Dealing with Lip Smacking

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bigox

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Does anyone have any tips with dealing with the lip smacking sounds.

I don't mean the sounds you hear during a sentence. I mean the sounds you here in between sentences in audio recordings?
Usually due to the person moving their lips a little before they begin a sentence.

I usually just cut the lip smacks out manually as they occur. It's no that big of a deal. But I was wondering if any of the experts here have any tips for removing lip smack sounds from audio recordings.

I have messed around with getting further from the microphone to eliminate those sounds, but the recordings just don't sound as nice when too far away.

Usually, I don't hear much of the lip smacking until I add compression. I use the pre-set setting of 2:1 compression starting at -18db - I love the way the 2:1 compression makes the audio sound, so I don't want to stop using it.

Any suggestions? I use Vegas Pro 13.
 
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Drinking water helps. Most recordists I work with will not hesitate to offer a bottle of water to the talent if they notice it through the cans.
 
I try to make sure there's a bottle of water for in interviewee to drink, to the point I'll bring some in my kit. And I'll ask people to drink occasionally...and explain why... It really really helps.

Jim "sound-guy mode" Feeley
 
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