Info/Warning Message For New Users Of Vinyl Studio

[Jabod]

Having gone through a learning curve with Vinyl Studio, as you do, I have a suggestion for an information/warning message to show on first use of the software.

When I started I was unaware of the duality of the output (master file and tracks). No complaints about that as it allows for non-destructive alterations which is a very good thing. I was also unaware of the linkage between the two and the inability to move the master file once set - tracks not a problem. As I'm saving to FLAC (and this would apply to any non-lossy format) this takes up a larger amount of hard drive space. I'm calculating about 800/900GB for my collection when complete. Having shifted the tracks to a 3TB external hard drive it was then I discovered the immovability of the master file. in and of itself this wasn't a problem as I decided to create a new collection and specify the external drive as the residence for the collection.

This was done for two reasons:

1. I wanted to keep the master file with the tracks in case of any problems in the future.

2. I wanted to be able to create a duplicate as a back-up and usable away from the creating PC which has the Vinyl Studio software on.

As I had only recorded 10 albums starting from scratch again wasn't a problem; just extra time spent but as a chunk of that time was also a learning curve no complaints from me. However, if I had gotten some way in to find out that I'm running out of disc space and couldn't tie everything together in a different place I wouldn't have been amused hence the suggestion above to warn new users to take care and plan where the recordings are going to go.

I would strongly suggest the usage of an external Hard Drive is advocated from the start even given the size of internal PC Hard Drives these days. My D drive where I initially pointed the collection to (it's my data drive after all  ) is 2TB in size but having everything there would leave very little room in the future. I could then buy a larger Hard Drive and clone the old to the new but how many people have the knowledge or the wish to undertake the work and bear the cost?

[Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft)]

Hi,

Thanks for this.  We will review the Getting Started section of the VinylStudio help file.  I don't think this sort of information belongs in a popup.

[Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft)]

Hello again,

We tweaked the VinylStudio 'startup wizard' - i.e. the first thing a new user sees when running the software for the first time.  Screenshot attached, comments welcome.

[SoundDoc]

The images is too small to read!

[Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft)]

Hi,

Sorry for the delayed response but no notification came through to me for some reason.

Anyway, to see the full-size image, just click on it