Spin It Again 2.0.., Not As Advertised

Acoustica's Spin It Again 2.0 software looks very exciting to those folks who have hung onto their old records and tapes in hopes of re-recording them noise-free (or nearly so). Enter Spin It Again to rescue my records.., or so I thought. The most promising feature of this software is its "ability" to recognize and remove pops, clicks, and scratches from old records and dampen tape hiss and hum. Yes, it can do this, but it also suppresses all other information - like the music and singing - as well. The reality of this software, it's non-discriminatory, suppressing both noise and music at the same time. The software does not recognize the signature of a pop or click (removing only that identified noise), instead Spin It Again dampens all information equally. Additionally, the tutorials are disjointed and difficult to follow. If you have prior software recording experience, then your training may fill-in Acoustica's omissions. But if you're just a "back-yard engineer" you may need to take the $200 week-end seminar to understand the $40 software. Bottom line... If you want to convert old records and tapes to digital and make your old stuff sound almost new.., Spin It Again will do the digital conversion all right, but it will not remove scratches, pops, noise etc., without removing some, or a lot, of the music as well. Acoustica may have corrected their shortcomings in version 2.1.., but not likely!