![]() ![]() Derek Higgins is a nice guy - we once met for lunch to swap experiences (I'm the author of another LP restoration program, albeit with a different set of priorities to Wave Corrector).īut as with any automatic declicker, there are times when it leaves artifacts that I personally prefer to fix up by hand. I regard it as the best affordable automatic declicker around. To restrict yourself to 24 bit eliminates the chance of using them, and that is a far bigger barrier to getting a good result. Voila!Īs you have found, some very useful tools only work with 16 bit files. About all I do now is fine tune the track boundaries and implement some fades, then export. I originally used Audacity but was spending hours converting a single LP (removing clicks manually, etc.) Now I can convert an LP in decent condition in less than 15 minutes (not counting the actual recording time). ![]() I suppose I have become so accustomed to the ease and convenience of the Wave Corrector program that it is just not a big deal for me that it can't do 24 bit audio. The turntable needs to be properly set up, the stylus in good condition, and a decent phono preamp used. It needs to be cleaned properly (preferably with a vacuum device such as a Keith Monks, Nitty-Gritty, VPI or Moth). The most important step in achieving a good transfer is the initial playback of the LP. The only conceivable reason to record at 24 bit is if you plan to do enormous amounts of DSP, in which case there is an extremely small but non-zero chance that rounding errors might bring the quantisation noise above the LP surface noise level. No vinyl LP has resolution that remotely approaches the limits of 16 bit PCM. ![]() I know most audiophiles would cringe to read this but.the quality of the source material (the LP and the transfer to digital) matters a whole lot more than whether it's in 16 or 24 bit.Īs far as I'm concerned, you are absolutely correct. I have enjoyed ripping LPs so much that I actually don't buy CDs anymore, I just buy used records and rip those, they sound better and it's less expensive. It's the best $40 I ever spent on a piece of software! Best thing (IMO) for LPs and works great for cassettes too. I have used Wave Corrector for several years and versions. (In fact, I sell another program that includes similar functionality, but for your purposes I think CD Wave is your best option). ![]() Note: You'll have to convert the output to FLAC using another tool. This is much simpler than using an audio editor to mark and save each track, and CD Wave guarantees to put split points at CD block boundaries (which is important if you plan to ever write those tracks to audio format CDRs). Then the program will write the individual tracks out to separate WAV files. Or you can place all the split points manually from scratch if you prefer. a quiet section might be taken for a track boundary segues may be missed). You may then manually correct any mistakes it may have made (eg. The program you should take a look at is called CD Wave (It will scan a WAV file looking for silences which may indicate the track boundaries, and put "split point" at those places. So far you've had plenty of replies concerning the conversion to FLAC part of your enquiry, but not much about the track-splitting requirement. I guess that I have the space to store 2 formats if needed.Īre there other tools that might "cut" tracks out of a wav file. However, it might be nice to be able to playback through iTunes from time to time. Any suggestions for a good lossless format?īTW, I guess the primary use will be playback via a SB3. Not sure, I think Cakewalk might be able to store in Apple's lossless AIFF. Should I store the files in FLAC or lossless AAC. CLICKREPAIR FLAC FILES MACI also have a vintage 2005 Mac Mini with Garage Band though I've never used it.Īre there other tools that might "cut" tracks out of a wav file. CLICKREPAIR FLAC FILES WINDOWSI happen to have Cakewalk for Windows XP on a fairly fast AMD dual core machine. Since I have all the original LPs - I can just type in any info from the album cover. I'd like to cut each track out of the wav file, store it in another lossless format and add some tag information. Right now I have each side of an LP recorded to a wav with a filename that contains the artist and album name. The LPs are in surprisingly good shape and I've perfected a method of recording each LP to wav on a computer. I have a collection of LPs from college (over 20 years ago) and some of these don't seem to be available on CD. ![]()
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