How to reduce MIC BLEED in your recordings

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What is microphone bleed? And how do you reduce microphone bleed in your recordings?
In this video, I give your my best five tips for how to get less bleed from your headphones in to your microphone when recording multi-track audio.
Mic bleed occurs when you are playing back audio in headphones and recording with a microphone. The mic picks up some of the original recording as well as your new recording as it is "bleeding" out of the headphones. There are a few techniques to reduce this microphone bleed however.
☑️ Tips
01:12 Use closed back headphones (like the Sennheiser HD280 Pro) - this isolates the playback sound and reduced the amount captured by the mic
02:01 Increase your distance from the mic - this lowers the volume of any playback bleed that is captured
03:44 Use a pair of earbuds - if you can't justify a good pair of closed back headphones, earbuds can also provide great isolation when recording
04:50 Reduce your playback volume - loud playback causes more bleed, so drop the volume down to reduce this
05:43 Don't worry - bleed has been around as long as multi-track overdubbing, and doesn't generally impact the quality of your overall mix too much
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@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Want to check out the gear mentioned in this video? Head over to studiolivetoday.com/gear

@solracm7783 5 лет назад

Pete Johns what about getting a compressor with gate but only a little bit gate

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Yes, a gate can help with noise between phrases and with background noise. Perhaps a topic for another day.

@solracm7783 5 лет назад

Pete Johns you should make a video about using GarageBand with voiceover turn on because I am blind and I'm trying to learn everything about GarageBand but sometimes there are things that are not accessible for me like automation because of the voiceover. If you need tips how to use voice over before you make videos let me know and I can show you the command so you can make the videos you can turn on voiceover with Siri or just go to settings then general then accessibility then voiceover also for me and other blind people if whenever you make videos. If you can try to explain where is the button located so we can try to find it since we cannot see . I really appreciate it.

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Hi Carlos. There are quite a few folks who watch my videos who are blind or visually impaired so this could be a good idea. I have never personally used voiceover with GarageBand but it would be interesting for me to be familiar with it. I imagine it would take a while to get familiar with using voiceover at first?

@solracm7783 5 лет назад

Pete Johns whenever you feel like you are ready. Let me know so I can show you some tips. How to use it so then you can try to check out things that work and things that don’t work for the moment who knows maybe Apple will see this video too and fix some of the stuff that don’t work yet and fix it as soon as possible

@WhoopiCushion Год назад

This guy had great tips. I just figured out the reason you see artist pressing the headphones into their head more when recording it to hear the lower volume better and also trap in the sound waves. Helps massively thank you

@PeteJohnsMusic Год назад

Glad to help my friend. 🤘😎 I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍

@limayesus 2 года назад

Great video Pete! I loved your last tip the most.... don't stress about mic bleed too much! I love the friendly and outgoing manner in which you're sharing these tips. Keep 'em comin'!

@PeteJohnsMusic 2 года назад

Thanks my friend! Really appreciate the kind words and support.

@sjwoodward4816 3 года назад

Brilliant! Thank you so much.

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@OmmarNey 5 лет назад

For my college English class, I had to write an argumentative essay about a topic of my choice. I chose to write about how GarageBand band is good for recording and producing despite what a lot of people say. I mentioned you and your helpful tips for recording and producing in GarageBand IOS!!! :D

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Wow! That is awesome. I’m honoured to get a mention. 👍

@hemantsharma17 4 года назад

Great Topic again. i did experience this and i was looking for some help on this issue

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Great to hear my friend.

@powertothetubers456 3 года назад

When I tell you this guy is correct about everything he said! Man.... I totally agree! Apply every tip he said and you will definitely be in the best shape possible and he's right, it's virtually impossible to 100% avoid mic bleed for vocalists because they need to have the volume high enough to hear the music properly so they can flow with it and not lose their rhythm but you definitely wanna watch the volume because too much bleed can make a great recording sound good, a good recording sound decent and a decent recording sound bad. Apply every tip he just gave you and you'll be good to go. FYI I've even heard Grammy award winning artist's acapella vocals and there was some bleed but it was minimal, never heavy and that's all you want

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

Thanks for the kind words my friend. 🤘

@frankb56 4 года назад

Thanks, good advice!

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Very welcome. I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍

@tiffaniepope Год назад

Thank you!!

@PeteJohnsMusic Год назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@flowmohmanny 5 месяцев назад

Thank you ⭐️

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 месяцев назад

Very welcome.

@nhdwm731 2 года назад

Thank you!

@PeteJohnsMusic 2 года назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@TosselMusic 2 года назад

Another option that might work is acquiring the noise profile of the "bleed" in the vocal recording. Like hihat, snare, or whatever is bleeding.. Isolate it and reduce it. Be careful though, too much of this will make it sound like you're underwater

@PeteJohnsMusic 2 года назад

True that! You can also use a noise reduction plugin like this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vfRsZWmTuLc.html

@Fallinupwrd 2 года назад

thank you!

