Dave, As you probably remember, we've corresponded on GW Info. When I looked at Audition, I was a little concerned about whether one could use plug-ins consistently. It would be helpful if you would report the difficulties you encountered back on GW-Info. However, I did believe that their noise reduction and equalizer dialogs were pretty accessible. I also thought their pop and click eliminator was pretty good, too. It seemed to me there were two versions, one was very graphical and the other was less so.
Sound Forge could use set files of some kind, but there are things you can do to manage. For example, many sliders don't speak as is, but if you turn "Speak All" on with INSERT a, you can usually figure out how the values change. I think I see how I can get many of the sliders to speak but have not tried that yet but will try to let you know if I make progress. The equalizer has several modes but the Envelope mode comes up by default. However, there are tabs that you can click on with the mouse pointer and get the equalizer into "Graphic" mode which has sliders. I tried an audio restoration program called Diamond Cut once that was specifically designed for records. I don't know if it is still around or if it is even accessible but it might be worth checking out. You can probably find it with a Google search. Maybe you will get some other ideas, and maybe I will too for that matter. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:46:45 -0400, Dave Bahr wrote: >Hi list, >I am purposefully going to ask a fairly vague question because I'd >really like to hear multiple opinions and suggestions. I'm wondering if >anyone here is involved in restoring78s and lps through software, and if >so, what software do you use and how accessible do you find it? Allow me >to elaborate on my current setup if you don't mind. >I am presently using goldwave the most but have tried audition and >soundforge. I know that jfw has scripts for sound forge but am a >window-eyes user. As far as audition is concerned, I can't figure out a >way to navigate vst plugins which audition seems to rely heavily on. So >goldwave works well and is pretty accessible. But I need more powerful >filters than the program will allow. I know that there is a pc version >of protools but that is, from what I understand, for sequencing and >creating music, not restoring it. I don't know what the pro people use, >I'm thinking of the late John R. Davies of jsp records here, they might >still use analogue methods for all I know. >So, thoughts and discussion is encouraged on this one, I'm interested to >see what people have to say. I realize that a lot of the process has a >lot to do with finding the best source material available, i'm thinking >Mosaic Records and their ability to make the recordings of Bix >Beiderbecke into fantastically rich works of art. However, unless you >have fantastic connections, it's hard to get into the columbia or victor >vaults and use the metal masters and, in the case of paramount records >and dial, they don't exist. So, bring it on, and if anyone is interested >in discussing this with me off list, feel free to email me. I am just >eager to learn. >-- >Dave c. bahr >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
