Stereo Tool

just today the stereo tool wont let any audio through unless i have it on "bypass all" and i cant figure out whats causing it

I have a bunch of questions...
- Version 4.02, Winamp plugin? or...?
- Did you change anything?
- Please check what all the displays are doing - for example, do you see an input waveform but no output waveform? Can you see if processing is still taking place, or is it stuck? If it's stuck, could you check the CPU load?
- Does restarting it help? If not, what happens if you press RESET or choose a preset?

- Version 4.02, Winamp plugin? or...?
v4.02..the one you modified so it wouldnt make the background go tan..Winamp Plugin
- Did you change anything?
not a thing
- Please check what all the displays are doing - for example, do you see an input waveform but no output waveform? Can you see if processing is still taking place, or is it stuck? If it's stuck, could you check the CPU load?
it doesnt look like its stuck because all of the meters are still moving to whats supposed to be the music but i have no audio unless i bypass all. 20-30% CPU load
- Does restarting it help? If not, what happens if you press RESET or choose a preset?
no, i just clicked reset and i got audio back but whenever i turned on ANY option the audio cut out again, and still with everything off (not bypassing all) i get this crackling sort of buzzing sound like an old tape player but the bypass button gets rid of that

- Reinstall winamp (and when you there, install latest)
- remove and install again Stereo Tool DSP plgin.
- if needed check latest Drivers for sound card
- instal latest DirectX (for XP it's 9.0c mart 2009)

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Actually, I don't expect any of these steps to help...

If with Stereo Tool set to Bypass, there's no problem, then the problem must be caused inside Stereo Tool.

The only thing I can imagine is that there is some setting in Stereo Tool that causes this, and doesn't respond to pressing RESET.

First, could you try the latest beta? I have cleaned up some code, it's not very likely but it might just solve the problem.
http://www.stereotool.com/download/dsp_ ... r_BETA.exe

If this does not work, could you try the following?
1. Close Stereo Tool.
2. RENAME your Stereo Tool .ini file, which is normally found in C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\dsp_stereo_tool.ini . For example rename it to dsp_stereo_tool.ini.old .
3. Open Stereo Tool again.

This will restore the default settings after the first installation.

If this solves the problem, please send me a copy of your (renamed) .ini file so I can look into it and see what went wrong - if it went wrong on your end, others may get the same problem.


If this does not solve the problem, I'm completely lost and you might as well try what Bojcha said. But like I said, if the problem is inside Stereo Tool, I really wouldn't know why that would solve anything.

this is what did it, it fixed it all

Can you send me your (renamed) .ini file? I'ld like to know what happened - it might happen again if I don't fix the problem that caused this in the first place.

I also had this issue; the preset I use is from an older version(I'd hate to have to go through the tweaking again), but it was working until I restarted the computer.

Edit - In fact, it works if I reset the settings, and stops when I load the preset. Everything fixed when I renamed the ini. You might be interested to know that the ocsillioscope didn't work before this. I didn't even know it was there, it was just a black box before.

