
Strangely, it seems that the new GUI isn’t freely resizable. The pitch controls are placed at the bottom, and the audio degradation controls for dust and crackle simulation are located on the right. The user can now quickly apply the presets (the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, etc.) by clicking one of the top row buttons instead of rotating a dial.

The new version of Vinyl also comes with an updated control layout, which is, in my opinion, more intuitive than the original. The updated iZotope Vinyl plugin looks and feels modern. It also looks similar to the recently released Vocal Doubler and Ozone Imager, both of which are freeware. Vinyl now features the same minimal look as iZotope’s flagship plugins like Nektar and Ozone. The most notable improvement is the new user interface design.

Thankfully, the team at iZotope felt that a GUI overhaul was needed and delivered it in this brand new version of Vinyl. The old iZotope Vinyl design was fine, but it looked dated. That grey front panel was a dead giveaway that Vinyl was released in the Windows XP era. The plugin was still fully functional on modern-day PCs thanks to timely maintenance updates issued by iZotope, but the user interface certainly needed a facelift. The thing about Vinyl, though, is that it’s been around for well over a decade (the Release Notes page on iZotope’s website dates back to 2006 for v1.72). Despite being painfully overused by now, this effect undeniably works as the final touch right before a big drop.

You can scratch, change pitch, and even spin the audio up and down just like on a real turntable.Īnother neat feature in Vinyl is the “spin down” effect (also known as the “tape stop” effect), which simulates the graduate pitch drop as the record slows down to a halt. Windows/VST- Mac/AudioUnit “TTP is can load a sample and perform turntable style effects on it. See also: BPB Dirty Filter Is A FREE Distortion VST/AU Plugin!
