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In the clip I've attached there is this pop. As far as I can tell it's there for good, I've cleaned the vinyl and played through it at least twice now. How do I fix this in Audacity? The repair tool isn't long enough and taking it in sections still appears to leave the pop. Unless I am missing something I can't seem to get rid of it. Any ideas?

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?37x8klc1lbyk9b8

You can successfully remove this by editting manually. Use the Selection tool to click over the "pop" in the waveform. Then use the Zoom In icon to zoom in until you can see a Timeline that shows tick marks every one-thousandth of a second. Look carefully at the waveform and find a point either side where the waveform is just touching the centre line. Click on the zero point in front of the pop and drag to the zero point after the pop. You have now selected the pop. (See my screen-grab below). Hear what the removal will sound like, before you commit the cut, by pressing the letter C on your keyboard. If you are happy with the result, use the "Cut" icon (the scissors) to remove the pop. Click on the "Fit Project" icon to show the whole of the track across the screen. If there are other pops, repeat the technique. Finally export a new file.

Or see this excellent plugin that user Steve created: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 42&t=62384

WC

@PGA Thank you for breaking down the process for me. If I ever get another stubborn section again this is bookmarked.

@waxcylinder ...holy wow. That just made my day.

@Cwluc
The secret is two-fold:
Cut at zero - i.e. where the waveform touches the central axis (That equates to no sound = no click or pop)
Cut as near to the "rogue bit" as possible

Our brains are much smarter than any computer. Provided there is no audible discontinuity, they will adjust across a tiny time jump. This one was five thou of a second. I've had some successes all the way up to 100 thou on speech and music. The vital thing is to leave neither silence nor erroneous noise after the cut is made. If the sound is of a more random nature (e.g. natural world ambience) I can get away with cuts measured in seconds provided I cut at zero - or at two identical sound levels, either both on an "up slope" or both on a "down slope".