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Using Vinyl - Vinyl Help Documentation

Table of Contents

Overview

This section includes a description of each control in the Vinyl plug-in interface, and provides some tips that will help you get the most out of Vinyl.

Controls

You can modify the following controls in Vinyl:

Input and Output Gain

Input and Output Gain are controlled by the same knob in the interface. You can switch between them using the I/O selector.

Input Gain

Click the I button next to the knob in the header area to assign it to input gain adjustments. Input gain can be used to adjust the level of the signal coming into the plug-in. Modifying input gain can have a significant impact on the overall character of Vinyl’s effect.

Output Gain

Click the O button next to the knob in the header area to assign it to output gain. Output gain controls the level of the affected signal.

Mono/Stereo Output Selector

Sums the output signal to mono.

Plug-in Bypass

Enables/disables plug-in processing.

Options

Opens the Vinyl Options Menu

Decade

Sets filter response to emulate record players from the selected decade.

2000 is very subtle. Earlier decades apply filters that progressively limit the bandwidth. This control affects your audio as well as Vinyl’s scratches and dust.

RPM

Optionally, you can select a speed (measured in rotations per minute) for the phonograph.

This does not change the pitch, but it changes the periodic playback of the warp, dust, and scratches. At 78 RPM, a scratch happens more than twice as often as a single scratch at 33 RPM, since the record is spinning faster.

Spindown

Enables/disables the slowdown effect that declines pitch/speed over time.

Lo-fi

This effect emulates the artifacts that come from sampling a record with a vintage sampler.

Wear

Controls the amount of high frequency rolloff and distortion introduced by the flattening of record grooves.

The amount of distortion or wear depends on the input signal level. Increase input gain to increase distortion. Note that the output level will drop slightly for extremely worn records.

Mechanical Noise

Adjusts the gain of the mechanical noise introduced by turntable movement.

Electrical Noise

Adjusts the gain of the electrical noise introduced by preamps or circuitry.

The mechanical and electrical noise effects are best used lightly. Try adjusting them while listening to a quiet portion of the track, or even silence before or after the track. When the audio is playing, for best results the mechanical noise (turntable click and rumble) and electrical noise (60 Hz hum mainly) should be drowned out. The purpose of these controls is to have intros or quiet parts not sound so “digitally quiet”.

Dust Amount

Controls the amount of dust present on the record.

Dust Gain

Adjusts the gain of the dust effect.

Use the Dust Amount slider to add dust to the record. The Dust Gain knob will adjust the volume of the dust. The speed of the dust crackling will change with the RPM setting.

Scratch Amount

Controls how many scratches are present on the record.

Scratch Gain

Adjusts the gain of the scratch effect.

Add scratches to the record with the Scratch Amount slider. The Scratch gain knob will control the volume of the scratches. The speed of the repeating scratches will change with the RPM setting.

Warp Amount

Controls the amount of pitch variation introduced by the selected Warp model.

Warp Model

Sets the shape of the warp curve.

Adding Warp is a two step process. First, select a Warp curve with the Warp Model knob. This determines what the Warp looks like, whether the record is warped all the way around, or just a dimple, or a single warp on a corner. Once you have selected the warp, turn up the Warp amount slider. Higher amounts will cause greater shifts in pitch, since the warp is deeper. You can get some great extreme effects with high settings, but we’ve found that even a subtle Warp adds a lot to the lo-fi vinyl sound.

Note About Presets

Factory presets are not included with Vinyl. To create presets, use your DAW’s plug-in wrapper.

  • Show Tooltips: Select to enable tooltip displays when hovering your cursor over controls in Vinyl.
  • Send Anonymous Usage Data: Enables our built-in analytics engine to send us anonymous information about the way you use Vinyl. This information is collected only for the purpose of improving iZotope products.
  • Check for Updates: Manually check for available updates. Clicking this button will open the Product Portal application and check for updates.
  • Authorizations: This section displays your current authorization status. Clicking the “Remove Authorization” button will return Vinyl to demo mode.
  • Reset: Resets all Options to their factory default settings.

Vinyl 1.9.0

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Update: 2024-05-09