Posted by fred-bloggs on 04/29/06 10:22

"swangdb" <swangdb@auburn.edu> wrote in news:1146235332.347107.146120
@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

> I have many cassettes and LPs I'd like to record to WAV files on my
> computer. I have an M-Audio Audio Interface and Audacity does a pretty
> good job of recording audio. I'd like to be able to remove noise from
> some of the recordings and I want to remove the pops and clicks from
> the songs from LPs. I don't want this processing to ruin the "magic"
> of the original recordings if possible.

Have you tried using Audacity's plugins? v1.2.4 has click removal and
noise removal (great for tape hiss) in the effects menu. You can also
remove loud clicks and pops with the pencil tool.

To maintain a constant effect throughout each LP I suggest you record and
clean up the whole of each side of the LP before splitting into tracks.

>
> I've heard of SOUNDSOAP, Magix Audio Cleaning Lab and Steinberg Clean.
> Are any of these any good? Are they worth the money? Are there any
> other packages that do the same thing? I'm not worried about the
> cassettes as much as I am the LPs, I'd like to remove as much of the
> crackling/clicks/noise as possible.

These use the same tecniques as the Audacity plugins.

>
> Magix ACL offers "Analog Distortion Tube Amp" and "Tapesimulation."
> Would these actually improve some slightly sterile-sounding recordings
> or are these just cheesy gimmicks?
>
> Also, I have read the BBE Sonic Maximizer plug-in works with Audacity.
> Can this software really improve recordings? I guess this is a loaded
> question, I've never used a BBE Sonic Maximizer so I'm not sure what
> they do to the sound, but a friend of mine raves about them.
>

All of these alter (distort IMHO) the original sound.


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fred

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