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Originally Posted by Five

also I would avoid using de-noising software], also avoid automatic de-clickers because they won't even get all the clicks and will take away a lot of the transients in the music.

just go phono>amp>lineout>soundcard>recording software (audacity or even cdwave can do it too)>cutting (cdwave again)>FLAC

get healthy levels balanced on both sides without any clipping... once or twice is not bad but 10, 20 etc is dodgy. if you want to make a processed version, probably best to do it for "personal use" imo.

Have to disagree a little here. I have several de-noising and de-clicking
plug-ins that allow you to "invert" the signal when you test to make sure
you are only removing the desired noise or transients.

I do agree that without a significant amount of practice, most users tend
to set the plug-ins on "stun" and do more harm than good.

Probably the best rule of thumb for seeding here is to do as little as possible
to the sound and let each downloader decide if they want to "tinker".

BTW - in the digital world, NO amount of clipping is acceptable. I would
consider this as damaging as any lossy codec...........