audio restoration plugs

[mark rachelle]

Hi Guys and Gals

I have a job coming up where part of the work is to master and restore
around 2000 tracks from the 1930's to the 1950's
lots of big name artists from yesteryear

its a real mixed bag of sonics and it needs to be done quickly and efficiently

i have the analog chain sorted

but need suggestions on the plug in side
de noiser, de hiss, de crackler, ect

i need to keep the job down to 1 analog pass, with processing in real time as well as consolidated processing

am wondering also thoughts on whether its best to apply restoration plugs before eq or after

[NYMo]

Hi Mark,

I use Bias Soundsoap pro...but I think the Waves Z stuff is pretty good.

There is a new Cedar plug out but its just shy of $4k !

Cheers

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[wez]

+1 on the waves z-noise

[spandex man]

I used the iZotope one once or twice, it seems pretty hip. Also like the Waves Z-Noise.

I used to do alot of transferring of 78's, domestic 1/4 inch reels, cassettes, vinyl etc to CD, usually involved some cleaning up. The only program i had was Diamond Cut Live, which is kind of designed for that purpose (and forensic stuff). The filters in it were ok, but the work flow was awful. Very clunky and slow. The few jobs ive done like that since using Pro Tools have been about 1/4 of the time.

[musikwerks]

+1 for Izotope.

The fully loaded version is considered suitable for forensic audio work.

Me personally, it removed all amp noise from an intimate guitar track and left me with a pristine audio track. Can't recommend it highly enough.

[graemeh]

What Kris said... RX works great as a plugin in Logic, configurable to the nth degree, works great..

[heathen]

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