[sdiy] OT: scratch filter for vinyl

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Stephen,

IMHO no. These can affect things like drum hits or sounds with sharp attacks
and cut them out or modify them making the sound muddy. If you're doing old
78's or recordings that aren't that great anyway it might not matter that
much. It just depends on the quality you want.

I record the vinyl into my DAW (PC) and use Cool Edit Pro. Some of the plug
ins/filters can automatically clean up a record.  But I get much better
results doing it manually selecting the clicks and pops and then having the
SW clean them up individually. Or only in the worst cases selecting a
portion of sound and have that automatically processed.

Syntrillium also has Cool Edit and plug ins for it that are targeted for
audio restoration. There are a number of other packages out there that range
from cheap to way expensive to do restoration.

Jay



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Stephen Begin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:33 AM
> To: synth
> Subject: [sdiy] OT: scratch filter for vinyl
>
>
> I've seen some DIY projects in old magazines (if anybody wants I
> could scan
> them probably) featuring a processor that eliminates pops from records...
> As I understand they work by simply blocking the signal
> completely when they
> encounter a pop, and since it's a very small silence it goes unnoticed
> (supposedly).
> I was just wondering if anybody has ever used one of these devices and if
> it's worth building one.
>