Stereo Tool

Stereo Tool 7.80 is released!

Changes:

• Added True Bass filter.
• Multibands (analog): Added Spectral Balance Compensation.
• Added Raspberry Pi 2 build (requires jackd2, for now).
• Bug fix: GUI: VST window to small in some VST hosts.
• Sound cards: Added automatic detection whether synchronization is needed. To avoid settings that cause hiccups.
• Non-composite clipper: Stokkemask enabled again
• Composite Clipper: Stokkemask: Default strictness changed from 2 to 3.
• ACR Stereo: Fixed weird effect at extremely low latencies, caused by too steep highpass filtering.
• Performance: Found a small issue in Ignore High Frequencies that might have caused a slightly higher CPU load.
• Plug-ins: Added option to boost the level and fix the balance of input audio.
• Plug-ins: Added option to reduce FM output volume, useful when streaming the output to a transmitter site.
• GUI: Show a warning when the sample rate is too low for stereo/RDS.
• GUI: Show a warning that Declipper input waveform display doesn't work when using Ignore High Frequencies.
• GUI: Auto-reduce update speed on CPU with 1 or 2 cores if CPU load is high.
• GUI: Password hidden during typing.
• GUI: Added 'Get from clipboard' button for entering license key.
• Bug fix: On some systems, an exception could occur when changing band frequencies due to a threading bug.
• Bug fix: Winamp plug-in: High value for "Plug-in host latency" caused crashes.
• Bug fix: Setting Stokkemask Use area to 0% (which makes no sense) caused an exception. Range changed.
• Bug fix: Server: Protect against memory reallocation fails when zooming out in the main GUI. Thimeo mode only.
• Bug fix: Dequantizer: Small audio bug found, might have caused a mild vibration effect in the removed noise.
• Bug fix: Console version: Error: -k: Key <xyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyx> is invalid message for long keys.
• Bug fix: FM wasn't automatically turned off when selecting a non-FM preset in the last few versions.
• Bug fix: UECP PS/RT texts were sent through the Stereo Tool RDS parser, now not anymore.
• Bug fix: GUI: Ignore High Frequencies: Frequency < 19000 and Quality < 50% made FM output meter go blank.
• Updated Thimeo framework which was broken since version 7.71. Latency in plug-in versions is still too high.
• Added and updated presets.

I will be in the US next week (going to the airport in a few minutes!) so I might be harder to reach in the next few days.

Unfortunately, I'm having a serious issue with this update. After the update was installed, the "buffer bar" in the FM section slowly started graying out - from right to left (I have never seen that before):
After a few minutes, the whole bar was grayed out - and the output went silent (!)
Strangely enough, the input meters went silent as well:
Restarted Stereo Tool two times - same thing happened after a few minutes.

Reverted to version 7.73 - everything is good again.

Windows 7, 64-bit.

Why you don`t have right channel ?

It's MPX output for FM. All information is carried in one channel.

Ohh, that`s make sense now.
Check your synchro setings , if they are Auto , make them ON .

Or the synchro for ASIO is some kind of broken

I've noticed some small sound drops sometimes on normal output (buffer 0.2s), input from VAC 48kHz. CPU ~12% win7 x64
This has not happened before. Maybe it's related to completly other thing, I'll do more test.

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Urban Junglist

Hmm, in this release I only get **** for all fields, where a number is typed in, like the PI-Code:
(Should be "D060" in this case)

Ok here.. (standalone 32bit)

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control point
control point2

I get stars instead of numbers as well in 7.80 (64-bit).
In 7.73 I get numbers as they should be.

I get stars instead of numbers as well in 7.80 x64
I get numbers as they should be in 7.80 x32

[Using win 10 x64]