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amigammon•a few seconds ago
I have been using ClickRepair for years. It is excellent. My workflow is to capture my LP or 45 (through my stereo's phono input. If you go straight into the computer you will need to run the audio through an RIAA filter) with Audacity and then save the raw, uncompressed audio file and then drop that file (usually around 850MB for an album) into ClickRepair and use its default LP setting. A few minutes later CR drops a finished file with cr added to the file name into the same directory and then I load that into Audacity. I usually normalize the audio, then clean up the ends, middle (where I flip the album) and if need be the spaces between tracks. When it seems presentable I export the individual tracks (separated by markers using the text marker track) as my favorite compressed format and then drop them into Music (iTunes). If you don't know, Audacity doesn't have compression installed with it. You must acquire the compression algorithms separately and then link them to Audacity in the preferences. Also, you need to load a certain type of Java into your computer also. ClickRepair used to cost money when it was promoted by the programmer but it was well worth having. I have restored LPs that seemed beyond hope to sounding nearly like a brand new pressing.