Stereo Tool

woow!
Well .. this is fantastic!
FM output works better then ever. Now FM overdrive can be pushed safe to 107-108% and not to endanger pilot and rds.
FM overdrive at 107% gives "FM Audio Level" 95-96% (was 93%) and without RDS 101%
So we get better clipper now

I notice one more problem.
I never use both outputs in same time (normal and fm) but when normal output is enabled and then FM output is turned on, something happens with normal output. Sound is changed and not flat anymore.
Checked with 192kHz input. (standalone)

Hans, working superb now!

Just a small request that has been bothering me a bit since the beginning.
The 'post amp' slider which is actually the output slider, well I don't think it going to +20dB is a good thing. A good processor like yours should only allow +3dB and even then (0dB even as a good processor should never go over that)

A small bug that I see is in the 'sound card config' a meter is going all over the text.

Well then a single value for all frequencies doesn't make sense... I'm going to remove this from my todo list for now - if you have any information about what a single tuning slider should do (probably depends on sound card, cables, transmitter etc.) please let me know, the current method is kinda tedious.

No metter .. go with final realise

Hans another bug.

If you deselect 'encode stereo' the 19KHz is still present. If you untick RDS it is gone.

I've tried to reproduce this but it doesn't seem to happen here.

Can you describe what you hear? (Note: if you have multiple outputs playing on the same sound card, Windows might kick in to protect the sound against overshoots and dynamically drop the volume. To avoid that, at least set the FM output volume to 0 for a good comparison).

Hi Luke,

That's no bug - RDS also requires the stereo pilot tone to be present! (It's also synchronized to that tone).

Hi Hans, sorry but that is not true.

The 19KHz needs to be in sync when broadcasting in stereo to avoid phazing effects.
You do not need 19KHz when broadcasting in mono to have RDS otherwise you would undermine my 15 year old RDS codecs and the approx 40 stations still using it

Normal output is not same when you turn on FM output and Stereo. When i just turn off stereo normal output is good.

Ok, I just checked the official RDS spec and it does indeed mention (not very explicitly) something about mono broadcasts where the RDS frequency must be 57 kHz +/- 6 Hz - nothing about the pilot tone there (for stereo, it's specifically added that it must be locked to exactly 3 * the stereo pilot frequency).

So I'll fix it.


Edit: Fixed!