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Title: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 11, 2025, 08:38:42 PM
Hello, ive been using vinyl studio for several years, but now i get something weird in my recordings, i havenĀ“t changed anything on my soundcard or vinyl studio settings, if someone could helo i would be very thankful!

i have a macbook air, m1 2020, apollo twin x and a focusrite 2i2 3rd and 4th gen, (i have teste them all and none of them are working, i get the same results), pioneer plx 1000 with rubber mats, ortofon golds, mixer mastersounds 4V.

soundcard is connected through rec out of the mixer and inputed on the soundcard, cables are RCA to p10 (balanced), its the same setup i have used for 4 years straight and now i have this recordings which im sending the link below

please SOS!!!

Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 12, 2025, 12:06:00 AM
Odd, it sounds terrible.  How does it sound when you click 'Play Recording' in VinylStudio's Record window?  That bypasses any audio cleanup that you might have (inadvertently) applied.
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 12, 2025, 12:25:29 AM
same as above, i made sure i saved original audio, also i can even get to -3db as i used to record before, in audacity works great, but vinyl studio wont, i didnt want to change to audacity since im used to vinyl studio

=((((
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 12, 2025, 01:02:22 AM
Thanks for the info.  I would check that you haven't (inadvertently!) enabled recording equalisation in VinylStudio's Check Level dialog.  You might need to expand the lower section of the dialog to see it.
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 12, 2025, 08:39:27 AM
you mean in the cleanup audio tab and graphic equalisation?
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 12, 2025, 04:31:35 PM
No, in the Check Level dialog (you can do it in there, too).
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 12, 2025, 05:23:42 PM
no, its not enabled
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 12, 2025, 06:10:29 PM
Hmmm, OK.  How does it sound when you monitor a recording in the Check Level dialog?  Does it sound distorted then?
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 12, 2025, 06:28:53 PM
yes, same as the recording
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 12, 2025, 09:29:59 PM
OK, thanks.  Maybe there's a problem on the input side of your FocusRite(s), have you investigated that?
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 13, 2025, 09:49:57 AM
my focusrite 4th gen is brand new i bought it 2 days ago to try to fix this, so probably is not it. i bought just to try a new one that i thought the UA apollo twin x was the problem, but i guess its not =(
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 13, 2025, 09:51:09 AM
in december i had the same setup and it was working... maybe vinyl studio is not compatible with the latest mac os update of sequoia?

Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: arnierob on February 13, 2025, 09:52:04 AM
i had a surgery in january so i wasnt digitizing my collection, when i went back to it i had this little surprise
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on February 13, 2025, 10:01:45 AM
Can you try feeding the FocusRite from a different, known good audio source?  VinylStudio runs fine on Sequoia.
Title: Re: recordings suddenly started sounding weird
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on March 25, 2025, 06:42:05 PM
I have some new information on this.  Is the problem still unresolved?  If so, do you have an M4 Mac?  Thanks,