03-Aug-2014, 08:48
At the risk of taking the thread a bit off topic…
Those of you currently using Audacity to rip vinyl might find it interesting to take a look at VinylStudio by AlpineSoft (http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk). I used this software very successfully to digitise several hundred LPs a couple of years ago.
It's easy to use, much more so than a general audio editing program for this application. The fact that it looks up track metadata and cover art more or less automatically given the album title is a great time-saver (though as usual classical music still needs quite a bit of tweaking if, like me, you're fussy about such things). I found the tools for de-clicking and noise filtering to work very well - they normally do a good job without intervention, but you can get in and tinker by hand when necessary. The company provides excellent support and the price seems very reasonable. There are Mac/OS X and PC/Windows versions.
I don't have any affiliation to the company other than being a very satisfied customer. Hope this is helpful.
Ian
Those of you currently using Audacity to rip vinyl might find it interesting to take a look at VinylStudio by AlpineSoft (http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk). I used this software very successfully to digitise several hundred LPs a couple of years ago.
It's easy to use, much more so than a general audio editing program for this application. The fact that it looks up track metadata and cover art more or less automatically given the album title is a great time-saver (though as usual classical music still needs quite a bit of tweaking if, like me, you're fussy about such things). I found the tools for de-clicking and noise filtering to work very well - they normally do a good job without intervention, but you can get in and tinker by hand when necessary. The company provides excellent support and the price seems very reasonable. There are Mac/OS X and PC/Windows versions.
I don't have any affiliation to the company other than being a very satisfied customer. Hope this is helpful.
Ian
Roon (Mac Mini), Wilson Benesch Full Circle, Expert 1000 Pro CI, Kaiser Chiara
Warwickshire, UK
