What is the best Software to Digitize LP's?


I have transfered LP's to CD's with great results. However,
some LP's have bad surface noise or bad "pops" that I would like to remove for my finished copy. I burn from my Technics Turntable through my preamp to my Sony CD recorder. So I end up with a CD copy (if there is little or no noise I keep that as my finished copy, if there is noise I would like to edit it to remove any unwanted artifacts). Any suggestions on how to proceed from here?
How about software & setup suggestions?
Thanks
128x128tune_man

Showing 1 response by cjnolan

These methods will all work to remove noise. If the noise is REALLY bad, not just some random clicks but really bad surface noise, the filtering can be somewhat destructive to the audio. So you have to use the filters carefully.

The challenge you have is that you have copies in 16/44.1
(redbook) and you basically need to:

1. Copy the CD's to your computer
2. Run them through click repair (which I use to great success) or another piece of software
3. Burn them back to CD

I prefer to do the rip and edit as 24/96 files ripped to my Mac. Then, do the edits/filters, then down-convert to redbook if I'm going to burn a CD (which isn't often these days).