Re: [ARSCLIST] Noise reduction software for 78rpm

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't have to run SF 5 or 6 to use Sound Forge NR 2. It will run in CEP
1, just as any other directX plug-in.

Joe Salerno
Video Works! Is it working for you?
PO Box 273405 - Houston TX 77277-3405
http://joe.salerno.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "James L Wolf" <jwol@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Noise reduction software for 78rpm


>      I've used Cool Edit Pro 1.0 (I assume that 2.0 is better) for
> personal and professional work, at least until we can manage to get
> SoundForge 6.0 and Noise Reduction 2 for my project at the Library. I've
> tried various editions of Diamond Cut but I don't like its setup or its
> results. I like the flexibilty of Cool Edit Pro, and it is possible to
> remove a good number of the ticks and pops without hurting the sound
> quality, at least with earlier 78s. I  find that on higher quality
> audio, the treble end suffers with just about any global de-clicking in
> Cool Edit 1. At home, I usually declick by hand with good but slow
> results.
>    I haven't yet heard a background noise reducer, other than careful
> EQing, that doesn't make things sound worse to my ear. That "breathing"
> effect you can hear even on recent re-issues like the Miles Davis Blue
> Note  recordings is far more obtrusive than tape hiss or groove noise.
> For EQing 78s, I prefer the results on SoundForge 5 to CoolEdit 1, but
> there are probably better ways to do that either in analog or digital.
>
> James
>
> >>> tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx 07/30/03 07:26PM >>>
> If one can't afford a CEDAR system, is there any software that comes
> close
> when cleaning up 78s of pops, crackles and surface noise?
>
> Tom Diamant
> Arhoolie Records
> 10341 San Pablo Ave.
> El Cerrito, CA 94530
> USA
>
> 510-525-7471
> fax: 510-525-1204
> email: tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.arhoolie.com