Removing Clicks, removing clicks from records Options

[tromba]

I've just recently purchased a 12" powerbook and can't find the tools to do what I want. I've used Cool Edit in Windows to record the record and then to remove the clicks. This has done a pretty good job. I have Audacity to record and have the files on the computer. I can't find anything to remove the clicks.

Any suggestions?

[editbrain]

you should check into bias peak. it is very professional mastering and editing software.

[Synthetic]

remove clicks? not sure what exactly this means... did you record a click track with your music?

[tromba]

Removing clicks and pops from records. I'm converting many of my old records to CD. On my PC I used Cool Edit for $65 and it did a great job. I bought this Mac on the recommendation of friends who told me that as a musician this is what I should have. But I can't find software to do things that I can do cheaply on the PC. Peak is VERY expensive. I never want to spend that much until I've tried it and made sure it works.

[Synthetic]

oh... I see

maybe Peak LE? I think it was about $99 but not sure if it had the functions you would need or not

[editbrain]

i am not sure if peak LE has that capabilities. i know for sure that Peak 4 pro can do it.
if you have toast with jam or cd spin doctor. that will do it to some degree...
but for optimal use peak 4.

[rickenbacker]

Mmm, Peak 4.

It really is very nice. But I think LE would do a similar job for you. BIAS also do a product called SoundSoap, which might help. Or there's RayGun from Arboretum - that's custom-designed to remove clicks and pops.

Or do what the record industry wants us all to do and buy your entire collection again on CD...

[tromba]

you should check into bias peak. it is very professional mastering and editing software.

I downloaded a demo of Peak and tried it on a scratched recorded. Peak coudln't find ANY clicks, and there were several very large big ones. This was a very scratched recording. My PC software fixed it all.

I'm frustrated by the purchase of the PowerBook and my inability to find software to do this!!!

Anyone have other suggestions?

[drewmtb]

I use amadeus. I use to use cooledit many years ago. Amadeus is $25 i think and it works fairly well. I haven't delved into all it's features and you may have to do more work to clean up audio. I have used it fairly succesfully to clean up records but I'm still learning. Go to www.versiontracker.com and look it up you can download a demo.

[editbrain]

i have had problems with peak finding pops also. the LE version of peak does not have that feature. oh wait. you said that you downloaded the demo.

the best way i have found to remove pops with peak is the "pencil" tool. you zoom in very close to the wave where the "pop" or "click" is located. you OPTION>CLICK on the pencil to set your smoothing. after that is set you can click and drag the the "pencil" tool over the desired area of the wave to remove or "smooth" the jagged wave. this method works in the full version, demo, and LE of PEAK.

This post has been edited by editbrain: Tue 30 Dec 2003, 08:52