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I am currently perfecting and practising front and back palming of cards (the lesson in Tarbell 2 concerning card manipulation).
I learnt it years ago and want to practise it more and get it very slick (watching that Cardini vid on youtube made me realise how I need to work on it more!)
I find when moving the card from front to rear it makes a sound and no matter how many movements I have tried to change it still does it. This kind of sleight needs to be performed quickily so the specs eyes don't catch a glimpse of it, I just don't want their ears to either!

Any tips?

music! it would cover the noise of it and it's hardly going to arrise any questions about why it's there, people do performances to music. simple as

That's the logical thing when on stage, but I was thinking about close-up purposes. There must be a way to make it smoother without that whoosh!

If you are planning on close-up, usually you are in a setting with other people around. Most of the time there will be enough background noise to cover the sound of the sleight. Or you could invent a little patter for that exact moment to cover the sound as well.

Thanks, good idea. I was wondering whether anyone else had the same problem with this particular sleight?