[sdiy] OT: scratch filter for vinyl

[Stephen Begin]

I'm thinking more for just listening to records than recording them, there
are some pretty okay sound forge filters for fixing up vinyl too.
I just have a few records that were in fairly bad condition when I got them,
and was trying to figure out between using a filter or hearing pops, which
was the lesser of two evils.
-Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Schwichtenberg" <jays at aracnet.com>
To: "synth" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] OT: scratch filter for vinyl


> 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.
> >
>
>
>