On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:48:53AM -0600, millward wrote: > I use Audacity to record the sound and save it to a WAV file. > I make a copy, and work on the copy. I use Audacity to break up > the huge WAV file into its various tracks and work on the tracks > individually. That's easier on the CPU and if you screw up its not > such a problem. > There's a useful denoise filter on Audacity I sometimes use, but > most of the real work is done with the Gnome Wave Cleaner. It's free. > http://gwc.sourceforge.net > The GWC has just about everything I need; noise filters, declickers, > etc. After a track is clean enough, I use Audacity to amplify it to its > maximum below the clipping barrier. > If you're picky like I am, its a long and distressing job. Some records > just can not be cleaned. I only clean records that there are no CDs for. > Otherwise, its not worth the time and aggrivation. Good Luck! > Good catch. I'd forgotten about gwc. I used Gnome Wave Cleaner about 5 years ago to clean up some very dirty cassette recordings I made 25 years ago. Here's an example of one that GWC rescued from under a thick layer of tape hiss: http://www.restivo.org/blog/podpress_trac/web/152/1/astronomy.ogg -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
