![]() ![]() Like you, it was my original opinion that sound quality was not really an issue for software, since so long as it could record at a given resolution, I thought that would be all there was to it.Īfter I purchased an X-Fi card (which afforded the possibility of using ASIO drivers), that experience made it clear that ASIO versus kernel streaming versus DirectSound, etc, will all influence (sometimes significantly) the resultant audio quality.Īnyway, I was after an affordable solution as well. I had originally purchased the German product known as "Acoustica" but after buying the X-Fi card, I began to appreciate that using ASIO drivers could potentially improve the audio quality (the standard editions of Acoustica do not support ASIO). After comparing recordings using Acoustica with the bundled ASIO recording software that Creative provided with the X-Fi soundcard, I settled on making the actual recording using the Creative ASIO software then doing the subsequent editing in Acoustica. I should add that Acoustica is now available in a premium version that supports ASIO, however at the time of writing it has a conflict with the X-Fi soundcards (possibly just the X-Fi Extreme Gamer) that the company is aware of - a bit rediculous though, considering how popular these cards are.Īlways looking to continue my experiments, though, I purchased a Zoom 24-96 stand alone digital recorder earlier this year. I never intended to use it for vinyl transcriptions but conduced an experiment nonetheless. I was very, very impressed with the results, which were clearly better than using any software on my computer. So now I actually record directly to the digital recorder, then transfer the files from the flashcard to the computer, where I do editing in Acoustica (and for any "post production" DSP stuff I use Plogue Bidule).Īnyway, so long as your soundcard works with it, I still recommend Acoustica on account of it's excellent feature set (does everything you would ever need), superb interface, fair price and it's very intuitive interface. But you would want the Premium version which supports ASIO.Īs for click repairs, I spent a lot of time critically comparing products. I actually found that nothing comes even remotely close to the capability of Click Repair (an Australian product that sells for only $40 AUD), unless you are talking huge amounts of money for very solid professional-use noise reduction products. Virtually all click removal products butcher the sound to one degree or another. They enthuse that the clicks have been removed but so has at least half the music! With Click Repair, the effect on the music can be as small as that of a perfect Dolby "B" encode and decode cycle - which means the effect is minimal if the record is in good condition to begin with. You can never expect to remove clicks and pops without some side effects, but I have not come across any software yet that does it as thoroughly as Click Repair in the context of the degree of noise removed versus sonic "damage" it leaves behind.īoth these products - Acoustica and Click Repair - have free, time limited demos available. "Virtually all click removal products butcher the sound to one degree or another. It never ceases to amaze me when people post files on the internet of the "before" and "after" effects of these products. ![]() They enthuse that the clicks have been removed but so has at least half the music!"Ĭlick removal programs work several different ways, but the two most common are 'spike removal' and hard limiting. In spike removal, clicks/spikes are 'recognized' on the basis of a normative algorithm which then simply deletes the offending spikes leaving a gap. But the truth is that depending on the music and the algorithm used, you may lose more than just the click. ![]()
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