I have an audio track downloaded from YouTube that contain what I call "gremlins"; unwanted audio artifacts that don't exist in the original YouTube video. I have seen this before and have just lived with it. Now I'm smart enough to at least ask the question if there is a way to remove them without seriously disrupting the audio that I want to keep. In other words, a "cure" that is worse than the "disease" is not a cure.

I'm pretty sure these gremlins are a result of the downloading of the video and may involve the process of converting the video file to an MP3 file.

Here is an image of a section (roughly between 4:14 and 4:17) where a prominent gremlin lives. (I call him grandaddy troll #17 smile ) There is no visual anomaly that I can see at this timescale in the waveform and the gremlin is not described as white noise but rather it sounds more like a ringtone on a phone. From what I've seen over the years each gremlin has a somewhat unique sound profile. And is somewhat faint, so a good pair of ears are needed to hear it; but it's bothersome enough to me.

For any mixing pros out there, have you seen this and have you been able to solve it? There is a ton of EQ capability in Studio One so I'm hoping I already have the required tools.

I don't think I can post the MP3 file because I don't have the copyrights. But I can send it privately.

Thanks for any ideas.

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