Cleaning up samples from Vinyl

Hey guys.

I was just wondering what software do you use for taking out excess vinyl crackle and floor noise (rumbling or severe scratches)

I want something that leaves the warmth and not make my sounds too digital.

Any ideas?

Peace.

Please no silly answers like EQing etc lol

DJ tru blu

Just had a look at Audacity. Looks good. Any feedback on using Audacity?

Im not trying to make shiny beats I just buy a lot of 2nd hand vinyl to make beats and keep it even if it's a bit trashed haha

Most DAWs should have noise restoration plug-ins - especially useful for removing hiss/crackle/pops. If you don't have access to any you'll have to manually remove these peaks from the waveform itself, in your DAW zoom in on the unwanted noise, delete, and apply a fade. Or, if hiss is the issue you can notch it out with EQ, which can usually be found around the 11-13K area.

audacity noise reduction is pretty good since you can give it a sample to work with and tailor the reduction to your sound.

for clicks, audacity is good because you can zoom in and use the pencil tool to manually re-draw the waveform.

having said all that - i usually leave the dirt in the sample.

I use Wavelab 7 for audio editing. The Sonnox Restauration plugins included do a very nice job

try adobe audition. version 3 is free. so is the whole creative suite 2:

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

running it on win 7 with no problems

Wow. thanks guys. When I get round to this I will let you know.

Do you know the main reason I want to do this? So people can't even tell I sample haha. I try to make the transitions between intro's , hooks etc sound live, not chopped or programmed. Also as I DJ and play CD's too I'd like the difference not to be TOO obvious lol

PLUS even though sampling laws are easier in the UK I'd rather just take the risk with samples that don't sound like they obviously came from Vinyl.

tapedeck you get nothing but props for that comment! But what do you do when the noise overpowers the music?

Thanks again for the comments and I will post up some examples under this topic. I managed to get some records after Katrina hit that were literally wet and muddy. You know you can only clean so much off a record. If the grooves are damaged that's that really

djtrublu wrote:tapedeck you get nothing but props for that comment! But what do you do when the noise overpowers the music?

find a different sample - or just massage it to make it work. i dont think noise is bad and must be removed in every situation.

djtrublu wrote:I managed to get some records after Katrina hit that were literally wet and muddy. You know you can only clean so much off a record. If the grooves are damaged that's that really

there is a reason hurricanes suck so bad.
i wouldn't mess with those records - plenty of good quality and free records to be found elsewhere.

not sure if anyone mentioned, but a quick decay / gate is actually a really good way to 'clean' a sample.

If you can find it because they have ceased operations, but bias peak soundsoap 2. I use it all the time.

Have 2 seconds of noise (the silence) before the track you are sampling comes on. Save the song to your computer, open up soundsoap 2, load the track and then click learn noise and press play. From the beginning of the track it'll set a setting fo you. You can make adjustments as needed.

See if youtube has some examples.

I've had some success with Waves plug-ins when trying to eliminate unwanted noises in the sample or recording.

Look into X-Hum, X-Crackle & X-Noise - all made by Waves. (this stuff not cheap, but will get the job done)

x-noise and x-crackle work extremely well..

**** wrote:try adobe audition. version 3 is free. so is the whole creative suite 2:

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html

running it on win 7 with no problems

I found this when looking up wavelab info. Thanks for the heads up.

in audacity there's a tool called "click removal" in the effects menu...

Izotope RX is supposed to be one of the best restoration apps. Waves Z-Noise and X series are also decent.

They all sound horrible if you push them too far though.

for rumble: playing the record at 45 +8 can help achieve separation between rumble and bass you don't want to filter out