First Janikian must clean out the grooves on the old 78s as best he can. Then he dubs the recordings onto digital audiotape so he can store them on computer. Using special software, he can then see the waveforms of the music and literally redraw them if they show irregularities. At the end of the process, he has a recording that he can transfer onto compact disk free of clicks, pops, or scratches. Janikian could spend up to ten hours cleaning up each old recording.
Software does exist that can automatically remove all of a recording's glitches, but it's expensive.
Until then, I do it essentially manually on the computer. But I don't feel this is drudgery. I actually enjoy it. Several Armenian-American alumni of N.U. have promised Janikian funding. He is also considering seeking a federal grant.