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Pure Vinyl

Pure Vinyl - 3.0PR2b

vinyl LP recording/archiving/editing; iTunes visualizer

All Time: (2.0)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 3.0PR2b
Release Date: 2009-11-05
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 352
Downloads (all versions): 11,342

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Product Description:

A suite of audio applications designed specifically for the high quality digital transcription and playback of vinyl LP records.


Pure Vinyl is intended for professional or technically-oriented audio enthusiasts, who own high-end equipment, and who want to create, edit and play back the highest possible quality vinyl transcriptions; with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of fun.


Pure Vinyl uniquely combines a fun and intuitive "scratch" style grab-and-spin editor with realistic, "virtual vinyl" platter images, rendered from the digitized audio. Automatic gain riding and looping insures accurate track location, even in the presence of vinyl background noise. A high quality resampling feature simultaneously saves CD format audio while monitoring and recording raw or equalized audio at sample rates up to 192 kHz. Editing operations are nondestructive, and precision, 64-bit real-time inverse RIAA equalization is included. The download functions as a demo until an activation code purchased. A free, built-in visualizer feature fetches tracks from iTunes playlists and creates an entertaining animation of spinning, "45 RPM" vinyl discs.

What's new in this version:

Preview Release 2b will automatically disconnect from iTunes if iTunes is quit (instead of relaunching iTunes); includes a new option to bypass iTunes control of playhead position, and optionally using a floating controller window instead of direct control via the iTunes UI (which can be CPU heavy on older computers: single core Intel or older processors).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Pure Vinyl CommentaryWrong version - Version: 2.0.3, 8/3/2008 08:41PM PST

macaholic
Pure Vinyl is up to version 2.2 already, see:
http://www.channld.com/pure-vinyl_download.html
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Pure Vinyl Commentarydifferent editing paradigm - Version: 1.1.1, 8/3/2006 04:50AM PST

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channel D tech
Hi Peter - it seems that you're used to Sound Studio's (and other audio software's) traditional linear style waveform editing - and that's the source of the confusion. We're using a different paradigm for editing, that works very well for albums. Since you mentioned recording a 12" single - no need to split tracks, etc. - you would never even have a reason to try to use the Pure Vinyl editor, which really is the meat of the product. Did you try to work through the tutorial editing example in the documentation? I note that this was your first ever Versiontracker posting / review... Playing back at the wrong speed sounds like an odd problem. We would have been more than happy to assist if you had emailed us.
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Pure Vinyl ReviewUser unfriendly - Version: 1.1.1, 8/3/2006 12:29AM PST

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Peter Mellows
After reading the blurb on how easy this software would be, I thought I'd give it a go.
I was particularly impressed at how it generates a 'piece of vinyl' according to the audio data.
However, prettiness aside, I found that I couldn't really achieve too much.
I recorded part of a 12 inch single (which ran at 33rpm). Great. Only it played back as if I had turned the speed of a 45 down to 33. I tried to speed this up, but failed miserably. There is probably a way to do this, but the documentation was muddy enough that I could not achieve this simple task.
There were many other little things that I thought should be simple to do, but completely eluded me.
Needless to say, it went to the trash.
I currently use Sound Studio - very straight forward, without the need for any instruction, which is how a good mac program works!
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