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#1

General Discussion / Re: Dealing with side 2

Last post by wallewek - March 18, 2026, 05:51:37 PM

Well, that mostly worked, but when I scanned for track breaks, after it found the proper tracks, it seemed to go nuts and create a whole lot of empty track breaks.  I hit Esc stop the break creation loop and used Del to delete the bogus ones, and after that all seems fine.

So the only remaining question is about starting side 2 cleanly -- who waits for who?

#2

General Discussion / Re: Dealing with side 2

Last post by wallewek - March 18, 2026, 05:19:18 PM

I think I've answered my own question for the first part, at least.

I deleted all the tracks from side 2 of the first recording, and also all the second recording (nominally just side 2 track 1).  Now I'm re-recording side 2 as part of the second album.  My theory is that it will merge with the first recording. 

#3

General Discussion / Dealing with side 2

Last post by wallewek - March 18, 2026, 12:31:42 AM

I read the help docs, but couldn't see what I need to know about this.

VS does a really great job continuing recording of side 2 of LPs, but if you take too long to flip and drop the needle, it times out waiting and you need to click Record before you drop the needle, or it will cut off the start of side 2.  Am I missing something, and/or is there a way to extend that timeout?

Pursuant to that, I had this cutoff occur with and album I was recording yesterday, and I figured I could just re-record that first track and patch it in. But no, it appears there's no way in VS to do that, so can I just delete that side 2 recording and re-record it?  Or is there a better way I'm overlooking?

Thanks for all the help!

#4

Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...

Last post by wallewek - March 17, 2026, 09:45:50 PM

Right.  For me, the trick is to find the file name, as opposed to the recording name.  As a beginner, I do not find it obvious which is which.

But thanks, I'm think I'm OK there now.

#5

Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 17, 2026, 12:06:06 AM

Right-click on a filename is your friend.  Try it.

#6

General Discussion / Re: Viewing Discogs track list...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 16, 2026, 10:24:55 PM

Sorry, no, but if you use Undo, you can see the track splits before the adjustment was applied.  You can then use Redo to reapply them.

#7

Technical Support / Re: How to skip/silence part o...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 16, 2026, 10:07:36 PM

We are aware of all this   But we don't see an easy way of doing what you ask.

#8

Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...

Last post by wallewek - March 16, 2026, 07:12:43 PM

Further on this:  The Recordings (not file) list does in Cleanup Audio have a right-click function to "Save a copy" or Import sound files.  That's not available in some other versions of that list.  I'll try it.

#9

Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...

Last post by wallewek - March 16, 2026, 06:51:21 PM

Sorry sorry being dense, and possibly blind, but I don't see any "file" mention in either of those screen.  Only album names.

If I go to the "Settings" gear at the top of the screen, there is a Collections path and a "View in File Explorer" that takes me to all the album files, though; I hope that should do.  I'm guessing if I edit an album file there, VS will pick up the changes?

#10

General Discussion / Re: Viewing Discogs track list...

Last post by wallewek - March 16, 2026, 06:32:42 PM

you must close the popup before you can record, if that's what you're asking.

Right, yes. And there is no way to close that popup, but keep its associated track list visible while splitting?

I'm asking because the auto-scan for track breaks (which works wonderfully, BTW) sometimes has trouble on "iffy" albums, and it would be nice to keep the "official" reference handy for comparison. 

Oh, well, I'll live.  Thanks!