| Cleaning
Audio
When we say "Cleaning
Audio", we simply mean restoring your classic audio
to a level between its origins and your memory of its
origins. We probably can focus on two types of
cleaning. One type would be physically cleaning your
recordings...either tape or vinyl. The other type would
be the digital cleaning that we do via our audio restoration
and enhancement tools. Your memory for sound is not very good, so in
most cases, you remember your audio without any of the noise
that almost certainly accompanied it; even when it was brand
spanking new. Our tools can eliminate a good deal of the
noise that was originally there as well as noise that has
"crept" in with age, storage, etc. You must be
the judge as to how far to go with the powerful tools
EnhancedAudio supplies. Some folks like remnants of the
"warmth" associated with analog audio, where others
want their vinyl to sound as close to today's digital sound as
possible. With our tools, you decide. You can
apply as much or as little as you like...you can preserve the
warmth but remove the noise only to the level that it obscures
the sound. You can also remove all of the noise (within
reason) and use our sophisticated enhancement tools to
reinvigorate your older recordings with today's
technology.
General Record
Restoration Techniques
The
process of restoring your records can be just about as complicated
as you'd like it to be. There are numerous steps suggested by
the true audiophiles...most of us choose the ones we find most
important and throw the rest out with the bathwater. We'll
list all of these here as mini-topics...feel free to launch as many
as you care about. We'll first concern ourselves with removing
the noise, cleaning the record and getting our system dialed
in. This is fairly similar in all cases.
Tape Restoration Techniques
Like record restoration, there are countless
articles and opinions on how to best preserve and archive your
precious and slowly dying audio tape collection. The
following hints are mostly agreed upon and safe to try.
Choosing The Tools
Audio Mentor $29 |
DC Millennium $59 |
DC EIGHT $159 |
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New! |
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Handy Wizard Interface
Makes The Whole Process Of Going From Vinyl or Tape to CD
Easy. |
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Realtime changing of
filters...listen to the noise disappear while the file
plays! |
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Make Your Own CDs |
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Includes MP3, WMA
Support |
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Realtime Restoration and
Enhancement |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Remove Clicks, pops,
hiss, surface noise |
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Realtime changing of
filters...listen to the noise disappear while the file
plays! |
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Run Multiple Filters
Simultaneously |
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Record in 8, 16 or 24
bit |
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Perfect For the Serious
Hobbyist |
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Batch File Processing
(work on multiple songs simultaneously) |
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Full Enhancement
capabilities- Make any audio file sound better |
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4-band Dynamic
Compressor and Expander |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Our Newest Edition!
Everything In SIX, SEVEN,
Millennium and Mentor PLUS:
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Big Click Filter |
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Direct Spectral Editing |
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Improved Tune Library |
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Subharmonic Synthesizer |
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Overtone Synthesis |
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FLAC, Vorbis and
Broadcast Wave support |
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New CD and DVD Drive
support |
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Main screen waveform
scrubbing support added |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Audio Mentor $29 |
DC Millennium $59 |
DC SEVEN $ 99 |
DC SIX- $ 99 |
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New! |
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Handy Wizard Interface
Makes The Whole Process Of Going From Vinyl or Tape to CD
Easy. |
|
Realtime changing of
filters...listen to the noise disappear while the file
plays! |
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Make Your Own CDs |
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Includes MP3, WMA
Support |
|
Realtime Restoration and
Enhancement |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Remove Clicks, pops,
hiss, surface noise |
|
Realtime changing of
filters...listen to the noise disappear while the file
plays! |
|
Run Multiple Filters
Simultaneously |
|
Record in 8, 16 or 24
bit |
|
Perfect For the Serious
Hobbyist |
|
Batch File Processing
(work on multiple songs simultaneously) |
|
Full Enhancement
capabilities- Make any audio file sound better |
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4-band Dynamic
Compressor and Expander |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Our Newest Edition!
Everything In SIX,
Millennium and Mentor PLUS:
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New Tune Library
Database |
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Artifact
Suppression: Push filters harder with less
artifacting and aliasing |
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Virtual Phono Preamp |
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Narrow Crackle Filter:
for small clicks and pops that live close to the good
sound |
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Innovative new click and
pop removal system |
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Better RIAA EQ Curve |
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Time Compression and
Expansion enhancements. |
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More
Info? |
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Everything in Millennium
Plus: |
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Automatic EZ Clean
(removes clicks, pops, hiss, surface noise and hum
automatically) |
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CD Ripping |
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AVI Audio editing |
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Lightning Fast Editor
(the fastest in the business) |
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Up to 24 bit 192kHz
Support |
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Realtime Feedthrough
(dirty audio in, clean audio out...no processing time) |
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Digital DeClipper
(compensate for overdriven inputs on recording) |
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Sample Rate Conversion |
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Time
Compression/Expansion |
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MP3 Import and Export
Support |
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Timer Recording (set
your computer like a VCR) |
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Free Technical Support |
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More
Info? |
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Screen Shot
No one else has it...this is a one
button restoration machine. In one pass, you can remove
scratches, clicks, pops, hiss, hum, etc. Want to hear
what you're taking out...just click on our Keep Residue button
and you can hear how the tools are actually affecting the
output. Adjust while you listen to get the best results
possible. For some, this is the only screen they ever
see in the program. Get stunning results, even if you're
just starting out!