[Stereo Tool Configuration]
Iconify at startup=1
Startup mode=Simple mode
Bypass Stereo Tool=1
CPU usage - Screen refresh speed=1
CPU usage - Quality=0
Ikke=1249674752
LRM=1249829376
Winamp bugfix - Clean buffer at start of new track=1
Winamp bugfix - Time no data received before start of new track=0
Display synchronization - External delay before audio is played (C:\Documents and Settings\Link\Application Data\Winamp\Winamp.)=0
Display synchronization - Synchronize with FM output=1
Display - Do not display wave forms=1
Display - Ghosting=1
[Stereo Tool Dynamic Settings]
Poll STS Enabled=0
Poll STS File name=
[Common]
Pre amplifier=12
Post amplifier=1
Extra loudness=1
Hard limit output=0
Process for low latency=0
Mode=Advanced
Extra loudness - Very deep bass relative clipping level=0
Extra loudness - Allow extra lows (advanced)=0
Extra loudness - Allow extra highs (advanced)=0
Extra loudness - Punchy=0
[Noise Gate]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Noise level=0.800000012
[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=0
Difference=0
Delay enabled=0
Maximum volume - Band 1=122520
Maximum volume - Band 2=133650
Attack speed - Band 1=0.000004428
Attack speed - Band 2=0.000004428
Decay speed - Band 1=0.000223653
Decay speed - Band 2=0.000223653
Remove remaining loud peaks=1
[Multiband Compressor]
Enabled=1
Difference=0
Delay enabled=0
Very high quality enabled=1
Maximum volume - Band -1=7200
Maximum volume - Band 0=5600
Maximum volume - Band 1=6440
Maximum volume - Band 2=3730
Maximum volume - Band 3=3220
Maximum volume - Band 4=3600
Maximum volume - Band 5=8000
Maximum volume - Band 6=10000
Maximum volume - Band 7=10000
Maximum volume - Band 8=10000
Attack speeds linked=0
Attack speed - Band -1=0.000040472
Attack speed - Band 0=0.000040472
Attack speed - Band 1=0.000040472
Attack speed - Band 2=0.000040472
Attack speed - Band 3=0.000043308
Attack speed - Band 4=0.000043308
Attack speed - Band 5=0.000043308
Attack speed - Band 6=0.000043308
Attack speed - Band 7=0.000043308
Attack speed - Band 8=0.000043308
Decay speeds linked=0
Decay speed - Band -1=0.000382996
Decay speed - Band 0=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 1=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 2=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 3=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 4=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 5=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 6=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 7=0.000399904
Decay speed - Band 8=0.000399904
Above Top Limiter=0
Clipping enabled=1
Postprocessing enabled=0
Relative clip position - Band -1=3
Relative clip position - Band 0=3
Relative clip position - Band 1=2.508771658
Relative clip position - Band 2=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 3=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 4=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 5=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 6=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 7=1.985074759
Relative clip position - Band 8=1.985074759
Final limiter value=1
Final limiter decay speed=0.000700178
Final limiter clipping=2.508771658
Equalizer enabled=0
Equalize before multiband-compression=1
Equalizer position - Band -1=1.409638405
Equalizer position - Band 0=0.923076987
Equalizer position - Band 1=4.405405521
Equalizer position - Band 2=0.886792541
Equalizer position - Band 3=0.886792541
Equalizer position - Band 4=1.247190952
Equalizer position - Band 5=1.56410265
Equalizer position - Band 6=1.56410265
Equalizer position - Band 7=2.571429014
Equalizer position - Band 8=2.773585081
[Stereo]
Enabled=1
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
Highpass filter=0
[Final Pre-Limiter]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Pre-amp=1.000255942
Response time=0.200000003
[Final Limiter]
Enabled=0
Difference=0
Pre-amp=1.000255942
Response time=0.200000003
Pre-limiter enabled=1
Pre-limiter relative volume=1.75
Reduced CPU processing=0
[FM Transmitter]
Enabled=0
Pre-emphasize=0
Pre-emphasis time=50
Output is pre-emphasized=0
Stereo encoder enabled=0
RDS encoder enabled=0
Pilot signal volume=9
RDS signal volume=4.5
FM overdrive volume=1
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 - www.stereotool.com/30s:Stereo Tool by Hans van Zutphen, 1999-2008 - 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
FM Transmitter Calibration Enabled=0
MPX Oversampling mode=Follow main Quality setting
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 20 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 40 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 80 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 160 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 320 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 640 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 1280 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 2560 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 5120 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 10240 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 19000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 23000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 28000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 33000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 38000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 43000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 48000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 53000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Volume 57000 Hz=1
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 20 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 40 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 80 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 160 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 320 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 640 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 1280 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 2560 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 5120 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 10240 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 19000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 23000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 28000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 33000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 38000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 43000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 48000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 53000 Hz=0
FM Transmitter Calibration - Phase shift 57000 Hz=0
[Direct soundcard access]
Enabled=0
Device ID=Creative Sound Blaster PCI
Volume=1
Buffer size=1
Send to Winamp=Nothing
ASIO Override channel 1=4
ASIO Override channel 2=5
[Low latency output]
Enabled=0
Device ID=
Volume=1
Buffer size=0.079999998
ASIO Override channel 1=2
ASIO Override channel 2=3
[Presets]
Recent file 1=C:\Users\Link\Playlists\vlc.sts
Recent file 2=
Recent file 3=
Recent file 4=
Recent file 5=
Recent file 6=
Recent file 7=
Recent file 8=
Recent file 9=
Recent file 10=

Wohoo! Something is VERY wrong here. I'll look into it asap....

Thanks for sending me the .ini file!

I think I've found it.

In version 4.00 I've built in detection that avoids the end of the previous song to be played at the start of the next song. If there's a long delay between subsequent calls to Stereo Tool, the buffers are cleared.

By default this time should be 1.5 seconds. But for some reason (I still have to check why), in your .ini file it's set to 0 seconds - so it's cleared continuously. Which is why you hear nothing or short chops of sound.

Quick workaround: Go to "Configure audio and display", and either disable "Clear buffer if no data arrives for...", or set the time high enough (1.5 seconds should normally work fine).

I'll include a minimum value for this setting, and if it's set lower than that I'll restore the default setting.