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#21
Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...
Last post by wallewek - March 14, 2026, 04:58:04 PMHey, here's an off-the-wall idea. VinylStudio and Audacity are very different, but can be complementary. VS is amazing for ripping vinyl; Audacity is a "Swiss Army knife" for editing audio, including plugin support and other editing tools.
So, maybe if VS could "call" Audacity to edit a given album, you wouldn't need to implement RX plugins at all.
When I did this on my "rescue" album, the biggest hassle I had was figuring out where exactly the original whole-album file was so I could open it with Audacity. Of course I had to redo the split, but that was easy on the clean album. I wasn't able to find a place in the VinylStudio interface which clearly stated where the raw recording was located, and the documented examples were of limited use because I don't use default locations.
This feels very much like your article "How to record on one PC and split tracks on another". I'm going to give it another read in that sense.
So, maybe if VS could "call" Audacity to edit a given album, you wouldn't need to implement RX plugins at all.
When I did this on my "rescue" album, the biggest hassle I had was figuring out where exactly the original whole-album file was so I could open it with Audacity. Of course I had to redo the split, but that was easy on the clean album. I wasn't able to find a place in the VinylStudio interface which clearly stated where the raw recording was located, and the documented examples were of limited use because I don't use default locations.
This feels very much like your article "How to record on one PC and split tracks on another". I'm going to give it another read in that sense.
#22
Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...
Last post by Indy33 - March 14, 2026, 04:35:23 PMThat would be very nice Paul! I would like to see it done.
#23
Technical Support / Re: How to skip/silence part o...
Last post by Indy33 - March 14, 2026, 04:34:07 PM@wallewek
Why do you dislike deleting a fraction of music? Just curious about your thoughts
Why do you dislike deleting a fraction of music? Just curious about your thoughts
#24
Technical Support / Re: How to skip/silence part o...
Last post by wallewek - March 14, 2026, 02:37:56 PMThanks. I also found that using ( and ) to jump exactly one rotation really helped.
Fortunately using the yellow markers and ^X and ^Z for testing the cut-and splice works reasonably well to allow choosing whether I've selected the exact right spot, undo and try again. It's just not as precise as the track split markers.
Too bad there's no way to use the track split markers as a non-split skip. They work so nicely to trim noise between tracks, making it so easy to be precise. I kind of mulled over the idea of making a temporary track split to allow precisely skipping the bad spot, deleting that spot and undoing the slit, but...
The splicing works well though.
Fortunately using the yellow markers and ^X and ^Z for testing the cut-and splice works reasonably well to allow choosing whether I've selected the exact right spot, undo and try again. It's just not as precise as the track split markers.
Too bad there's no way to use the track split markers as a non-split skip. They work so nicely to trim noise between tracks, making it so easy to be precise. I kind of mulled over the idea of making a temporary track split to allow precisely skipping the bad spot, deleting that spot and undoing the slit, but...
The splicing works well though.
#25
Technical Support / Re: Great new way to clean up ...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 14, 2026, 05:06:42 AMOK, we'll take a look at supporting, in particular, the iZotope plugin. It sounds like a handy gadget.
#26
Technical Support / Re: vinyl studio quit unexpect...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 14, 2026, 02:49:39 AMHi,
Thanks for this. Now enter the following command into Terminal (you can use copy and paste) and that should fix the fault:
sudo chown -R tonycocca:staff ~/Library/Containers/uk.co.AlpineSoft.VinylStudio
Please note that you will be prompted for a password, and that is the password you use when you login to your Mac or install software. You won't see anything while you type - you just have to get it right.
Thanks for this. Now enter the following command into Terminal (you can use copy and paste) and that should fix the fault:
sudo chown -R tonycocca:staff ~/Library/Containers/uk.co.AlpineSoft.VinylStudio
Please note that you will be prompted for a password, and that is the password you use when you login to your Mac or install software. You won't see anything while you type - you just have to get it right.
#27
Technical Support / Re: How to skip/silence part o...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 14, 2026, 02:47:47 AMHi,
If it's in the middle of a track then cut-and-splice is the only way, sorry.
If it's in the middle of a track then cut-and-splice is the only way, sorry.
#28
Technical Support / Re: vinyl studio quit unexpect...
Last post by t70 - March 13, 2026, 11:43:32 PMThanks after the prompt I got
/users/tonycocca
Tonys~MBP:~ tonycocca$
/users/tonycocca
Tonys~MBP:~ tonycocca$
#29
Technical Support / Great new way to clean up clic...
Last post by wallewek - March 13, 2026, 09:16:42 PMVinylStudio has limited built-in capability to clean up clicks and pops from scratches. When you have a scratch that goes right across the whole side, manually editing each click is too laborious. But I've found a better way!
The iZotope RX 11 Elements plugin, an "AI-powered, entry-level audio repair toolkit" has de-noise and de-click functions that work better than anything else I know of. It can make those clicks virtually inaudible. It's not free, but the Elements plugin you need can be found at tolerable prices. I got mine from Plugin Boutique. The catch is that the plugin is not standalone, and the current release no longer includes an editor to use it with. And the other catch is that it you activate it before you try to use it, you own it, no refunds.
Unfortunately, VinylStudio doesn't appear to have support for plugins of any sort -- but Audacity does! Audacity is free, and it supports several plugin formats, including the one RX Element uses.
It would be nice if VS supported plugins like this (AU, AAX, AAX Audiosuite, VST3), but in the meantime I'm OK exporting the whole album to Audacity, cleaning it up with RX Elements, and bringing it back in to VS. I just wish there were a cleaner way to do that export/import. Maybe it's just me, but I do find that a hassle.
The iZotope RX 11 Elements plugin, an "AI-powered, entry-level audio repair toolkit" has de-noise and de-click functions that work better than anything else I know of. It can make those clicks virtually inaudible. It's not free, but the Elements plugin you need can be found at tolerable prices. I got mine from Plugin Boutique. The catch is that the plugin is not standalone, and the current release no longer includes an editor to use it with. And the other catch is that it you activate it before you try to use it, you own it, no refunds.
Unfortunately, VinylStudio doesn't appear to have support for plugins of any sort -- but Audacity does! Audacity is free, and it supports several plugin formats, including the one RX Element uses.
It would be nice if VS supported plugins like this (AU, AAX, AAX Audiosuite, VST3), but in the meantime I'm OK exporting the whole album to Audacity, cleaning it up with RX Elements, and bringing it back in to VS. I just wish there were a cleaner way to do that export/import. Maybe it's just me, but I do find that a hassle.
#30
Technical Support / How to skip/silence part of a ...
Last post by wallewek - March 13, 2026, 08:50:48 PMI have a track from a damaged album with a section that repeated several times.
I want to silence or skip past that section just as though I had created a track break there, but I don't want to mess up the track list. I also don't want to "delete" it (even though I know I can undelete it), because that hides it on the track display, and makes it hard to see what I'm doing as I set the exact segment I'm omitting from the final track.
Is there any way to do that?
I want to silence or skip past that section just as though I had created a track break there, but I don't want to mess up the track list. I also don't want to "delete" it (even though I know I can undelete it), because that hides it on the track display, and makes it hard to see what I'm doing as I set the exact segment I'm omitting from the final track.
Is there any way to do that?