I Need Record Restoration Info......

John Paul Jones · Post by **John Paul Jones** » 24 Jul 2001 10:35 am

I know this has been covered before but I can't find it.

I need shareware or freeware programs or plug-ins to eliminate pops, clicks, and other noises from vinyl recordings. Also, to help restore the sound.

Thanks in advance.

John Paul Jones

[This message was edited by John Paul Jones on 24 July 2001 at 11:35 AM.]

Dave Robbins · Post by **Dave Robbins** » 24 Jul 2001 1:33 pm

This is something I'd like to know about too! I have a lot of great old LP's I'd like to burn to CD or at least go to cassette tape, but without the "noise". Is there a program available?

Dave

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 24 Jul 2001 1:38 pm

Guys;

check out Diamond Cut 32 Audio Restoration Tools

It's not free but it's not hugely expensive.

I just have the demo but I like what I'm hearing (or should i say what I don't hear anymore...)

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Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 24 Jul 2001 1:58 pm

I recall reading an article about someone at the Country Music Hall Of Fame, who's job it is to restore old recordings. They could probably give you that info.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 24 Jul 2001 2:52 pm

The Adaptec Easy CD Creator Deluxe software has a pop filter built into the sound card line in recording feature. I've never used it but it's there.

There is a lot of other audio processing software that has that built in and then there's some that's all they do.

Go to the Harmony Central web site and then click on software. They have some. www.harmonycentral.com/

Also ZDnet www.zdnet.com has some software to do that.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 24 Jul 2001 11:12 pm

Here in L.A. there is a company called Audio Mechanics that does this sort of thing. They use a system called Sonic Solutions. This is the same system used to master the Beatles Anthology. There is a home version available for several thousand dollars, but the pro version is prohibitively expensive.

I can personally attest top the quality of this company's work. Their clints include Warner Brothers and Dizney.

E-mail me if you want more information.

Dave Boothroyd · Post by **Dave Boothroyd** » 25 Jul 2001 12:53 am

Steinberg Declicker is very good
Sound Forge has a plug in called Vinyl Restoration which, to my ear, is even better.
It might be worth using Soundforge anyway- some of my old albums are EQ'd a little oddly for playing on CD gear, and it helps to take out some of the lows -around 120Hz and give the 4kHz region a bit of lift, to compensate for changes in speaker design, and, probably, aging ears.
The parametric EQ does a great job on this.
Then you can normalise everything to -6dB peak, or for a more modern (louder) sound compress the signal (threshold about -15dB, ratio 3.5, peak+0 and record at -1dB, and you will have something which sounds like a modern remastered CD.
It all depends how much you care about the sound of your music whether it's worth the time and money to you- but if you didn't care about the sound of your music, how on earth could you play steel anyway?

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Cheers!
Dave

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Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 25 Jul 2001 4:59 am

For the more expensive option, check out the website of lp2cd.com

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 25 Jul 2001 5:08 am

There is a home version available for several thousand dollars, but the pro version is prohibitively expensive.

Y'know, Mike, there's something disturbing me about that statement, I just can't put my finger on it...

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 25 Jul 2001 5:24 am

All these fancy and pricey systems are great, but if someone wanted to spend a couple of grand (or even $100) they wouldn't be on here looking for a free or almost free computer program.

Dave Robbins · Post by **Dave Robbins** » 25 Jul 2001 7:21 am

Jack,
now you're talking my laguage! Where's the cheap or free stuff?

Dave

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 25 Jul 2001 7:39 am

Here's one that's not free but $18.00 isn't much. I've never used it, just came across it doing a search. http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1896425-100-913844.html?tag=st.dl.1896425-106-1.lst-1-25.913844

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Deana Clark · Post by **Deana Clark** » 25 Jul 2001 7:57 pm

There is a guy in my neck of the woods that does a super job restoring LP's. He runs his own business. The number is 740-423-4010. Barry Hill is the name. He is also VERY reasonably priced, and comes with good references, like Mike Sigler.

John Paul Jones · Post by **John Paul Jones** » 25 Jul 2001 9:21 pm

Thanks, everyone, for all the replies.

I think I have the info I need.

Is this a great forum, or what!!

John Paul Jones

Steve Pacholl · Post by **Steve Pacholl** » 26 Jul 2001 5:44 am

I've been playing with the restoration software for a couple years now. The Adaptec Easy CD Creater is fine if you just want to make CD's. I don't care for it declick or dehiss features.

I've used DARTPro and it works nice, but lately I've been using Cool Edit and really like it. Cool Edit has defaults you can select for removing vinyl noise that make the whole process real easy.

Of course you want to use a newer faster computer otherwise the process takes hours to clean up one track.