A word of caution here: Even at a low sensitivity, I’ve found the de-clicker sometimes messes up the track, making it sound strange. I’m a Sound Forge Pro buff, and I really like the iZotope De-click plugin that comes with the software. When applying the de-clicker, I usually don’t go above the sensitivity value of 2.0.

Depending on how much clicking there still is, I like to run the tune through a de-clicker. Hopefully you’ve cleaned the record before recording in the first place, so the clicks and pops are minimal.

Some may object, but I don’t find vinyl’s clicks and pops sexy. The same applies to tracks starting with a gradual fade in, although that’s much more uncommon. Be careful if the track ends with a gradual fade out you want to make sure you don’t cut it mid-way. Load the raw WAV recording into your audio editor and remove any silence before and after the tune. My post-production process for a vinyl recording consists of 8 steps. Today, we’ll be doing some post-production of the digital recordings as well as getting them ready to be imported to your DJ software. In part 1 of this post, I explained how to prepare your vinyl records for digitizing and how to transfer them into unprocessed WAV files.

Remove clicks and pops from vinyl