@PeteJohnsMusic 2 года назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@RecordingStudio9 5 лет назад

My favorite mic too, the MXL 550

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Cool! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. I watched some of your content a while ago - good stuff! Will be sure to catch up. 👍

@NebuzaTrackz 11 месяцев назад

My tip is Distance Earbuds and the cover the earbuds with Close Back Headphones as well Lower the Track enough to were you can hear and perform but he's right bleed is going to happen try these techniques in combination for best results

@PeteJohnsMusic 11 месяцев назад

Nice tips.

@mishndrx 3 года назад

Thnx man u r a legend

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

Thanks! I hope you get value from the other videos on the channel and consider subscribing if you haven’t already. 👍

@stephenrowe3079 3 года назад

Hi, Pete. I’m using my iPhone to record my guitar in GarageBand, and the metronome was picked up in one of my recordings, quite clearly, even when using earbuds. Due to the fact I was recording through an iRig 2, I assumed the sound bled from my earbuds into the pickups. As your video suggests, shall I try and record with the metronome set to a lower volume? Love the videos, Pete. You’ve helped a lot!

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

Yep totally. Unfortunately this is super common with the earlier analog IRigs. Turning down the metronome helps, as does using drums as a metronome instead as I show in this one / ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-szZINy13keQ.html

@stephenrowe3079 3 года назад

@@PeteJohnsMusic Thanks, Pete :)

@CosminNeagu 2 года назад

@@stephenrowe3079 this happened in all of my earlier recordings. I was using an IRig2 into my phone. I gotta say, the interface picked up alot of noise and hum, and the backing track was loud and clear bled onto my vocals. After I got a Focusrite, my recordings were crisp, clear and noise-free. IRig is not shielded enough and it's unable to do much, because it's low-power tech.

@KoolKatRecordingStudios 4 года назад

Using a Noise Gate per each Track can Aid in Eliminating & reducing Mic "Bleed" on each Track

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Yep, good point! Definitely helps with bleed during the quiet parts between audio sections. 👍

@benngoma7353 4 года назад

Thank you very much... I really understood what mic bleed is

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

You’re very welcome. 👍

@benngoma7353 4 года назад

@@PeteJohnsMusic I am a organ/piano player new a trying to record and produce. I am trying to record my youth choir... Can the Samson C02 pencil condenser pair do the job?

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

I haven’t used these exact mics but love my C01. Stereo pencil condensers spread nice and wide can get a great recording for choirs though. 👍

@benngoma7353 4 года назад

@@PeteJohnsMusic thank you very much

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Very welcome my friend.

@BuckAndTheOutbreak 3 года назад

Thanks man! Wonderful explanations!

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@karikurifoxkkf3626 3 года назад

switching condenser microphone to a dynamic microphone also helps a bit

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

Yup. I experienced that just yesterday when I used a handheld dynamic mic instead of a condenser. Worked beautifully.

@marcelopradas4092 4 года назад

Hola! Thank you for your tips, you are definitely the best💪, but here is my problem... if I record my voice with the iPad internal mic (for reference track) I noticed that it doesn’t bleed other instruments, but for the final voice track, when I sing through my humble Shure SM58< with a pair of in ear pods and noise cancelling🎧 (street hammer jack workers type) the bleeding happens. Any idea why that happens? Hugs

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Hmmmm.... interesting? I can only imagine that the mic is just more sensitive and picking up more background noise. Is it impacting the mix? Often it’s not a super big issue once you bring the vocals back in to your mix.

@marcelopradas4092 4 года назад

Pete Johns, it only impacts the mix if I have to do some splitting and sliding, haa, I’m not very good at timing when I sing🤦🏻‍♂️, anyway, thanks for your reply!

@Sonu_Taim Год назад

thank you

@PeteJohnsMusic Год назад

You’re very welcome my friend. I hope you get value from the other videos here on the channel and consider subscribing. 👍

@Sonu_Taim Год назад

@@PeteJohnsMusic yeah sure 💌

@angel-hx4nh 5 лет назад

When I open up GarageBand to record, audio is playing through my speakers and headphones. How can I make it to just have the audio playing in my headphones while I record? I have the focusrite Scarlett studio bundle

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Hey there. What speaker are you using? If you have monitor speakers connected to your audio interface, you need to turn down the volume on the speakers or disconnect them if you don’t have an accessible volume dial.

@angel-hx4nh 5 лет назад

Pete Johns I’m using JBL monitors. I’ll try disconnecting them. Thank you!

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Yeah, sounds like it would be the easiest option.

@kaigatz 5 лет назад

I got a question about microphone bleed. The scenario I am currently facing is: me and a friend are planning to record a podcast through two mics. Each of them on a tripod clamped to a table (with an adjustable arm). One Mic is the internal mic of the h1 zoom pointed to my mouth (pop filter attached to it), the other one an iphone X pointed straight to my friends mouth (selfmade pop filter attached to it). We try to have at least 60cm distance between the mics but still there is mic bleed. With this kind of setup, would you think sharing a microphone (zoom h1) and recording into one audio track would be the better alternative for our podcast. Or is there something we could do to use both of the mics and having the bleed issure somehow reduced. It would be awesome if anyone could help me with this. I hope I described the scenario understandable and someone could give me some advice. Thanks so much in advance to everyone on this channel!

