Any (preferably free) good software to remove hiss & pops?

[Corabar Steve]

I'm ripping some tracks from old vinyl that I can't track down on other media.

A few of them have hiss, pops & crackles on quieter sections. Some sound like a cross between a bowl of rice crispies & bacon frying.

Does anyone know of any good software for removing background noise on vinyl rips?

[DazzyD]

Like with most audio editing questions, I'd recommend Audacity.

Here is the procedure you're looking for:

http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2006/techtips-10dec06.htm

And you can download the program here:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Jason]

Yep - audacity is very good, some neat functions for sample editing.
Alternatively, I used to use GoldWave (commerial, but not expensive).
http://www.goldwave.com

[Vectis]

I've used Polderbits to good effect - it's also good at detecting the inter-track silence on albums so you can walk away and leave a whole side playing.

It's cheap, and IIRC there's a time limited full demo too

[James]

These are the mutts nuts, stupidly expensive i'm afraid

http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=197

soundforge or audacity will do the job to a certain extent, if it's just for mp3's it should be good enough, but the waves ones are the best though imho

[Corabar Steve]

Cheers chaps!

I have Audacity (came with the USB turntable), but didn't know if it was possible with it

[Megamix]

on OSX I use Click Repair http://www.clickrepair.net/