Topic: Clip removal

[hexyjones]

Here are some samples using SoundForge 7 using the Vinyl Restoration Tools...

Brickwall from a friends MD source:

http://www.pennmar.net/clips/Sound%201.mp3

Cleaned up:

http://www.pennmar.net/clips/Sound%202.mp3

Not perfect - but can make a disaster listenable...

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

Any chance of posting the wav copies of that?  I'd be interested to see the result compared to the original waveform.

[hexyjones]

Here's the wavs - - -

Brickwalled:

http://www.pennmar.net/clips/Sound%201.flac

Cleaned up:

http://www.pennmar.net/clips/Sound%202.flac

[F.O.Bean]

in soundforge 7.0, i fixed up my ymsb from cbus a few weeks ago in a few tracks

1. open track and check 'detect clipping'
2. zoom in and highlight the clips, select only the clipped region, and then go into
3. 'wave hammer' and just make sure 'smooth saturation' is on and the rest of the default settings are fine IMO on it, and simply click
5. OK

 

makes a huge diff IMO and takes nothing away from the music IMO either jusat cuts peaks off a bit

[charles]

Thanks to all. +T's all around. The particular clip I'm working with is very important to me, so I'm really thankfull for all of this help.

[F.O.Bean]

backatcha, i like helping, no worries, hope ya get everything worked out

[F.O.Bean]

yeah, i just focus on the clipped parts and a little compression(especially on bluegrass style stuff) can go a LONG way IMO!

[hexyjones]

I'm old enough to have spent at least half my life listening to records (vinyl) - and I thought those brickwall "click farts" sounded like a scratch, pop, or click on a record...

For the SF7 Vinyl Tools approach -  I just select the enitre track - adjust the settings a bit in the "preview" mode - then let it roll...

[rerem]

Sondforge's SF NR2 plugin includes "clipped peak restoration tool" which is excellent. SFNR2 works as a Direct X plug-in with both Wavelab and Soundforge. The hiss reduction tool is also quite good