An Educated Taste Test
How much of a difference can the Enhanced Audio
products make in your audio life? Why don't you try them for
yourself? We have demos and Getting started tutorial guides
for both products listed below. Download both the demo and the
Getting Started Tutorial guide...the tutorials don't take a great
deal of time, but they give you a fantastic idea just how powerful
our products are.
| DC
EIGHT (NEW) | 10 day free
trial of our latest and greatest. You won't need 10 days
to decide that this is simply the most powerful audio editing
audio restoration and audio enhancement product you've ever
seen. Only $ 199 |
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Mentor | This cool new wizard
takes you by the hand and leads you through the complete
restoration process...from hooking up your turntable or tape
deck, to spitting out a completely enhanced CD, MP3 or WMA
file. Only $29 |
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DC
Millennium Try and Buy
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$59 never bought so much
power. See for yourself...with the new DC
Millennium Try and Buy demo, you get 10 days to put this
powerful product through its paces before a credit card
is needed to unlock it. This is a fully working
demo so you'll get a pretty good idea just how helpful a
product like this will be in your audio
restoration/enhancement projects. When you decide
that you're ready to buy, just simply go to
Help/Register...punch in your credit card and you
receive an unlock code in minutes. That means that
you can purchase DC Millennium 24 hours a day 7 days a
week. We've also included a very cool Getting
Started Guide so your 10 days won't be spent
learning...you'll be getting results 30 minutes after
you start. Just go to the Diamond Cut directory
and look for the PDF.
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| DC
Millennium Getting Started Guide |
You'll need this to guide
you through your first sessions with Millennium!
It's a PDF that makes things easy. |
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DC
SIX | This demo will allow you to sample the world's best audio
restoration/enhancement and editing product. It will
only record 1 minute of material and save has been disabled,
but if you want a taste test of excellence...you'll get it
here.
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DC
SIX Getting Started Guide
| Easily navigate this product with a quick step by step tutorial that's completely "hands-on" and easy to read.
If you don't want the PDF to load into your explorer window, just
right click on the link to the left and select Save Target As... |
We've provided Record Restoration Quick Start guides for both DC
SIX and DC Millennium.
The Getting Started Guides are in PDF form and only depend on you using the demo versions of both products. These tutorials do not take a great deal of time, but they are jam-packed with info and perfect for
quickly learning both products. By now, you've probably decided on either a $59 or $199 investment...depending on the feature set you liked the best. Just download either of the Getting Started Guides along with the demos and you'll be ready to start real 45 Record Restoration.
These are PDF files and best viewed with Adobe Acrobat. This is a free software product that you can download at www.download.com
Example Files
This is a typical old recording of a 78 RPM record. We used a variety of filters to remove the clicks, pops, hiss and other disturbances. With
78 Record Restoration, the goals are similar to any other record restoration...to make your file sound authentic, yet noise free and clean.
78 RPM With Noise Cleaned
78 RPM
Note: On some machines, you may notice a hesitation at the beginning of your MP3 files when you click on them. If you just let it play and then listen to it again, the hesitation will go
away. If you're using a dial-up...it's probably best to download this files and listen once you've downloaded.
Will I Need Anything Else?
Each and every system is different. You've also got to know what it will take to make your ears happy. For example...Sound Blasters are very popular sound cards...unfortunately, popularity doesn't make them good...just popular. There are potentially many
products that could help you...depending on the scale of the restoration project you want to undertake. We've created a page that outlines many of these product categories, plus the individual products that we recommend. Just click here to go
there.
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| Popular
Products |
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DC
EIGHT
$159
This
new flagship product offers features that any restoration enthusiast
would love with no fat. We don't try to be all things to all
people, but if you want the world's best audio restoration...stop
lookin. |
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DC
8 Software Training DVD
$39
Our resident
software guru comes into your home via our DVD and walks you through
tips and tricks for maximizing the quality and speed of your
restoration results. You'll be amazed at what you can learn in
2 hours. |
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Better
Audio Restorations Training DVD
This
detailed introduction to the Zen of Audio Restoration features a
beginner's guide to restoration
software.
Make the most of your restoration software
$39 |
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DC
LIVE/Forensics
There
is simply no better Audio Forensics product on the market. You
can pay thousands more, but if you're clarifying noisy recordings or
even running live audio surveillance, DC LIVE/Forensics is the best
in the business. $1499
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Advanced
Forensics Concepts Using DC LIVE/Forensics DVD
The in depth
walkthrough covers all of the great new features of
DC/LIVE/Forensics 7.5. $59
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Audio
Mentor
New
Price $29!
This
intelligent wizard helps any user instantly achieve
spectacular results. Mentor takes you by the hand and
gets you from the Record or Tape to CD in several painless
steps.
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Learning
The CNF DVD
Go
"under the hood" of the continuous noise filter.
This in depth training course will help any level user achieve
better results with this powerful filter.
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Diamond
Cut
Millennium
Powerful
Audio Restoration and enhancement product. Only $59
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Computer
Transfer Preamps
New
thinking for your vinyl restoration. These preamps give you
the most accurate reproduction off of your record that is
available...at a price you won't believe |
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Automatic
Forensics Adaptive Filter VST Plug-In
Now
you can get one of DC LIVE/Forensics most powerful automatic
adaptive filters and plug it into the software of your choice.
This cool new VST plug automatically removes noise so that you can
find a voice buried beneath the muck. Only $399 |
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Virtual
Valve Tube Simulation VST Plug-In
Add
real tube sound to any music file an instantly add the warmth and
depth that only real tubes can provide. This new VST Plug In
is useful in so many ways that you'll instantly find it your
favorite plug-in. Only $99
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