Cleaning up vinyl recordings

Stylus tip shapes

TK, but using a stylus with a spherical tip picks up less surface noise than playing the record using a stylus with an elliptical shaped tip.

Removing clicks and pops

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Adobe Audition

Click/Pop Eliminator

• Select portion of the audio to work on.
• Effects > Noise Reduction/Restoration > Click/Pop Eliminator
• For extra noise reduction: Effects > Noise Reduction/Restoration > Noise Reduction

Auto Heal

• Using the Spectral Frequency Display can help highlight clicks.
• Make a tight selection centered the click.
• Main menu > Favorites > Auto Heal

Audacity

• Open the source file in Audacity.
• Select a range of the waveform.
• Main Menu > Effects > Click Removal

TK: Experiment with Click Removal settings.

See also

See Cleaning Vinyl Records for information about cleaning the records prior to recording.