Unwanted noise

[Tangled Wires]

This is probably a basic point, but on a song i have recently recorded there a couple of moments on one track where there is some unwanted guitar noise, and I was wondering the best way to deal with this.

Is it a case of simply just erasing that particular section of that track, or to simply record a small section of "nothing" to overwrite this.

Does the erasing function replace the unwanted section with silience, or does it completely delete it meaning that it affect the timing of the track?

[64Guitars]

Does the erasing function replace the unwanted section with silience, or does it completely delete it meaning that it affect the timing of the track?

Erasing effectively silences the unwanted section without removing it. So timing is not affected.

If you have lots of empty space surrounding the unwanted sounds, then the Track Erase function is the easiest way to get rid of it (see page 56 of the Micro BR manual). However, if the unwanted sounds are adjacent to wanted sounds, it may be too difficult to erase the unwanted sounds without affecting the wanted sounds. In that case, it would be better to export the track to a wave file and clean it up on your computer using a wave editor such as Audacity.

By the way, this board allows you to edit your messages after you've posted them. So you can fix typos, etc. instead of posting a followup message to address the error. Just click the "Modify" link at the top-right of your message. There's also a "Remove" link to delete your message. So, if you want to give it a try now, click "Modify" on your original message and change "comments" to "moments". Then you can click "Remove" on your followup message as it will no longer be necessary. I don't mean this as a wrist-slapping or anything. I just wanted to take the opportunity to point out this feature of the board which you and others may not be aware of.

[Tangled Wires]

Thank you very much for your advice on both topics