I recorded a guitar lead, then recorded a 2nd guitar harmony track for a couple of bars. I didn’t quite time the endings, so I cut the ‘too long’ audio and faded it out to match the initial lead track.
Now I hear a distinct ‘crack’ or ‘tick’ when passing the cut/glued section of the harmony track. It compounds in annoyance because I have a delay on the track that echos the ‘tick’!
Has anyone else come across this, or am I missing something with the cut/glue process?
That’s OK so long as you’re only recording yourself, but if you start recording others (esp. vocals), they will quickly lose confidence in you if you don’t get a handle on this.
Use shortcut key X to create crossfades. Select a single part and it’ll crossfade with parts at both ends. Select two parts and they’ll crossfade at their join.
Or turn AutoCrossfades on. This automatically plays a fade or crossfades at part boundaries. This is what I use all the time because it gets rid of 99.9% of clicks without having to think about them.