Any such thing as reliable one-click software to fix digitized LP recordings?

[brassplyer]

For transferring LPs to CD is there such a thing as software that has a "fix it" button to do a solid job of removing surface noise and clicks/pops without much need for further adjustment by the user?

I have noise removal software but it's laborious to use particularly click/pop removal to avoid artifacts that degrade the good part of the sound. I go through a thorough vacuum-irrigation LP cleaning process which removes a lot of the problem but sometimes defects are just embedded into the vinyl. Wondering if in this day of AI there's a more sophisticated, reliable solution out there.

Thanks

 

[TalismanRich]

I tried a few free programs. None was great, I did a fair amount of manual removal on a couple of albums. Audacity has some tools, but I felt they were mediocre.

There are several commercial ones, some with trial periods.... VinylStudio, Izotrope Rx, ClickRepair are a few. I think I tried Wave Corrector.

I agree with you. This would seem to be a perfect application for AI but I haven't tried any of these.

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[brassplyer]

I tried a few free programs. None was great, I did a fair amount of manual removal on a couple of albums. Audacity has some tools, but I felt they were mediocre.

There are several commercial ones, some with trial periods.... VinylStudio, Izotrope Rx, ClickRepair are a few. I think I tried Wave Corrector.

I agree with you. This would seem to be a perfect application for AI but I haven't tried any of these.

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Doesn't have to be free, I want it to work.

 

[TalismanRich]

Probably best you run the demo versions. Unless you know that it works, it's silly to blow money on something totally unknown.

 

[Papanate]

For transferring LPs to CD is there such a thing as software that has a "fix it" button to do a solid job of removing surface noise and clicks/pops without much need for further adjustment by the user?

I have noise removal software but it's laborious to use particularly click/pop removal to avoid artifacts that degrade the good part of the sound. I go through a thorough vacuum-irrigation LP cleaning process which removes a lot of the problem but sometimes defects are just embedded into the vinyl. Wondering if in this day of AI there's a more sophisticated, reliable solution out there.

I have and use RX11 Advanced - there is no quick and easy way to eliminate Pops, Clicks or other Record noise - I don’t know any software that is point and solve to remove the kind of noises incurred on records.

 

[brassplyer]

I have and use RX11 Advanced - there is no quick and easy way to eliminate Pops, Clicks or other Record noise - I don’t know any software that is point and solve to remove the kind of noises incurred on records.

I looked at it - gads $1349. And it's still not point and solve. Presumably it's useful for other things besides LP cleanup?

 

[rob aylestone]

I suppose perhaps you should look at it differently? Unless you intend to offer cleanup as a business, digitising your collection is a one-off. Anything you spend becomes obsolete when the job is done.

 

[ecc83]

You can get a month's free use of (what was Sony) Sound Forge from MAGIX. I used it years ago to clean up 50 sides of punk 45s for my daughter and burn to CD.
Not quite, IIRC, a "one button fix" but not onerous to use. You might also ask around to see if there is a professional record cleaning company you can use. Some library's had a KMAL machine you could buy time on.

Dave.

 

[Papanate]

I looked at it - gads $1349. And it's still not point and solve. Presumably it's useful for other things besides LP cleanup?

I;ve been upgrading for a while - I think the latest was $159 - and it’s very useful for issues with recording.

 

[Papanate]

Click Repair by Brian Davies is a pretty good piece of software - doesn’t cost anything - and heres a video that explains it pretty throughly.