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#11

Technical Support / Re: Brass protection and mised...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - April 20, 2024, 11:47:46 PM

Hi,

I'd just leave it off.  Some brass sounds (sax, trombone, synth sometimes) can be badly damaged by VinylStudio's click scanner, but other instruments tend to be less affected.

You might be losing a little 'brightness', but if you can't hear it then it really doesn't matter.  More of a problem is audible distortion, but, again, if you're not hearing that then there's nothing to worry about.

#12

Technical Support / Brass protection and mised cli...

Last post by Frank Schabel - April 20, 2024, 03:21:38 PM

I have been recording and cleaning up some very old LPs of some Mahler symphonies. These LPs sound good even though almost 60 years old. I used the vinyl with  in good condition algorithm and when scanning started with the defaults with brass and percussion protection on. The scan found many thousands of clicks but left many thousands of larger, clearly audible clicks, many more than any reasonable person would tackle with individual click removal. If I re-scan with brass protection off almost all of these clicks are found. There is a lot of brass in Mahler and I don't want to damage it more than necessary. My hearing is not that good (hearing aids on music setting) and I was never a super critical listener, but the brass sounds fine to me. I really don't want to spend much effort doing manual correcting since these Mahler recordings are are available on mp3 for pennies or CD for a few dollars. Is there a better technique to try or just continue to use defaults with brass protection off?

#13

Technical Support / Re: Problems with version 14.

Last post by NestorLeone - April 19, 2024, 04:54:51 AM

and Today it happened again!

Please forget this. It worked fine,.

#14

Technical Support / Re: Problems with version 14.

Last post by NestorLeone - April 19, 2024, 03:26:12 AM

and Today it happened again!

#15

Technical Support / Re: Problems with version 14.

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - April 18, 2024, 07:54:35 AM

Cool, thank you.  We're getting there.

#16

Technical Support / Re: VinylStudio Beta

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - April 18, 2024, 07:53:54 AM

Thanks, we appreciate the feedback.

#17

Technical Support / Re: Problems with version 14.

Last post by NestorLeone - April 18, 2024, 03:20:25 AM

OK, V14.0.5 Beta 2 (now out) finally fixes DSD saves.  Thanks all for your patience.

https://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2567.0

Finally I was able to test it today and it worked like a charm!!! Thanks Paul!!

#18

Technical Support / Re: VinylStudio Beta

Last post by NestorLeone - April 18, 2024, 03:19:34 AM

The latest Beta is version V14.0.5 Beta 2.  You can get it here:

https://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/VSInstall_Beta.exe (Windows)

https://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/VinylStudio-Installer-Beta.pkg (Mac - Sierra and later)

If you need an installer package for El Capitan or earlier, please contact us for assistance.

If you purchased from the Mac App Store, the changes are not in that version yet.  Please wait while we get the software through App Store review.

If you are using VinylStudio Lite (as supplied with the NAD PP-4), you can also install from the above links.


Changes in this version:

• Fixed (finally!) problems saving tracks from DSD recordings.

I tested it today and it worked like a charm! Thanks Paul!!!

#19

Technical Support / Re: Save Cleaned Audio Tracks

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - April 16, 2024, 04:58:07 PM

Should do, play them to see.

#20

Technical Support / Save Cleaned Audio Tracks

Last post by brainstewn - April 16, 2024, 04:08:12 PM

I am working a Neil Diamond album. The automatic cleaned audio is so much better. As I understand it I am doing the following steps: 1) adjust all the track breaks in the original audio, 2) Scan for clicks, 3) Save tracks.

Does this process save the cleaned audio using the track markers in the original audio?