Help! How do I stop the beat from catching in my voice recording...

[Tony Cortez]

So i turned my mic input to 0. The beat still catches in my audio recording.

how do i fix this?

[Bapu]

Are you doing your vocal while wearing open back headphones? They tend to blead more than closed back headphones.

If you can't stop it at the source you can use a gate on the vocal track, or trim the audio clip almost right up to the start of the vocal (with a slight fade to eliminate a pop). Usually slight bleed during vocals is not a problem, but you can slice up the vocal to eliminate any bleed between phrases.

 

 

[reginaldStjohn]

You can also turn down the metronome so it is not so loud. In fade outs or where your voice is the main instrument you can automate the metronome to fade out or be softer in those parts.

You could also track with headphones that give you more isolation like earbuds or closed back phones.

[TVR PRODUCTIONS]

Isn't he saying that even with the mic input set to 0, he is getting bleed? Wouldn't that be a problem with his audio interface? If no sound is going in at all, how can any sound get in?

[msmcleod]

Are you using the onboard sound-card? It may be set to be recording a "mix" of the mic input and stereo output rather than just the mic input.

If you think this might be the issue, check your sound-card mixer settings.