KVR Audio

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:42 pm

I'm curious about what software you use when you're cleaning up noisy audio. Specifically:

1) Tape hiss/rumble
2) Snap, pops and crackles from old vinyl

I've used a few free programs but they're frankly rather old. Even though they work pretty well, there's bound to have been advances.

I have more problems with restoring old vinyl, usually end up doing most of it manually, which works but is a pain in the sphincter.

CANE CREEK · Post by **CANE CREEK** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:47 pm

I was impressed with the waves plugin X-noise at getting rid of white noise,hiss,rumble etc from old vinyl recordings...
it work much better than i ever expected.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:51 pm

A combination of Audition & Reaktor's Flatblaster

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:03 pm

Saligia wrote:A combination of Audition & Reaktor's Flatblaster

Audition, yeah. I'm familiar with its pre-predicessor Cool Edit 96, which I used up until I got my new DAW. Not sure how much has changed with noise reduction software, though.

CANE CREEK · Post by **CANE CREEK** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:05 pm

well i use the X-noise plugin in cooledit.

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:24 am

Another vote for Audition/CoolEdit.

bill fusion · Post by **bill fusion** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:03 am

How about soap and water

lunarhalo · Post by **lunarhalo** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:17 am

Audition here also. I recently transferred audio cassette material to CD for archiving purposes. Once the initial noise print was taken all cleaned up well.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:35 am

Looks fairly unanimous. Does anyone know if the software's really been improved in Audition compared to the old CoolEdit 96? I've had extremely good results from that old program. Oh, I suppose Audition now has something for snap/crackle/pop removal as well as tape noise--the old program didn't.

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:01 am

emdot_ambient wrote:Oh, I suppose Audition now has something for snap/crackle/pop removal as well as tape noise--the old program didn't.

Sure does..works great, too, just takes a while to process..

lunarhalo · Post by **lunarhalo** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:13 am

Improved by leaps and bounds over CoolEdit 96

. If you can find a used copy of the final version of Cool Edit Pro 2 it's the same as the Adobe Audition 1.0. You might save a few $ on eBay.

hvaring · Post by **hvaring** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:22 am

emdot_ambient wrote:2) Snap, pops and crackles from old vinyl

Halfway through transferring my old vinyl collection to CD. I use WaveLab 5 with its DeClicker plugin, followed by Voxengo ReduNoise and a tiny touch of PSP VintageWarmer to enhance dynamics and maybe restore some sparkle to the upper end.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:55 am

hvaring wrote:
emdot_ambient wrote:2) Snap, pops and crackles from old vinyl
Halfway through transferring my old vinyl collection to CD. I use WaveLab 5 with its DeClicker plugin, followed by Voxengo ReduNoise and a tiny touch of PSP VintageWarmer to enhance dynamics and maybe restore some sparkle to the upper end.

Same here, but with Ozone3 instead of PSP VintageWarmer (although I own PSP VW).

RandyHancock · Post by **RandyHancock** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:16 pm

hvaring wrote:...and a tiny touch of PSP VintageWarmer to enhance dynamics...

If by "enhance" you mean "get rid of"

Not that it's a bad thing...

-r

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:26 pm

Audition + Flatblaster here too.

What do you use to clean old audio files?