Re: [ARSCLIST] Restoration Software

[Erik Dix <edix@xxxxxx>]

Algorithmix made the declicker and decrackler for waves and sells their own
restoration plugins.

This is what their sales person told me in an email: "The Waves product is
based on a subset of the algorithms used in our pro-Descratcher, so there
actually is a difference between them (both in quality and price...)."

I am using their declicker and decrackler with good results but i still am
not a 100% comfortable in using the denoiser which almost always will take
some of the signal material away when you use it, but it works a lot better
than the other denoisers i have used before.

their webpage is www.algorithmix.com

Erik
Notre Dame Archives

 At 12:51 PM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
> Eric wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
>
> >> I recall one of the presenters at the conference gave Waves the
> >> best overall rating in his evaluation. You may have missed that
> >> presenter.
>
> > I believe the presenter only tested broadband noise removal,
> > not click/pop/crackle removal.  The presenter's conclusion
> > will be less applicable to phonograph record restoration.
>
> The Waves bundle is *reputed* to have a very good declicker and a
> wonderful decrackler. Some have gone so far to claim that they are
> the equal of the declickers/decracklers found on the ultra-expensive
> software/firmware tools such as Cedar and Sonic Solutions (or whatever
> Sonic Solutions is now called.) But I don't know the accuracy of these
> claims -- people make all kinds of unverified claims, including yours
> truly.
>
> Interestingly, the Waves denoiser (dehisser) is not considered that
> good, but again that's just what I heard through the "grapevine".
>
> I don't believe anyone has done a definitive, objective study of the
> various available declickers/decracklers/dehissers suitable for 78
> restoration. If such a study has been done, I'd certainly like to see
> the results.
>
> Jon Noring
>
> (Hasn't Waves been renamed or bought by another company? Is it now
> called Algorithmix?)