Re: Cleaning up Audio

Maverick wrote on 7/27/2003, 1:24 PM

Hi

For my project I have recorded into Vegas 4 a track from a very old vinyl single. Lots of scratches, etc.

I have a soundBlaster Audigy card but noticed that the recording volume was much higher than the playback although nothing was changed in-between. There also seemed to be some distortion.

Secondly, are there any FX within Vegas that may help in clearing the scratches and clicks/pops, etc?

Cheers

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Maverick wrote on 7/27/2003, 1:31 PM

Think I've solved the distortion problem. The line-in volume accessed from the Speaker icon in the sys tray was set to max. Reducing this seemed to resolve that problem.

Cheers all

johnmeyer wrote on 7/27/2003, 5:02 PM

To get rid of pops on vinyl, nothing beats Sonic Foundry's Noise Reduction plug-in.

Maverick wrote on 7/27/2003, 5:16 PM

Cheers.

Just spent a fortune lately on DVDA DVDre-writer and other stuff so does anyone know of a slightly cheaper way. I do have Cool Edit Pro but have never used it. Is this good enough?

Thanks

ronaldf wrote on 7/27/2003, 7:01 PM

I use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 3.0(now version 2004 is out). I got it here in the US at CompUSA for $39.99 with a $40 rebate(That right - FREE!). The new version sells for $39.99USD. The Mpeg decoder for it is extra so I use ACL to clean up the .wav file and then use Musicmatch to encode the file to mpeg. You can use the .wav file directly in VV. I can send you a before and after sample if you want. Check it out at www.magix.com.

johnmeyer wrote on 7/27/2003, 8:22 PM

Your CD burning software may have pop/click cleanup software if you don't want to spring for the Noise Reduction plugin. EasyCD Creator Deluxe includes Spin Doctor which will do what you want.