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#21

Technical Support / Batch Conversion leaves old.cr...

Last post by Andy Morris - October 24, 2025, 04:12:23 PM

When I convert files in the collection folder, VinylStudio deletes the old file after creating the new file but leaves the old .crd file.

So I end up with:

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Volume in drive C is Windows
 Volume Serial Number is C4E0-B6A5

 Directory of C:\Users\AndyJ\VinylStudio\MyCollection

24/10/2025  16:05       205,797,642 Charlie_Parker~Bird_Lives-_The_Complete_Dial_Masters~side1.mp3
24/10/2025  16:05           277,404 Charlie_Parker~Bird_Lives-_The_Complete_Dial_Masters~side1.mp3.crd
24/10/2025  15:54           277,404 Charlie_Parker~Bird_Lives-_The_Complete_Dial_Masters~side1.wav.crd
               3 File(s)    206,352,450 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  1,026,004,078,592 bytes free
The .crd files have the same contents: 

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Comparing files Charlie_Parker~Bird_Lives-_The_Complete_Dial_Masters~side1.mp3.crd and CHARLIE_PARKER~BIRD_LIVES-_THE_COMPLETE_DIAL_MASTERS~SIDE1.WAV.CRD
FC: no differences encountered

#22

General Discussion / Skipping Stylus

Last post by Andy Morris - October 24, 2025, 12:02:20 PM

Has anyone tried this? 
(From  SlickDiscs | Why are my vinyl records noisy?)

Roadblocks
Damage to vinyl that stops your music in its tracks. Some deep imperfections can cause the stylus to keep playing the same passage of music over and over again or even jump out of the groove entirely.
If you experience this, sadly there is a good chance your record is ruined, but you could still try the matchstick method:

• Play your record, make note of where the stylus is hitting the 'roadblock'.
• Grab your record and a matchstick (or any small piece of softwood will do).
• Using the 'butt' end of the matchstick, rub the problem area of the record in the same direction as the grooves.
• Test playback of the record to see if the stylus now tracks as it should.
• Repeat the above steps if necessary.
  

If successful, you should find that your record is now able to play from start to finish by itself. You will still have some noise where you carried out the repair but at least you won't need to get up to advance the stylus!

#23

Technical Support / How to see Normalization facto...

Last post by bshonbeck - October 08, 2025, 02:47:38 PM

I applied normalization to a double album set and had it configured to do each side separately.  Everything seems to have work well in that regard and the completion popup showed the four normalization factors that were applied.  However, later I wanted to see these factors.  When I open the Filter Settings popup, it shows what appears to be the Normalization factor for the first side but I don't see a way to get the factor for the other three sides.  What am I missing?

#24

General Discussion / Re: Normalization and output v...

Last post by Roy_Boy_3345 - October 04, 2025, 04:01:23 PM

Paul,
   I have been doing smart normalization. I will send you the two screen shots from Audacity. It seems like my problems did not start until I upgraded to the Pro Version in order to be able to experiment with recording in DSD.

#25

General Discussion / Re: Normalization and output v...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - October 04, 2025, 03:50:14 PM

Hi,

Have you tried 'smart normalisation'?  That attempts to avoid transients in between tracks.

Also, I would normalise to 0dB.

You can send files here:

p DOT sanders AT alpinesoft DOT co DOT uk

#26

Technical Support / Re: Problem with Online Album ...

Last post by DukeBME - October 04, 2025, 03:36:59 PM

Thanks, Paul. I'll do the lookup in post as you suggest, and I'll eagerly await an update.

#27

Technical Support / Re: Problem with Online Album ...

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - October 04, 2025, 03:05:05 PM

Hi,

Thanks for reporting this.  We do know about this problem and will issue an update soon.  In the meantime, you can use 'Lookup Track Listing' in the Split Tracks window after creating the album.  That should insert track names and splits in the same way as you are used to.

#28

General Discussion / Re: Normalization and output v...

Last post by Roy_Boy_3345 - October 04, 2025, 01:33:53 AM

I also opened the two tracks in Audacity to compare the levels. I put that in a Pages doc. I do not think I can paste a screen shot or attach a file to this thread. Let me know if there is a way I can get that info to you if it is helpful.

#29

General Discussion / Re: Normalization and output v...

Last post by Roy_Boy_3345 - October 03, 2025, 08:11:01 PM

Paul,
  So I got my re-tipped Soundsmith Paua II cartridge back from Soundsmith and re-ripped Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat. The only difference between the new and old rip are that the RME ADI-2 Pro has newer firmware and VinylStudio version is newer and been upgraded to Pro. I played back one track from both version from my NAS via Lumin A1 keeping the volume control at the same position. The newer rip is about 3db lower than the original. Both were normalized to -1db. I measured this with an iPhone db meter monitoring the first 30 seconds of each track and noting the max dbC. The newer rip was noticeably softer to my ears as well. I am perplexed why they should be so different. Is there anything/setting in the Pro version that might cause this result? Thanks and sorry for being such a pest on this

#30

General Discussion / Re: New feature request

Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - October 03, 2025, 06:47:29 PM

OK, we'll add it to the list.  Glad you like the software