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Hey Kai. Interesting situation here my friend. The biggest issue you will have with this setup is both the iPhone and Zoom have microphones that are omni-directional, meaning they are picking up more ambient sound and not just the person speaking. This is why you see folks recording podcasts facing each other and often using dynamic mics. So yes, in your situation you might want to instead use the same mic and do some testing to make sure your levels are balanced and mixed correctly going in. This means less editing too which is a plus. What’s your podcast? Feel free to share a link. I’m always keen to hear what folks are producing.

@kaigatz 5 лет назад

@@PeteJohnsMusic Thanks soo much for getting back to me man ;) yeah you definitely right the mic's are probably not the best for the scenario. If it was possible to keep the current scenario which two mic's / recorders would you recommend us to produce our podcast by having an eye on the budget. Don't wanna go to high in pricing but I am happy to invest in some better equipment :) if this makes life easier. Thanks again in advance for your recommendation :) I am more than happy to shoot you a link once we ve got everything in place but today actually we had our first recording ever... so we just started and are still testing out stuff.

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

Great stuff! Funnily enough, I have a video all about USB mics coming out soon which will probably give you some recommendations for mics. Things like the Blue Yeti and the new Yeti Nano are really good quality USB mics and allow you to record either an individual person or in omni mode for multiple people. Or you could get two smaller and cheaper individual mics. It even a mixer or audio interface. There are lots of options but what I would suggest is to start recording and see how it goes then upgrade the gear as you go.

@darrenmitchell1744 4 года назад

Hi Pete i’m using i rig hd with i phone 6s and it’s recording my breathing lol it was suggested to turn off microphone on my other audio track is this possible or how do i sort this please ?

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Hey there. Hmmmm..... this is strange? I have experienced this on the original iRigs which used the headphone jack, as they would often pick up nose and act like a mic. I haven’t come across this at all with any of the HD models using the Lightning port? Have you tried it with a different guitar? Sometimes the pickups on a guitar can “pick up” outside noise too?

@darrenmitchell1744 4 года назад

Sadly I only have 1 guitar, maybe it’s me being a bit stupid with basic setting up of amplitude into garageband do you have any videos on this ?

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

I don’t use Anplitube sorry, but this video may give you some ideas as it shows the way I set things up. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jkAGVKOtguo.html

@Rob0917 3 года назад

I want zero mic bleed. I’m baffled that with today’s technology we can’t make this happen.

@PeteJohnsMusic 3 года назад

Yeah, it all comes down to being almost impossible to completely isolate sound. Even million dollar studios end up with at least some bleed.

@iloveeverything4380 Год назад

Please help me i need to know what's the least sound leakage headphones please help

@PeteJohnsMusic Год назад

Anything that is “closed back”. And a lot depends on the shape or your ears and head. For me, the Sennhesier HD280 Pro work best. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t95bMZ4mj38.html

@abigailnotabby93 2 года назад

I'm late on this video but have you ever had mic bleed create a bit of a feedback loop?

@PeteJohnsMusic 2 года назад

Yep. You need to be careful to not have any sound coming i it if speakers close to mics or feedback loops are inevitable.

@astridwolf911 4 года назад

Can you help. When I have noise EVERYONE can hear!!!!!! I don’t want to by another one because one, it’s going to take very long. Two, I have bought LOTS of headphones and THEY ALL BROKE. So please help!!!

@PeteJohnsMusic 4 года назад

Hi there. Is this when you are recording?

@astridwolf911 4 года назад

Hmm no ...

@astridwolf911 4 года назад

OHHHH your video said mic blend woops...

@TheSpeedyr6 17 дней назад

Which ear buds are best bud

@PeteJohnsMusic 17 дней назад

I like these. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-truLR6LPVAQ.htmlsi=bPT5mOptp-Pnsmok

@kesodabul Год назад

I was about to buy expensive ass earphones for no reason.. whole time it’s normal 😫

@PeteJohnsMusic Год назад

Totally. Not really worth worrying about.

@Ponk_80 5 лет назад

you forgot the tip i told you about a couple of months ago that eliminates audio bleed 100 percent

@solracm7783 5 лет назад

Ponk 80 can you tell me the tip?

@PeteJohnsMusic 5 лет назад

I tend to forget more than I remember these days. One of the joys of ageing. 😄

@Ponk_80 5 лет назад

Carlos Martinez i can always try, do you still want to hear it?

@solracm7783 5 лет назад

Ponk 80 yes I do.

@Ponk_80 5 лет назад

Carlos Martinez if you have a pair of ear buds and a pair of the over ear headphones, then you can play the audio through the ear buds and isolate the audio from the ears buds by also putting on the over ear headphones, without any audio in the big headphones, that way the microphone won’t pick up any audio at all.