Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 [OLD VERSION]

by Magix Entertainment

Product Features

• Individual tracks are recognized and selected
• Timer-controlled Recording (ideal for internet radio)
• Recording function for microphones & instrument inputs
• Phono preamp simulation with RIAA EQ - Direct recording from vinyl records
• Resampling presets for correcting playback speed on old vinyl 45s or 78s

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002S096K
• Item model number: 25900
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,595 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Automatically remove crackles, clicks and rumbling to clean music from your LPs, cassettes and MP3s / For Windows PC Automatic volume adjustment (Auto-Volume) Perfect sound from favorite records, tapes, CDs, MP3s etc. Enhanced Interface fully automatic program guide + intuitive real-time editing Professional studio effects (33 non-destructive) Enlargeable wave display and visualizer Draw volume curves 2-track mode for arranging, transitions and editing Cleaning and mastering with a click (Task Assistant) Filter out vocals - record your own voice (Karaoke simulation) High-end audio editing (MAGIX music editor 2.0) CD ripping with preview function Automatic editing for standard tasks - Format conversion, volume adjustment, effects & more Automatically remove background noise between tracks (NoiseGate) Dolby noise reduction simulation (NR-B Decoder for cassettes) Playback speed controller, RPM adjusting (VariSpeed) Restore corrupted stereo bandwidths Automatic video soundtrack cleaning (AVI) Manual scratch removal (WAV Draw Mode) Remove clicks and crackles (DeClicker / DeCrackler) Filter out tape noise and rumbling (DeNoiser / DeRumbler) Eliminate hissing (DeHisser / DeEsser) Burn MP3 CDs and MP3 DVDs Burn music CDs, MP3 files and backups directly Export as WAV, OGG Vorbis, Internet Streaming Format (WMA) or MP3 Ensure quality with completed disc bit sampling analysis (Burn Controller)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Magix Audio Cleanup Lab, March 30, 2005

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G. Milford-Scott "lambda sniffer" (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I have been a BBC recording engineer in my time which, I suppose, makes me technical. However, my experience with this software is virtually all good. As an audiophile I sneer at MP3 because it distorts sound and , if available, I will always use a lossless system. I bought Magix so that I could transfer my 2,567 LPs onto hard drive and, at the same time, create back-up CDs. Some of my records are very valuable and I don't like playing them too often for that reason. Now I can play them when I want.

As an exercise I cleaned up a really beaten-up LP of Rubber Soul
and played the cleaned up version against the CD of the same name through a pair of Genelec near-field monitors (the sort of speakers a good studio would use). So far only one out of eight of my audiophile friends has been able to tell the difference and even he admitted that it was difficult .

Fifteen years ago I was running a media laboratory for a major computer company and bought similar software for $87,000. This cost me £10.00 ($20.00) in the local video store.

As far as I am concerned, the software does exactly what it advertises. I cannot speak for MP3 as I don't use it and I have had no need of technical support. The only glitch is being able to export files as WMA directly to Windows Media Player from Magix rather than go via a CD as I haven't been able to do it.

The other reviewers may well be right to slate it for their sort of music as mine is predominently Classical with relatively long tracks. However, I've so far cleaned up about 1200 LPs so I can claim some experience.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of time and patience, November 18, 2004

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R. U. Reddy "R.U." (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

While this program is no doubt powerful, be prepared to have a lot of time and patience learning it. The manual it comes with is one of the worst I've ever seen - virtually useless. So I contacted the company. They offered to send me some documents. What I got was not only too basic to be helpful (I'd already figured it out on my own), but it had not been updated from the last Audio Cleaning Lab version. I made a couple of more attempts to contact them, but never got a response. So everything I've learned has been trial and error. I highly recommend that you hook your computer up to decent stereo speakers when doing the cleaning, etc. Computer speakers will not give you an accurate idea of how the CD will sound on your stereo system. I also recommend that you keep in mind that a little tweak goes a long way. So more is not always better! Otherwise you get a lot of annoying distortion.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good place to begin cleaning up your collection, November 15, 2004

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William J. Eichelberger "I will not go quietly" (Ft. Thomas, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audio Cleaning Lab 2005 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I've been living with this for several weeks now and while my progress has been slow, it's at least been noticeable. Early projects involved re-recording some of the vinyl to cd stuff that I had done over the past few years with my Phillips cd burner. Now I have an obviously clearer copy of "No Time To Lose" by the Tarney Spencer Group, Tenpole Tudor's classic "Wunderbar", "All The Young Heroes" by the long forgotten Gary O, as well as local legend Rubber Soul's killer "Don't Say Goodnight" and some other local 80's classics off of the WEBN Album Projects. (The Young Invaders on cd? Believe it, baby.) My second project involved an attempt to take the tape hiss out of a two cd set that some of my fellow Rubber Soul fans had made over the years. (Reel to reel capture of the final show by Chris; a transfer to cassette tape by Chuck; a transfer from cassette to cd by Jeff; and finally, a cleaned up copy by me. That back cover is going to be getting full.) The first attempt was a bomb, but that was my fault for screwing around with something other than the Denoiser function. My second attempt was a huge success because it took out the annoying tape hiss without messing with an otherwise great recording. A more recent project involved figuring out the complexities involved in taking the track break out of conjoined songs. I started on this because it would allow me to re-record songs that are joined on a cd as one song, greatly simplifying the way that I turn them into mp3's. Now, instead of having an annoying break between the two previously joined tracks or having them play as separate tracks when I select the "shuffle" option on my mp3 player, I have one long, smooth track that I can plug in anywhere I feel the need without worrying about an annoying track break. Like I said earlier, progress has been slow, but it has at least been obvious. Next on the menu is cleaning whole albums (The Beatles "Black Album", Badfinger's "Unreleased And Some Released" boot,) and restoring a collection of moldy oldies that I recorded on cassette for my mom 20 years ago. Based on my initial experiments, I can see myself using the Denoiser more often than the Remastering tools, but since that's what I bought it for in the first place, I consider that well worth the price. I'm sure there are other tricks I'll learn along the way, but less than a month into the marriage, I'm sold.