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Originally Posted by showtaper

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.

pretty much any wav editor can do the inversion test. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to get something useable out of an auto declicker and always failed. perhaps you could show me the before/after of what's possible, I could really use something like this at work. In fact, you're the first person I've ever seen post that it is possible to use a declicker without removing important transients in the music. I'm not wanting to start a fight, just shocked by what you posted and would find it very useful to learn how to do this if it is possible.

Originally Posted by showtaper

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

Freezer's shows are done on a standalone and clip lightly & constantly thousands upon thousands of times each show and still sound better than 9/10 aud shows you'll ever get. so I agree and disagree, in a way.

Originally Posted by showtaper

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".

totally agreed.