A few days ago, JJ wrote: > But does anyone know a decent program to help get > rid of those pops from my old records once it's in > AIFF format?
I've always throught Adobe Premiere was a bit underappreciated as an audio editor. True, it's complete overkill for most audio work, but since old versions handle audio as well as the latest (and can often be found on the cheap), it may be worthwhile for you. I like the timeline approach, the simple "rubberband" volume controls for supressing clicks & pops, and even the ease of fading "clean" sections from the same song in over noisy, scratchy parts. Can't always be done, but if it's in, say, the chorus, and all run-throughs of the chorus sound identical, no loss. An alternative is to just exploit the fact that Premiere lets you work in 1/30-second increments, or audio "frames". Pops rarely take more than 3 frames, and even when they're right in dialog, the frames immediately before and after them are often indistinguishable from the problem ones. The important thing, I've found, is to maintain the timing. If you supress three frames worth of pop, don't just take them out -- cover them with something, like a 3-frame blend of the preceding and following 3-frames. (The human ear is surprisingly sensitive to variations in timing. 1/30-second off-beat sounds worse than you might think.) About six years ago I undertook a huge project to convert all my father's recordings from the late 60's through early 90's to CD. Sources included vinyl, cassette, reel to reel, and DAT. I was working for Digidesign at the time, so I had access to some truly amazing hardware and software for audio recording and mastering. Ultimately, Digi's stuff proved way too complicated, other than a fantastic plug-in for eliminating hiss in old tape recordings, and I did 90% of the work in Premiere. Been using it ever since for all my audio diddlings. The only frustration I've had is that some audio projects simply refuse to render. Rare, but annoying. If I weren't so incredibly cheap, I'd probably try out Deck II, which a musician friend of mine gives very high marks. Hope this helps. -Kennedy Brandt SuperMac Insider (http://home.earthlink.net/~supermac_insider/) -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
