#tracking tip

If you’ve ever recorded voice over, ADR, podcasts, or audiobooks, you’ve run into the dreaded mouth noise. It’s caused by sticky spit getting caught in the corners of the mouth and tongue (I know, gross, right?). Back in the days when I was regularly tracking audiobooks, I learned a trick from one of the other engineers: have the talent eat a bite of an apple. I’m not sure if it’s the acid in the apple or of the fiber of the fruit absorbs the stickiness or what, but it works! Usually just one bite will do the trick, and it can save the editor from lots of De-Crackling later.