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Hi, Tom, I generally do tapes and actually don't do 78s, so take this with a grain of whatever... I do not have the budget for CEDAR either. However, I found some mastering done on some of my original church music in a CEDAR system to be more annoying than other systems in my hands--so any system is really as good as the person running it--and make sure that that person's sensibilities and tastes match yours and your clients'. That said, I've had the best results with the de-hissing and noise reduction algorithms in Samplitude, including an older version of their de-click, de-crackle software. Every time I try and use DC5 (Diamond Cut, DCart, etc) I find I get more "musical" results in Samplitude. Perhaps I am not as intuitively connected with DC5. It does serve purposes in heavy restorations (quasi-forensic work), but most music things still get done in Samplitude--and subtly. I've also heard really good things about Algorithmix and, in fact, the newer versions of Samplitude and Sequoia use Algorithmix plugins for this....at least that is what I remember. Good luck--and keep up the good work! I'm stopping at four CDs in print <smile>. http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ to concentrate on the tape restoration aspects. Cheers, Richard At 04:26 PM 7/30/2003 -0700, [log in to unmask] wrote: >If one can't afford a CEDAR system, is there any software that comes close >when cleaning up 78s of pops, crackles and surface noise? > >Tom Diamant >Arhoolie Records >10341 San Pablo Ave. >El Cerrito, CA 94530 >USA > >510-525-7471 >fax: 510-525-1204 >email: [log in to unmask] >http://www.arhoolie.com