| Problem: |
Treatment: |
Original |
After
Treatment |
| Single
Click or scratch |
Manual
declick and wave rebuild |
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| Many
bad clicks, pops, scratches (pretty much as bad as it gets while still
recoverable) |
Manual
declick and wave rebuild ( X many!) |
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| Light
to medium crackle (with a little groove roar - see below) This is
about 'standard' LP transfer. |
Targeted
Auto decrackle (special script) and Manual declick, groove roar suppress,
spot noise reduction. |
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Azimuth error, ('mono' button pressed halfway through to show the
problem) |
Linear
time shift samples on one channel (depending on frequency) |
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| Groove
wear (medium) NB: Heavy groove wear is almost impossible to treat! |
Declick,
mono channel preserve, steal good channel |
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| Groove
roar (caused by low frequency inconsistencies and 'print-through'
in vinyl pressings) |
Get
noise footprint in LF, blend to mono gradated up to stereo from 80
through 122Hz |
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| Noise
patch (in otherwise clean groove) |
Steal
'spare' audio, paste, repair |
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| Samples
of finished and released work: |
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| 'Charanjit
Singh' 'Chhailla Babu' V/A Bombay Connection |
CD
Bombay Connection BC 001 (Netherlands) 2005 source:
India LP 1978 Condition: VG++ Difficulty
level: Low. |
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| 'John
Williams' 03 'My Ways Are Set' |
CD
Vinyl Japan JASKCD 212 (Japan) 2008
source: UK mono LP 1968 Condition: VG with crackle and pop! Difficulty
level: Medium+ |
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| Mark
Springer 'Piano' 01 'Krix' |
CD
Vinyl Japan JASKCD 204 (Japan) 2007 source:
UK LP 1982. Condition: EX Some tape hiss present! Difficulty
level: Medium |
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| Rip,
Rig & Panic 'Attitude' 05 'Intimacy, Just
Gently Shimmer' |
CD
Progressive Line PL 546
(Australia) 2005
source: Japan LP 1981. Condition: NM Difficulty
level: Low |
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| The
'Y' label Story 07 Glaxo Babies - 'Dahij' |
CD
Viva La Hop VIVA 005 (Sweden) source:
UK 7" 33RPM EP 1979 Condition: VG+ with pressing glitches + background
noise. Difficulty
level: HIGH |
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