Manual De-Click with Copy and Paste Over Tutorial

[Craig Maier]

Manual De-Click with "Copy” and “Paste Over” (Tutorial)


Note: This is one of many methods available to you in your Diamond Cut Software for manual interpolation of damaged sections of .wav files.

1. Listen to your .wav file and determine the location of the click, pop, or thud that you desire to eliminate.
2. Zoom-In on the section of the .wav file containing the click using the feature having the same name.
3. Continue Zooming-In alternately listening to the .wav file until you see the troublesome artifact in the DCArt10/DC Forensics10 workspace. It will take some training to be able to identify transients visually, so be patient during your learning curve.
4. Using the left mouse button, highlight a sector of the .wav file just prior or just after the transient event, being careful not to overlap the highlighted sector onto the actual transient. The highlighted sector must be at least as long (or longer) as the transient event.
5. Click on "Edit."
6. Click on "Copy."
7. Using the left mouse button, highlight the transient event itself.
8. Click on "Edit."
9. Click on "Paste Over."
10. Zoom back out and listen to the .wav file.

Important Note:
The replacement algorithm used in the Impulse Noise Filter is much more sophisticated compared to one used in this manual de-clicking procedure. Whenever possible, you should use the Impulse Noise Filter to de-click a record or the interpolator “I” key or the “O” key on your keyboard for manual interpolation of a highlighted area. Manual interpolation can easily be accomplished on tablet computers too by highlighting the event needing interpolation and then touching the manual interpolation icon. Also, worth consideration, is the use of the Pencil Tool. Only in the unusual or extreme case wherein these other tools have been unable to remove a particular artifact, should you use this “Paste Over” process.