General: Cleaning Up Vinyl

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2008
     

    When I was backing up some of my older vinyl recordings, I have found some of them have the inevitable scratches. Does anyone know of a decent programme that I can use to remove these. Doing it manually is OK by me, but I don't want something that destroys the quality of the recording.

    I've seen a few and have a fairly grotty proggie with the Soiundblaster suite on one on the rigs, but it's not so good and I have no idea what the others are like. Any ideas?

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2008 edited
     

    I use Audacity to clean up tape recording transfers. I don't know how well it works with vinyl. Might be worth a shot though. I wrote a tutorial on how to clean up wav recordings with Audacity. It is a couple of years old and has an MD recording angle but I am sure you can fill in the blanks. It can be found here:

    http://www.audiotstation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31385

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2008
     

    That looks the biz Ivan, I will have to play with that. I assume you can cut out the peaks on the clicks from scratches by expanding the display? I don't find general noise a problem, but I bet Audacity has many facets. I will let you know how I get on with it.

    Thank you Ivan, I'm much obliged. :D

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeNov 4th 2008
     

    IIRC I think it has a "Pop and scratches" filter in the filter set, but yes, you can expand the display to search for peaks in the wave form. I have removed certain pops/clicks (unwanted button clicks and such) this way so it should work for vinyl pops.

    Glad I could help and will be waiting to see how it works for you. :)

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