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#91
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.
#92
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?
#93
Technical Support / Re: vinyl studio quit unexpect...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 13, 2026, 08:26:38 PMHi,
This is a bug in HS, but there is a workaround. Please proceed as follows:
1. Open a Terminal window (Finder -> Menu -> Go -> Utilities -> Terminal)
2. At the prompt, type pwd and tell me what it reports.
I should then be able to provide a fix.
This is a bug in HS, but there is a workaround. Please proceed as follows:
1. Open a Terminal window (Finder -> Menu -> Go -> Utilities -> Terminal)
2. At the prompt, type pwd and tell me what it reports.
I should then be able to provide a fix.
#94
Technical Support / Re: Scratches / clicks every 2...
Last post by wallewek - March 13, 2026, 04:25:10 PMThanks! I think that will help a lot.
I also made a discovery for cleaning up noisy records that works really sell, I plan to post that under a separate topic.
I also made a discovery for cleaning up noisy records that works really sell, I plan to post that under a separate topic.
#95
Technical Support / vinyl studio quit unexpectedly
Last post by t70 - March 13, 2026, 02:25:27 PMI downloaded vinyl studio and I believed it installed correctly but I got the following messages when I tried to run and register it:
MacOs needs to repair your library to run applications (I clicked on the repair window and said everything was ok) but then I got
VinylStudio quit unexpectedly and it won't run
I am using a 10 year old mac laptop with an intel processor with the High Sierra OS.
I have had no problems running other apps and this only happened after downloading VinylStudio. Any idea what's going on? Thanks
MacOs needs to repair your library to run applications (I clicked on the repair window and said everything was ok) but then I got
VinylStudio quit unexpectedly and it won't run
I am using a 10 year old mac laptop with an intel processor with the High Sierra OS.
I have had no problems running other apps and this only happened after downloading VinylStudio. Any idea what's going on? Thanks
#96
Technical Support / Re: Scratches / clicks every 2...
Last post by Indy33 - March 12, 2026, 10:29:22 PMobviously I got one of the keystrokes wrong, but I bet you can figure it out.
#97
Technical Support / Re: Scratches / clicks every 2...
Last post by Indy33 - March 12, 2026, 03:38:09 PMIt would still be a lot work, but are you familiar with the command to jump ahead exactly ONE rotation. It will make finding those clicks very easy after the first click is identified.
Keystroke ")"
Move forwards by one disc rotation period.
Keystroke ")"
Move backwards by one disc rotation period. Use this when manually repairing scratches that run across the disc. You can change the rotation period for the current album in the Edit Album Details dialog.
Keystroke ")"
Move forwards by one disc rotation period.
Keystroke ")"
Move backwards by one disc rotation period. Use this when manually repairing scratches that run across the disc. You can change the rotation period for the current album in the Edit Album Details dialog.
#98
Technical Support / Scratches / clicks every 2 sec...
Last post by wallewek - March 11, 2026, 05:37:33 PMI have an old LP that is in bad shape. It is getting clicks every 2 seconds over the whole side, obviously a long scratch. That is far to many to fix manually. I tried turning off both PP and BB, but no matter how I set the sensitivity it seems to ignore those loud clicks.
What can I do about this?
What can I do about this?
#99
Technical Support / Re: USB-C Hub and channel volu...
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 01, 2026, 10:14:35 PMOK, thanks. As a cross-check, has anyone tried this unit with Audacity?
#100
Technical Support / Re: Cannot Fine Collection
Last post by Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) - March 01, 2026, 10:12:31 PMSorry, just seen this. Can you post a screenshot of the error message please? The fact that your collection is on a NAS might be relevant. Thanks.