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     - Install [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realvnc.viewer.android|VNC Viewer]] and set up a connection to display :2. You might need to allow the server's firewall to open port 5902 for VNC Viewer to work.     - Install [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realvnc.viewer.android|VNC Viewer]] and set up a connection to display :2. You might need to allow the server's firewall to open port 5902 for VNC Viewer to work.
   - If you don't like Audacity, you might find [[https://www.goldwave.com/goldwave.php|GoldWave]] a good and inexpensive alternative, although it's not free software.   - If you don't like Audacity, you might find [[https://www.goldwave.com/goldwave.php|GoldWave]] a good and inexpensive alternative, although it's not free software.
 +<color red>**WARNING: Do not install Audacity 3.4 if you have recordings made with any version of Audacity 2. The import of the old recordings will crash, the latest good version is Audacity 3.3.3.**</color>
 ===== Work flow ===== ===== Work flow =====
 I refined my work flow with the help of [[https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=20347|Vinyl Cleanup Best Practice]] and [[https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_workflow_for_lp_digitization.html|Sample workflow for LP digitization]]. I refined my work flow with the help of [[https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=20347|Vinyl Cleanup Best Practice]] and [[https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/sample_workflow_for_lp_digitization.html|Sample workflow for LP digitization]].
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   - **Audacity**: //Export --> Export Audio...// as WAV, or //Export --> Export Selected Audio...// if you have more than one stereo track in the same project.    - **Audacity**: //Export --> Export Audio...// as WAV, or //Export --> Export Selected Audio...// if you have more than one stereo track in the same project. 
   - **Audacity**: //Edit --> Undo// all effects applied to all tracks, or //File --> Close// without saving the project. This leaves your original recording and allows to redo it with different effects or settings should you not be satisfied with the result.   - **Audacity**: //Edit --> Undo// all effects applied to all tracks, or //File --> Close// without saving the project. This leaves your original recording and allows to redo it with different effects or settings should you not be satisfied with the result.
-  - **ClickRepair**: process with //**ClickRepair**// to remove clicks and pops+  - **ClickRepair**: process with //**ClickRepair**// to remove clicks and pops. Start with //DeClick: 30// then increase if required. Set //DeCrackle: Off// and //Method: Wavelet//.
   - **DeNoise**: process with //**DeNoise**// to remove the noise floor. Set to default values but Limit reduction to 9 dB.   - **DeNoise**: process with //**DeNoise**// to remove the noise floor. Set to default values but Limit reduction to 9 dB.
   - **Audacity**: Import the DeClicked and DeNoised file back into a new project in Audacity   - **Audacity**: Import the DeClicked and DeNoised file back into a new project in Audacity
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   - **Audacity**: split the recording into songs by setting Labels 0.2 - 0.5 seconds before the song audio. Use //Edit --> Labels --> Add Label at Selection//, then use //Edit --> Labels --> Edit Labels...// to make sure all songs are labeled and extend with their end time to the beginning of the next song. Use the song's name as label.   - **Audacity**: split the recording into songs by setting Labels 0.2 - 0.5 seconds before the song audio. Use //Edit --> Labels --> Add Label at Selection//, then use //Edit --> Labels --> Edit Labels...// to make sure all songs are labeled and extend with their end time to the beginning of the next song. Use the song's name as label.
   - **Audacity**: check whether you want to silence the gaps between songs if it's not quiet after DeClick and DeNoise. It's done with //Generate --> Silence...//.   - **Audacity**: check whether you want to silence the gaps between songs if it's not quiet after DeClick and DeNoise. It's done with //Generate --> Silence...//.
 +  - **Audacity**: some clicks or damages to the audio can be difficult to repair with DeClick. If the damage is in one channel only and the music is similar in both channels you might have success with Audacity by copying a short period of time from the good channel over the same period of the bad channel.
 +    - //Split Stereo Track// to have the stereo channels each in their own track
 +    - Select the period to be replaced in the track of the good channel and copy to clipboard (for example 00:03:28.200 - 00:03:28.800)
 +    - Select the identical period in the track of the bad channel and paste from clipboard
 +    - Use //Make Stereo Track// to combine both channels back into one stereo track
   - **Audacity**: export all songs with //Export --> Multiple...// to create FLAC and MP3 track files. Refer to the [[media:aah#work_flow|Audacity Audio Helper Work flow]] for recommended export settings for FLAC and MP3, which are important if you want to use Audacity Audio Helper to tag and move the track files. You can also use any other format you prefer, as set out in Audacity Audio Helper. Do not add any meta tags except the song's name.   - **Audacity**: export all songs with //Export --> Multiple...// to create FLAC and MP3 track files. Refer to the [[media:aah#work_flow|Audacity Audio Helper Work flow]] for recommended export settings for FLAC and MP3, which are important if you want to use Audacity Audio Helper to tag and move the track files. You can also use any other format you prefer, as set out in Audacity Audio Helper. Do not add any meta tags except the song's name.
   - [[media:aah|Audacity Audio Helper]]: tag all track files and move them to the destination folder.   - [[media:aah|Audacity Audio Helper]]: tag all track files and move them to the destination folder.

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