Stereo Tool

I was going thru the tutuorial today and at some point the attack sliders changed their behavior. When I started the value was 0.00000 at the bottom of the slide and 0.99999 at the top of the slide (presumably correct). They were set to linked slide. I had adjusted up watching behavior and listening to change etc. I noted first that if on any but the far right slider with it all the way at the top... the other sliders unlink and change independently. Also the left 4 sliders stay linked until the 5th thru 9th are moved (which unlinks and then the 1st- 4th also unlink). It is then corrected when the 10th slider is moved (i.e. they then moved in linked position). Note this only occurs when all sliders are at max. Not a big deal but weirder is at some point my 0.00000 value was reset to about 6.5 marker up the slide (that is from the bottom up over halfway the attack value remains at 0.00000). Turning it on/off, unloading Winamp and restarting, Resetting values to default hasn't helped to correct this. Next I will try to uninstall and reinstall trying to see if it is something awry in my system.

Uninstall + reinstall won't help because the settings aren't removed when you re-install.

Can you send me your settings file? It is normally located in "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\dsp_stereo_tool.ini"

Note: Removing this file will probably fix the problem. But please send it to me first (or paste the contents here, it's a text file).

Sure here you go...

???

I don't see anything?

Hmmm I attached it before.... here it is inline:

[Stereo Tool Configuration]
Iconify at startup=1
Bypass Stereo Tool=0
CPU usage - Screen refresh speed=1
CPU usage - Quality=1
Remove frequencies above 22 kHz before downsampling=1
Ikke=1214766080
Startup mode=Extended mode
[Common]
Pre amplifier=20
Post amplifier=0.930000007
Extra loudness=1
Hard limit output=0
Downsample very high input sample rates to near 44.1 kHz=1
Mode=Basic
[Singleband Compressor]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Maximum volume=1.5
Maximum value=24576
Attack speed=0.00009
Decay speed=0.100000001
Above Top Limiter=0
[Pre Compressor]
Enabled=1
Difference=0
Delay enabled=0
Maximum volume - Band 1=32688.75
Maximum volume - Band 2=17461.25
Attack speed - Band 1=0.000004154
Attack speed - Band 2=0.000004154
Decay speed - Band 1=0.000209811
Decay speed - Band 2=0.000209811
[Multiband Compressor]
Enabled=1
Difference=0
Delay enabled=0
Very high quality enabled=0
Maximum volume - Band -1=1530
Maximum volume - Band 0=6950
Maximum volume - Band 1=9460
Maximum volume - Band 2=4070.000244141
Maximum volume - Band 3=4580
Maximum volume - Band 4=5250
Maximum volume - Band 5=6780
Maximum volume - Band 6=6780
Maximum volume - Band 7=3220
Maximum volume - Band 8=1530
Attack speeds linked=1
Attack speed - Band -1=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 0=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 1=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 2=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 3=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 4=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 5=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 6=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 7=0.000096324
Attack speed - Band 8=0.000096324
Decay speeds linked=1
Decay speed - Band -1=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 0=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 1=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 2=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 3=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 4=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 5=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 6=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 7=0.000352164
Decay speed - Band 8=0.000352164
Above Top Limiter=0.569999993
Clipping enabled=1
Postprocessing enabled=0
Relative clip position - Band -1=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 0=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 1=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 2=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 3=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 4=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 5=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 6=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 7=1.500000238
Relative clip position - Band 8=1.500000238
Final limiter value=0.5
Final limiter decay speed=0.000176082
Final limiter clipping=1.500000238
Equalizer enabled=0
Equalize before multiband-compression=1
Equalizer position - Band -1=1
Equalizer position - Band 0=1
Equalizer position - Band 1=1
Equalizer position - Band 2=1
Equalizer position - Band 3=1
Equalizer position - Band 4=1
Equalizer position - Band 5=1
Equalizer position - Band 6=1
Equalizer position - Band 7=1
Equalizer position - Band 8=1
[Stereo]
Enabled=0
Delay enabled=0
Difference=0
Center bass=0
AZIMUTH limit=0
AZIMUTH change speed=0
Image phase amplifier=1
Image phase amplifier maximum angle=180
Image phase amplifier maximum separation strength=100
Image width amplifier=1
Extra phase shift=0
Mono or stereo only=0
[Channel Delay]
Enabled=0
Left Delay=0
[Output Filter]
Enabled=0
Lowpass filter=15000
[Final Pre-Limiter]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Pre-amp=1.000255942
Response time=0.050000001
[Final Limiter]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Pre-amp=1.000255942
Response time=0.050000001
[FM Transmitter]
Enabled=0
Pre-emphasize=0
Pre-emphasis time=50
Output is pre-emphasized=0
Stereo encoder enabled=0
RDS encoder enabled=0
RDS PS text=2s:STEREO/2s:TOOL/<1=1.5s,2..-2=2t,-1=1.5s:WWW.STEREOTOOL.COM
RDS RadioText text=60s:Stereo Tool: Professional Audio Processing - http://www.stereotool.com/30s:Stereo Tool by Hans van Zutphen, 1999-2008 - http://www.stereotool.com
RDS PTY=0
RDS PI=65535
RDS Alternative frequency 1=0
RDS Alternative frequency 2=0
RDS Alternative frequency 3=0
RDS Alternative frequency 4=0
RDS Alternative frequency 5=0
RDS Alternative frequency 6=0
RDS Alternative frequency 7=0
RDS Alternative frequency 8=0
RDS Alternative frequency 9=0
RDS Alternative frequency 10=0
RDS Alternative frequency 11=0
RDS Alternative frequency 12=0
RDS Alternative frequency 13=0
RDS Alternative frequency 14=0
RDS Alternative frequency 15=0
RDS Alternative frequency 16=0
RDS Alternative frequency 17=0
RDS Alternative frequency 18=0
RDS Alternative frequency 19=0
RDS Alternative frequency 20=0
RDS Alternative frequency 21=0
RDS Alternative frequency 22=0
RDS Alternative frequency 23=0
RDS Alternative frequency 24=0
RDS Alternative frequency 25=0
RDS TP=0
RDS TA=0
RDS Music=1
RDS Artificial Head=0
RDS Compressed=1
RDS Dynamic PTY=0
RDS RadioText Enabled=1
RDS ClockTime Enabled=1
[Stereo Tool Dynamic Settings]
Poll STS Enabled=0
Poll STS File name=
[Noise Gate]
Enabled=1
Difference=0
Noise level=0.800000012
[Direct soundcard access]
Enabled=0
Device ID=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]
Volume=1
Buffer size=1
Send to Winamp=Nothing
[Low latency output]
Enabled=0
Device ID=
Volume=1
Buffer size=0.079999998

Odd - I don't see the 6.5 value for the attack sliders... Was the 6.5 problem still present when you mailed me this file?

Solved in version 3.20 beta 2.