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Linux Audio Cleanup Software

Hi - my primary operating is Linux.
Soon I will be ripping some vinyl, and I'm looking at software to clean up the audio after the rip.

I'll probably rip in Windows because I'm not confident of the quality of the audio drivers for my sound card under Linux (on board A7N8X Deluxe - it's the nforce2 audio I believe with soundstorm) - audio sounds better in Win XP than it does in Linux (tested with multiple ogg files - in Linux, they were ripped in grip and played through gstreamer - in Windows, they were the same files ripped under Linux, but played through both quicktime and foobar - and they sounded better in Windows)

Anyway - I would prefer to do the cleanup of the tracks in Linux (it's my primary OS) using Open Source Software - if there is good OSS available in Linux for removing pops and crackles that sometimes happen with a vinyl rip.

I've done this before in Mac OS using commercial software, but I don't have that software (it was licensed to my church, not to me) and if I can avoid buying software, that's my preference. If there isn't anything good I'll just have to pay, but I'd rather not ...

Thanks,
FunkyRes

Linux Audio Cleanup Software

Reply #2 –
http://audacity.sourceforge.net ... this is a very interesting project of an open-source wav editor capable of hadling ogg/mp3 files and capable of handling VST plugins as well ... it is not that stable at the moment (and development is kinda slow) but IMHO it is definitely worth keeping an eye on ...
The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper

Linux Audio Cleanup Software

Reply #3 –
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http://gwc.sourceforge.net/

Thank you!
gnome is my desktop of choice - and (other than emacs and xterm) I really don't like the idea of using non gtk+/gnome apps.

This (and a good pair of headphones) looks like it will do nicely.

Linux Audio Cleanup Software

Reply #5 –
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I'll probably rip in Windows because I'm not confident of the quality of the audio drivers for my sound card under Linux (on board A7N8X Deluxe - it's the nforce2 audio I believe with soundstorm) - audio sounds better in Win XP than it does in Linux (tested with multiple ogg files - in Linux, they were ripped in grip and played through gstreamer - in Windows, they were the same files ripped under Linux, but played through both quicktime and foobar - and they sounded better in Windows)

This is OT, but I'd just like to remind you of the fact such a statement is a clear violation of TOS Rule #8. Please try backing such statements with actual (ABX - hard I know, a loopback test would be fine) data next time. Your statement is made even more doubtful by the fact that NVidia provides drivers for Linux.

Regarding your question: There are quite a few very good Linux audio editors besides Audacity, which is very popular due to its X-Platform nature:
Sweep is one of the most promising projects and already very feature complete.
GLAME is less polished and sassy, but quite stable and powerful.
ReZound is a rather young project, but already pretty feature-complete.

Most of these support LADSPA PlugIns, so with the right PlugIns choosing an editor becomes a matter of taste rather than features.

The recommended resource regarding GNU/Linux audio software is linux-sound.org, which provides a very complete list of the sound software/solutions available for Linux.
"To understand me, you'll have to swallow a world." Or maybe your words.

Linux Audio Cleanup Software

Reply #6 –
I think he primarily was asking for audio(vinyl) cleaning software, rather than an editor?