Software for ripping and declicking vinyl

[bliss53]

I have a the following set up and I want a good software to rip my vinyl to lossless digital files.

Mac Mini computer
M Audio Fast Track USB DAC interface
Conrad Johnson Pre amp with Phono out
Project Debut III
Grado Cart

Any recommendations on a software or a good source for a step by step tutorial. I want to know how to breakout and label the tracks via downloads as well.

Thanks

[alphacourt]

Adobe Audition 3 is fantastic - it's not cheap but it's Pro quality software that has some great, very easy to use tools for removing rumble and hum as well as removing clicks, crackle and pop. The results are amazing.

You can download a 30 day trail (no feature limits) from here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/

[Alabama978]

This should work with the Mac and it's free and well supported by tutorials.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Don't underestimate the program as it's quite powerful and has a lot of free plug in support too.

Al

[Wulf]

ProTools or Soundforge (my choice). Protools interface takes some getting used to, SF is a model of simplicity but with many powerful features under the skin. Like most software at this level, it can load ANY DirectX-compatible plugins too (like the original Radium Fraunhofer mp3 codec, one I couldn't be without. Google 'radium mp3' to find it).

Set your sample rate as high as you can, and don't downsample until all your edits have been done. If you're going to store the files on your PC as MP3 make sure to select 256 as the bit-rate (or higher if your PC/software can do it).

There's a good page here which lists various wares and their performance.

[lanny]

Don't buy anything until you've looked at Click Repair:
http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~briand/sound/

Many people consider it the most effective solution.

[Babak]

Hi

I am unsing Amadeus Pro on my Macbook, and it works excellent (Audacity crashed regularly)

Amadeus offers the same method for de-clicking as Clicm Repair and additionally offers a lot of other tools:

Recuction of Hiss
Different equalisation curves (not only RIAA, but also for mono records from the pre-RIAA age)
Thus one can plug in the TT directly to the sound card and equalize afterwards with the orrect settings. That's cool for collectors of old records and 78s.

You can find it here:
http://www.hairersoft.com/AmadeusPro/AmadeusPro.html

Cheers

Babak

[bliss53]

Thanks for the recommendations. I tried Audicity and had some problems with low levels and a background hiss. I was not able to use the m-audio usb interface to process the signal. There is no stereo input on my m-audio interface. I plugged the conrad johnson preamp out (with phono selected) directly into the mic line in on the mac mini. Any other ideas on where to start the troubleshooting?

[wobbleu]

Groove Mechanic is great for removing noise, and splitting album sides into separate tracks

http://www.coyotes.bc.ca

I also use Audition - which is very easy to use and extremely versatile with it.

C

[lintwind]

Hi Dave,
i wouldn't go for USB2, but Firewire instead (due to much better h/w protocol handling) - RME FireFace 800/400 (http://www.rme-audio.de/en_index.php), Apogee Duet/Ensemble (http://www.apogeedigital.com/), Prism Orpheus (http://www.prismsound.com/music_recording/products_subs/orpheus/orpheus_home.php), the list goes on.

alternatively, a dedicated PCI/PCIe solution - with breakout A/D box or with Toslink to the card (S/PDIF, AES/EBU or/and ADAT SMUX) of likes of RME, Creamware, E-MU, etc. A bit of a cheaper, but much more reliable option to my liking.


provided one never questions the 4 figures price

ps. I've been using E-MU 0404 USB for some time now for monitoring digital content, costs around 90 quid these days from all major proaudio outlets, and it's USB2 (check out the specs at http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&product=15185)

regards,
lw

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Guys

If you wanted the highest resolution and lowest noise USB interface. Which USB interface and Software would you chose if money wasn't a real problem?

Thanks

Dave
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[JaS]

Which USB interface and Software would you chose if money wasn't a real problem?

Not a 'money no issue' option but I've been very happy with my Edirol UA-5 24-bit/96kHz USB Audio Interface.

http://www.roland.com/PRODUCTS/en/UA-5/index.html

Drivers are 100% stable, it uses an external power supply rather than a feed from the computer, and sound quality on record and playback (through my Audio Synthesis Dac) is pretty damn good.

They are only available S/H but there are drivers for XP and Vista which is more than can be said for my brother's (slightly) newer, and infinitely more expensive professional Edirol 2496 PCI/external sound cards

Regards,
JaS

[lintwind]

Dave,
forgot to ask you, is it for recording stuff?
surely you're aware, everyone has been banging on about the MR-1000 (http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=MR1000&category_id=3)
just under £800 these days, listed, with USB2 192/24 in/out flat file transfers, but it's a DSD/1bit recorder, ie. i doubt there's a direct monitoring rec mon through USB2 - i'll let you know once i've played with it in a couple of weeks time.

regards,
lw

[petroulop]

I use roxio cd spin doctor which is included in the roxio toast bundle have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQAzGyPEZfE

[VinylIsTheBest]

Did you ever check out download.com?, they have free software for just about anything, I use "Freerip" for converting to mp3 files, got it on there.
Just wanted to let you know..............

[bliss53]

Had to get a M-audio Audiophile to record and play. Did several albums with Audicity and they came out pretty well. At least as well as the average CD rip. I am looking forward to ripping with my new turntable setup. I probably still have a lot to learn with Audicity. It seems very time consuming to label each track and find the track breaks. I had trouble loading the add in for automated gap identification. I still need to go through the volumes of wiki info for Audicity on line.

A musical fidelity dac looks lick a nice piece does anyone know anything about it?