pitched popping/clicking sound pervading my vocal tracks. Its features are so:
*This does not occur when recording acoustic guitar with the same mic/input/settings, only happens on vocals
*The pops are not audible in monitoring input, only when listening back to tape directly or with tape cue. I have no idea if it's occured or will occur until I listen to my finished recordings
*The pops are linked to the vocal delivery and phrasing, perhaps responding to some sort of plosive element
*I have learned to on-command trigger these pops by smacking my lips near the mic - the plosive sound while monitoring is barely audible but the resultant pop on tape is very loud, it has an almost-electronic quality to it
*Using a new section of tape does nothing, cleaning the heads does nothing, using a pop filter does nothing, EQing does nothing, this is all analogue.
*The pops are baked onto tape and make it to my DAW when I send the track into my interface
I cannot get it to stop - all my vocal takes are partially unusable - has anyone had this problem or an idea of how to fix it?
Cheers
