[78-L] Record Noises - Identify and Understand Cause

[Malcolm Rockwell]

And then there's "blasting." Vocals or hot instrumental passages 
distorted due to the source record having  been played (repeatedly?) 
with a worn stylus. Common on records that have been played on acoustic 
reproducers. Hard to clean up.
Malcolm

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On 1/12/2014 4:36 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 7:53 PM, beststuff4u at frontiernet.net wrote:
>
>> Hiss, Wear, Pop, Crackle, Click, and Clipping
> Here's what the words mean to me.
>
> Hiss - typically low level broadband noise. Used to be called "air". The
> word "hiss" sounds like hiss.
>
> A click is a smaller event and typically there are lots of them in rapid
> succession. Clicks tend to be higher freqs. Maybe above 3000 Hz. Clicks
> can be created by static electricity discharges.
>
> Pop - to me a pop is a relatively large transient event. Pops may be
> wider bandwidth. Can be caused by record damage or debris on the surface.
>
> Crackle - I think of crackle as midrange clicks, below 3500 Hz. Fairly
> steady, hopefully low level, sometimes caused by impurities in pressing
> material.
>
> Clipping happens in the digital domain, I would think you are not going
> to have this if you are making the transfers properly.
>
> Wear - never heard this term used other than a general description of a
> record's condition. I have never heard of a "wear filter" in any
> program. AFAIK wear is a conglomeration of faults.
>
> I'm sure others on the list will have something to say about this.
>
> Joe Salerno
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