Stereo Tool

047 is re-uploaded, everything should be version 047 now.

047 is re-uploaded, everything should be version 047 now.

The bass appeared deep but soft, and the whole stage became very soft, the kick drum, mid frequencies and generally the middle disappeared, stereo punch, highs and they became better and more detailed, for now BETA 042 is the best for me

If you found something that broke since version 042, please send me your full .ini file so I can check it here. You can find it in C:\Users\username, and then typically stereo_tool.ini or something similar.

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Please send a full export of the settings (so check all the checkboxes on saving). I didn't know that you're using the VST plugin; the VST can't store everything in the .ini file. If I just load your settings as I received them, 047 has slightly more bass than 042, and everything else is the same. So that definitely doesn't sound like what you're seeing.

I sent the full preset to PM
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I couldn't post images in a PM (which is probably not a very weird protection...) so I'll reply here. (kastyak_ sent me some recordings, since I didn't see any difference on my end).


I think it's placebo... Here's why.

I compared your 2 recordings. Due to how Stereo Tool works, I can't do a perfect comparison because the music didn't start at exactly the same moment. But I have aligned the 2 outputs and then looked at the spectrum, and the difference between the two recordings.

First the spectrum. That looks like this. Cyan = 042, purple = 047.

spectrum.png

Then the difference. Cyan is 042, purple is the difference between 042 and 047. Because samples are shifted, the processing and clipping won't do exactly the same, so I do expect to see a difference. But I see very little difference in bass and mids:

difference.png

For bass, the difference is about 50 dB below the actual bass sound. For higher mids around 1000 Hz it's still 40 dB. If I listen to the difference, there's nothing that stands out - if certain bass sounds were being removed for example I would hear those. But all I hear is audio that sounds like the original audio, just noisier (which makes sense because it's clipped differently).