Help!! Guitar creates unwanted noises like pull offs when I play strings

[jaychou]

I shot a short video of me playing cult of personality. This was played after pressing pause in the cult of personality song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWaYKGlgFc8&feature=youtu.be

Why is my version so different from audrey. She has such clean sounds with no noise.
I can't fully enjoy any songs because of this noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7r-hCTtHDw

[Ian]

Have you tried editing the rocksmith.ini file?
My audio section looks like this and has removed any bad sound.
Also in windows make sure any sound enhancements are turned off.
[Audio]
EnableMicrophone=0
ExclusiveMode=0
LatencyBuffer=1
ForceDefaultPlaybackDevice=1
ForceWDM=0
ForceDirectXSink=0
DumpAudioLog=0
MaxOutputBufferSize=0
RealToneCableOnly=0
Win32UltraLowLatencyMode=0

[Ian]

Oh and also you could have your strings too close. Maybe you need a setup? Can't tell from just a forum though

[Fire walk with me]

Hey there, JayChou. I don't really want to sound like a knob about this, but if there are "unwanted sounds" that sound like a pull-off then that is what you are physically accomplishing. It isn't a bad thing or a judgement, but if you are a new player you have to teach yourself the muscle memory and how to release strings quickly without letting them "ring out" which would produce the secondary note and make it sound like a pull-off. Nobody wants to hear the answer, but the answer IS just practice and time. Do you have any guitarist friends who are accomplished who can give you pointers? If not don't fret (delicious guitar puns!) as there are more than enough friendly players on these forums and steam groups who love to share their knowledge of music with others.

Just checked out this video
https://youtu.be/CoZjmwNccQM

Sometimes it can be a boon to watch others who are more experienced play it as well. After looking at the note pattern and your video as well you are most certainly doing pull offs. My more specific answer to your problem is this: when you play a note try to mute it on the way off. Or if you can lift your finger off the fret board, but not off the string so that your finger will effectively mute the note you were previously playing. For me personally I would not even move my hand at all for the riff. Plant your middle finger on the 3rd fret range, your index on 2, and your pinky over the 5th fret. To play the 3rd fret(F) on D (blue) I would just lay my middle finger flat so that the meaty part between my second and third knuckle will fret the note. If you don't like that method try to fret the next note WITHOUT lifting up the finger from the previous note until you have struck the next note in the sequence.

Keep practicing, good luck, and stay positive.

[jaychou]

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

Let me paraphrase what fire said. You need to mute strings you’re not playing. They won’t not play themselves.

Thx for all the above answers. May I know how audrey muted her strings for the video I have posted starting from the start of her video? for etc how did she mute her 3rd fret red string after playing it to prevent pull off sounds after going to 3rd fret blue string? what method did she used? or its hard to tell?

[puzzlefox]

Just to add to the string muting thing, it also helps to practice unplugged. When you’re unplugged, flat notes, string rattle, and other unwanted notes tend to be much more obvious so you can practice different riffs until you get the muscle memory to make it sound good when plugged in, and/or see what adjustments need to be made to the guitar itself.

If you can make it sound clean unplugged, then you can make it sound clean through an amp. I spend about 1/3 of my practice time unplugged.

[jaychou]

Originally posted by jaychou:

Originally posted by thejohnnewton:

Let me paraphrase what fire said. You need to mute strings you’re not playing. They won’t not play themselves.

Thx for all the above answers. May I know how audrey muted her strings for the video I have posted starting from the start of her video? for etc how did she mute her 3rd fret red string after playing it to prevent pull off sounds after going to 3rd fret blue string? what method did she used? or its hard to tell?

Bumpssss for my above question

[alexcustos]

Originally posted by jaychou:

Bumpssss for my above question

It's hard to master, but the theory is pretty obvious. Here are some details, but don't limit yourself, use everything you can.
1) The picking palm (part of the thumb) is usually good to mute lower (thick) strings when playing on higher strings;
2) When the index finger is not needed for a bar chord, it can be used to mute all higher strings;
3) When fretting a string while an adjacent one should be muted, consider to mute it with the same finger;
4) Use free fingers to mute more precisely;
5) Remove fingers gently, don't pull-off and induce harmonics.

[Mumpy240]

Sounds like your action is way way way to low