I adjust the threshold setting on the fly as I go through the album so as to be as high as possible without falsely identifying music transients as clicks. I choose whether to accept the suggested fix or leave it untouched. This means the software stops and lets me decide if the algorithm has picked up a real click or not. I run with the 'Automatic' setting off or set to some very low number of samples. There is no one setting that is correct for all the songs on the album. First pass in reverse, second pass in normal forward.Ĭlick to expand.I adjust the setting on the fly. The only times I send a track to get another pass is when I am going in the opposite direction. Delete the failed attempt and redo the original track over again. When you need to do a redo on a track that just did not come clean enough, up the setting by one or two numbers, and go back to the fresh (untouched) track and redo. I did a fresh pass at 13 or 14 and presto! It came out perfect. Now with that out of the way, I have seen CR miss correcting some clicks at a setting of 12. It is not about the condition of the LP where the setting should be. A loud punk rock LP from the Ramones, or a Motörhead album with not too many ticks might need a higher setting do to the loud volume and texture of the music. The setting is for what type of music you are dealing with.Ī soft wind quintet on an import classical label with severe clicks can still be handled with a low setting. Still can't believe that they came up with software that was as transparent with such minimal effect on the music for tick and clicks.John, something to keep in mind, the setting you choose from 3 to say 18, (to be effective) is not dependent on how bad the ticks and clicks are. Nice to have my record collection or a big chunk of it in digital and portable and sounding so good and clean in high-res. It's been so great, good fun, great listening. The only thing that has changed is I now do them in 24/96khz, and use an outboard recorder for the digital capture, most all get CR, and then they go to FLAC, no CD-Rs. I'm using the same TT, same cart, same PC editing software, same deal. I'm still doing drops, still using CR, and loving it. Now I was taking some flawed LPs that looked fine but were just not really great players - and turning them into something outstanding. Some nice LPs but marred by tick-ridden sections, too many to do by hand. By the time CR was a reality I could start doing drops of LPs that I was previously not interested in bothering with. All my careful work went from being really good. All that work I had done capturing some of my favorite LPs (many not on CD at all), and then to have CR on hand to take them all to the next level was a watershed moment for listening. So by the time I got hip to ClickRepair I was just about on my way to loading up my music server with all the drops I had been doing for a decade or so. Always keeping a new stylus on the table. Learned the Nero Burning Rom, and became aware of Japan made TY blanks. I already had the record cleaning down cold, and learned how to remove major ticks and clicks by hand. My needle-dropping process started out in 1999 after I read up on the best soundcards, editing software & CD recorder.
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