At 10:57 PM 6/10/02 -0500, Zachary Steiner wrote:
I use Wave Repair (http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/wavrep.htm) for declicking vinyl.
How does that work.
The clicks in the vinyl are visible in the waveform display. The software can detect and fix the clicks, or you can redraw the waveform manually. You have the option of listening to each click and the accompanying fix before you accept the fix or not. At best the fix is undetectable, at worst the click is replaced by a brief hiss which is typically only audible through headphones if I'm listening closely. It's not really a noise reducer per se, but is specifically designed for cleaning up clicks and pops from vinyl. Of course, the worse shape the vinyl was in, the longer it takes to clean it up, and the whole process can be somewhat time consuming. It takes me about a half hour on average to declick five minutes of music, although the range can be a half hour for a two minutes of well used quiet electronics or classical to a half hour for 15 minutes of pop music in decent shape. -- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com