Scratched vinyl

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johnwwilson
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Scratched vinyl

Post by johnwwilson » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:57 pm

I have old 45's which have scratched grooves due to the wrong needle being used. Is there anything I can do with Audacity to minimize this sound? I have an ION USB turntable.
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Re: Scratched vinyl

Post by kozikowski » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:02 am

You're playing a damaged 45 on the worst turntable ever made.

Do you know anybody who still has a top quality turntable with a good stylus?

In a word, no.

Koz
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Re: Scratched vinyl

Post by steve » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:03 pm

johnwwilson wrote:Is there anything I can do with Audacity to minimize this sound?
Not much - you can try the Equalizer effect (use Audacity 1.3 rather than 1.2 - the Equalizer is much improved in 1.3, as is just about everything else).
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Re: Scratched vinyl

Post by billw58 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:06 pm

Nothing you can do in Audacity, but this might help:

http://www.clickrepair.net/

-- Bill
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