Steve Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I wrote a vinyl ripping guide for another site and the part that seemed to cause the most discussion was the bit about removing clicks/pops. Some people felt that all clicks/pops should be left in for 2 reasons: - 1. "It's part of how vinyl sounds"2. Removing them can affect the overall sound quality My rebuttal to that was that vinyl isn't supposed to have clicks/pops on it - it's just something that happens - and also, you can remove a click/pop from a file by just running a click/pop remover on that tiny section of the file, so you don't have to run it over the whole file which I agree can affect the overall sound quality. What I will usually do is zoom right in to a click/pop so that I can focus on just the part of the file that's affected, which might be a few thousandths of a second. I don't want any clicks/pops in my vinyl rips and I don't understand why anyone would unless they are making a mix or song where any crackling/pops are there intentionally for effect. So what do you do? What are your thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 just get rid of the huge ones. I like a little bit of vinyl sound, personally, even though I actually agree that "vinyl isn't supposed to have clicks/pops on it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I wholeheartedly agree with you Steve. (basically, you're right ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 vinyl noise gives me wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 i dont rip vinyl, but if i did, i think i'd just leave it as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchecka Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Good topic. I think clicks and pops suck when they are overbearing only. Otherwise, if they don't detract from the song by becoming something hard that is to ignore, they are a nice constant reminder that you are listening to the "real thing". I'm a romantic when it comes to vinyl collecting so to me that just adds warm fuzzys when I hear it on a mix. I'd add, having clicks and pops for certain genres are more acceptable than others. It's great for a funk or blues mix, ok in small doses for a Hip Hop mix, but you don't want any of that when you are mixing up a straight up techno or electronic music mix. You don't wanna hear a big pop in a techno mix, since techno is supposed to sound futuristic, unorganic and crisp, beat up records detract from that greatly. I still buy an occasional techno album but never if it's in bad shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 yeah, that's a good point mate - it totally depends on what (genre) you're ripping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I just used to go for the big audible or visible ones, and do a straight interpolation over them in Soundforge. I might use noise reduction if it was just a sample, but unlikely over a whole track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I always use the pencil tool in Soundforge to "draw" them out, as it were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchecka Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Here is a short mp3 example of when clicks, pops and hiss is a good thing...I had to keep that in when I was messing around.Rushin Ops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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