Louder, more dynamic passages require a different setting than quiet passages. In fact, I change mine throughout the song to get the best setting. But the setting will be different from one album to the next and even one song to the next. Set it to listen to just the noise, and if you can hear anything that sounds like the beat of the music, then you are affecting the music transients, and you need to lower the threshold. The best method is (like pointed out above), to run it in a manual or semi-automatic mode, where click repair suggests a repair, but you decide on a case by case basis if the repair is actually a click or pop or if it is a music transient.īut if you prefer a more automatic (set it and go) method, then you need to do a bit of experimentation. ![]() I can't see that leaving it sounding 'bright'. The danger is that it might misidentify some music transients (such as percussion) as noise clicks or pops and affect them. ![]() I don’t know if private messaging is available on here, but if there’s another record I would like to have cleaned up, I might be able to contact you separately… if you prefer, my GMail can be reached at Bagpiper023.I don't see how click repair can affect the bass. Maybe in the far distant future someone could put this exact algorithm into Audacity’s Click removal and Noise removal… as if to say when Brian Davies leaves this world, he says he’s a retired mathematician… Not to be offensive or critical or anything against him… I can show you a record played on Jim’s turntable if you like.Īgain thanks a million! Now if only it was accessible to Jaws and that it wouldn’t require Java Runtime (I couldn’t install that for some reason). Jim’s turntable has less crackle yet more hiss. Especially if you compare the turntables of Tony Langford, the guy who dubbed all these bagpipe records onto an 8 CD set (these two were dubbed by Langford), and that of Jim McGillivray’s turntable. I think the de-noised version sounded a little “bubbly”, almost like it was underwater a little, but the clicks and crackles removed it sounds like the record had been dubbed from another record player! Some record players emphasize the clicks more than others, I’ve noticed. Thanks a LOT, Trebor! Your help has been very invaluable! I’d suggest not removing noise or hiss, only clicks and crackles. I’m struggling with this myself and I’d wanted to turn to some assistance. Also, feel free to put these recordings on your Examples page so people can finally know that old bagpipe recordings do exist! I’d be delighted if these could have all the clicks and crackles taken out of them. Sure, many of these bagpipe recordings do suffer from clicks and crackles, but these two, in a ZIP file, are my two absolute favorites. I have learned how to remove the warping on records with Audacity using a vibrato effect which I can explain later (long process), but in Audacity the removal of clicks and crackle is not all that possible, especially when I’m blind (I’m not going to repair every single crackle because I don’t use the mouse), and even the Click Removal effect is unacceptable. Part of this is because I play the bagpipes myself, and I’ve always been fascinated with the sounds of history - and this includes bagpipes no doubt. Since 2012, I have been collecting very old recordings of bagpipes. So, I thought I’d turn to you for some assistance on this. ![]() Unfortunately they are not that accessible with Jaws (a screen reader), and I’m blind and can’t use a computer without Jaws. If not, just tell me what I’m missing.Ī couple years ago I happened upon your ClickRepair software to remove clicks and crackles from very old recordings. Below is the email I wrote to Brian Davies… hopefully it will explain everything. So, I thought I’d turn to anybody who uses ClickRepair to help me to assist in removing crackles and clicks from my favorite two old records, if you don’t mind. However, when I emailed Brian Davies myself, I didn’t get a response. ![]() Unfortunately, the infamous ClickRepair software by Brian Davies is not that accessible with Jaws screen reader, though I have heard the results with the clicks and crackles removed and they are simply amazing.
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