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

[Cary Ginell]

To me, blasting is the most undesirable quality on a 78, other than a dig that skips or a catastrophic defect like a crack. I'll accept a record a grade or two lower in condition over a clean one with blasting. 

Cary Ginell

> On Jan 13, 2014, at 6:41 AM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> And if you look at blasting on a graph, it's a ton of spikes (like a lotta 
> ticks close together).
> 
> dl
> 
>> On 1/13/2014 9:30 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
>> And then, there's "ticks". I don't know of any official or generally
>> accepted definitions for any of these words. Ticks and clicks are pretty
>> much the same to me, or maybe ticks are even smaller than clicks?
>> Whatever.....
>> 
>> Another way to approach this is to look for tutorials on youtube or the
>> software maker's web sites. Izotope, for instance, has a bunch, but RX3
>> is expensive.
>> 
>> Beststuff4u, What software do you intend to use?
>> 
>> joe salerno
>> 
>>> On 1/12/2014 9:18 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> *******
>>> 
>>>> 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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