Post #105869 by Kono on Mon, Aug 2, 2004 8:07 PM

A couple more questions:

I read on the Tiki Finds thread that you can pretty much obliterate the pops and static by putting a film of water on the album while recording. Yet this is apparently very bad for the record.

Does this really work that well? And how damaging is it to the record? Would using distilled water be better?

I'm using Diamond Cut software to filter the pops and hisses but obviously it would be preferrable to not have to use the filters at all with a nice source signal. The continuous noise filter does the best job but you can hear some compression effect in the final product, even if it is minor.

I'm shooting for optimal sound quality. Do you put the water on the LP and clean up the signal knowing that you're damaging the vinyl (and just how damaging is water anyway?)? Or do you prefer to let the software do the cleaning and leave the vinyl, crappy as it may be, as is?

Anyone else using Diamond Cut?