I create and edit my Blues Music podcasts using Audacity 3.7 and I need help understanding and processing the functions found in Audacity’s Noise Removal & Repair effect and Noise Gate. Among the Forum members are there any knowledgeable people I might contact that would help me better understand the process of editing out the extraneous noise associated with old 78 Blues recordings for a reasonable fee? I can be contacted at [email protected]. Thank you, Jamie
Audacity does not have native tools to remove crackle.
Audacity’s native noise-reduction just reduces hiss.
Thanks for your comment. Best regards,
Jamie
Brian Davies † “click repair” was the go-to software for cleaning 78’s.
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/a-couple-of-recording-questions/62099/4
If you manage to find a copy of “click repair” it will run for 21 days without a license.
An alternative to “click repair” is WaveCorrector, (but I’ve never used it ). freeware.
There are DeCrackle plugin$ which work in Audacity, (try before you buy) …
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Since you mentioned Brian Davies, you might be interested in this: PD Cleaner. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m wondering if it might help the OP.
I see they have a website with a demo … PD Cleaner — free audio restoration for old recordings
Update: I have now tried it, on Windows 10, and I’m quite impressed. I’d like to know what you think.
Very nice . This is the VST3 …
It could be used to declick other audio, (e.g. mouth clicks), as the low-pass filter can be overridden.
UPDATE: “Acoustic 78” has a baked-in 150Hz high-pass filter, need to use “Early Electric” preset for de-clicking male voice.
I just tried the defaults for Acoustic 78 using a WAV file exported from the Audacity project Jamie sent me.
Aw man, no IOS version. This looks like what I need. Ripping 80’s House music vinyl.
Even on the “Early Electric” preset it would filter out the bass.
No worries. I think i have a fix. I’m going to do the initial ripping via Audacity and then use Vinyl Studio to clean up the crackling.