JoVee wrote in
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in article , Tony Rice at
wrote on 6/25/04 4:42 PM:
I've looked at DINR and CEDAR but those are way way way too rich for
my blood. RayGun seems to be pretty good for the price.
What other low cost dehis, depop/crackle apps would you recommend?
I'm converting some old cassettes and LPs to MP3 for archival
purposes.
well THAT"S a bad idea... unless you're using 'archival' to mean
'convienience' rather than 'absolute best possible preservation
copies' for which any lossy coding is a pretty lame idea. They ARE
convienient though!
I thought twice about mentioning the word archival and mp3 in the same
sentence for fear of having my knuckles slapped. Convenience is the most
important thing here, especially considering the quality of the
originals. Even with minor post processing, the MP3s are going to sound
much much better than the originals. So being in an inherently lossy
format isn't going to matter that much.
cheapest click and pop removal is manual... In many real respects
STILL the best way.
True.
hiss removal/reduction is different and more problematic. It's always
dependant on each piece of audio and more often than not I leave it
there rather than live with what happens to program material when you
try and remove it.
DINR is that expensive?
Wow, that was helpful, thanks.