Thanks for the advice. What would you recommend for warping/quantizing? I think ableton may be the standard?
And my vinyls are in pretty good condition so they probably won't need too much de-clicking. Would you lean towards on of those 3 restoration tools based on that?
Ableton should be find for warping/quantizing. I only have a basic version that came with the purchase of another music product. In all honesty, I never used it. However, I know of some DJs who use Ableton for pre-recorded radio mixes and the Ableton works well for them in that situation, which requires warping/quantizing.
When I was converting some of my old DJ vinyl collection to mp3 format, in order to use the recordings in DVS setup with my turntables, I was only concerned with the restoration/clean-up of the audio and loaded the files in Tracktor Scratch Pro and Serato Scratch without any adjustments. I beat match by ear and warping/quantizing was not a big deal to me.
In regards to the restoration/clean-up plugins, the iZotope RX Plugin Pack is the most advance of the three stated in my prior post, in my opinion. It normally costs $129, but is often on sale for $49, which is the price that I paid for it. Per an email I received from
JRR Shop today, the said iZotope product should be on sale again on Wednesday for $49. You can either check at JRR Shop, another plugin discounter or iZotope's website on Wednesday to verify the pricing.
With that said, I find that the Wave Arts Master Restoration Suite has the best workflow and is the tools that I use the most often. One benefits of the Wave Arts suite is that each component can be purchase separately, if the others are not needed. For vinyl restoration/clean-up, the
Wave Arts MR Click is more than likely all that is needed and it can be purchase at
Audio Deluxe or
JRR Shop for less than $39, when the additional discount is added to the cart.
Definitely, download the demos for each of the audio restoration/clean-up tools and test what works best for your needs.
For an EQ balance application, checkout
Mix in Key's Platinum Notes. I do not have any experience with the application, but some DJs use it for automating the balance of levels via compression, gain stages and EQ.
I hope this helps.