Best software for removing pops/clicks from Vinyl capture?
PsychoTherapist
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I've transferred music from vinyl onto the PC and I'm now looking for the best way to remove pops & clicks from these files.
Obviously nothing will be perfect, but I tried playing around with Audacity & Adobe Audition and neither produced amazing results, so I'm just wondering what the best way of going about this is?
Looking on Google there's loads of options, so I'm basically looking for any personal opinions here, as to which software would be best suited for this purpose?
Obviously nothing will be perfect, but I tried playing around with Audacity & Adobe Audition and neither produced amazing results, so I'm just wondering what the best way of going about this is?
Looking on Google there's loads of options, so I'm basically looking for any personal opinions here, as to which software would be best suited for this purpose?
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Second hand CDs from the Oxfam shop are a cheap solution to all your old vinyl problems. I only go the trouble of cleaning up singles and LPs when I can't get a CD, or even a download, version. Sometimes the original single version is no longer available the CDs have the stereo LP version instead which is not the same. My wife bought the very best of the Everly Brothers recently, two tracks were original and sound OK, the others have their voices with dubious audio quality and a newer stereo backing track. Apparently, from what I have read online, this was done in the early 60s so they could release a stereo LP version in the states.
I've used it for years and got all my vinyl collection on CD. It is not free but it is cheap and really does what it says on the tin.
Try and get a sound card that doesn't start compressing before clipping level is reached and then the waverep level meters will function correctly. I use a terra tec now but the best I've ever had came on the MB of a PC I made back in 2000. Mr Backham has a bit to say about the problem in his notes on the web site, above.
personally I only normally rip vinyl or tape if the material hasn't been released officially on cd (and I mean the same mix/version). so in most cases it's a b side or remix or extended version you can't get elsewhere. i'll check discogs etc in case there's an obscure Japanese or Australian release that may have it, and i'll track down a copy of that if there is
when I do rip, afterwards I edit the track in soundforge and usually just edit the leading silence and sometimes add a gradual fade at the end if the track fades out, and that's usually it. if the track starts off with say a quiet part such as a keyboard and you can hear pops and clicks etc, then i'll use soundforge to manually edit and remove each individually. usually once the track kicks in the sound of the music covers most of the rest but you can do the same if there are any big clicks or quiet passages. obviously this takes the most time but usually has the best results. as I don't rip things very often these days, when I do I can take my time and get a good rip
if you want to check the speed then if you have another similar version of the track that's on cd then rip that and compare timings, or if there is another track on the vinyl that you have on cd too, rip that track and compare timings to the cd and you can amend your results by the same difference if any
I didn't fancy spending too long tinkering about with Auditon or Audacity, I was indeed looking for something quick.
Normally I wouldn't bother ripping vinyl, but these particular records are quite specialist and not available on CD.
What records are they?
They're all marching band & folk music records. Not my cup of tea, they were for my father. The particular record I was working on recently was a 7" released in 1960.