Re: [ARSCLIST] Cedar

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, Darrel,

From all that I have seen, Cedar _Cambridge_ with a bunch of their 
modules is the choice if you wish to do serious disc cleanup for 
re-release. Seth Winner gave a great demo of "Retouch" at the ARSC 
conference and I've had fantastic demos from both Graham Newton and 
Gilles St. Laurent of the disc cleaning abilities.

I find it is possible (and there is a trend) to over-use the noise 
reduction, but, when applied well, it is excellent. I have heard 
things over-Cedared even with Cambridge, although my personal 
experience with the commercial re-release of one of my masters about 
five years ago does not qualify for "current" and it was pre-Cambridge.

I would suggest for tape hiss type noise removal that Algorithmix 
Noise Free Pro is also an excellent choice. I have not evaluated the 
pro version of Algorithmix's disc cleanup plug-in, but the Sound 
Laundry version does not come close to Cambridge.

Cambridge is waaay above the Cedar boxes in what I've heard...but 
then, I don't do discs although I keep learning about them by osmosis 
at places like ARSC conferences and Graham's and Gilles's labs.

Cheers,

Richard


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