Ripping an Album with Audacity

Process to far

1. normalize
2. noise removal
3. click removal
4. split tracks
5. export to mp3

reference:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_workflow_for_lp_digitization.html

Normalize

Effect > Volume and Compression > Normalize

noise removal

Use Effect > High Pass Filter with a setting of 24 dB per octave roll-off, and a cutoff frequency of 20 - 30 Hz

export to mp3

removing high pitched squeal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh62itfhmV4

1. select all

2. analyze -> plot spectrum

trial and error process, find a peak, note it's frequency 10902Hz

then efect -> notch filter frequency = 10902 , then bottom slider all the way to 20

Resources / Reading:

• FAQ:Recording - Troubleshooting
• Improving Recording Quality