Stereo Tool

Are you listening to a stream or to local media?

What kind of processor do you have, how much memory, and what operating system? Also, what media player are you using and which type of StereoTool installation?

I have an AMD Athlon64 3700+, overclocked to 2.75GHz, with 2GB DDR-500 memory, Windows XP Pro SP3, using Winamp and the DSP version of StereoTool.


Edit: I just tested a formerly problematic stream (ChroniX Aggression - found at http://www.chronixradio.com/aggression). No skipping / stuttering issues.

Hi,

Sorry for the lame bug report.

Better bug report:

OS: Windows XP SP3
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2500 @2.00GHz
Memory: 3Gb
Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M

Using StereoTool 6.10 under Winamp (DSP System).

Playing MP3's from my laptop's hard drive.

Winamp Settings:

Using Winamp version: 5.61 (Build 3133 FINAL_2011_0317_192702)

Current skin: Bento (Modern skin)
Sonic Burning Engine is not installed
Pro registered version

<< OS Information >>

Running on: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
Memory available: 3.00 GB


<< Input plug-ins >>

Nullsoft AVI Demuxer v0.4    [in_avi.dll]
Nullsoft CD Plug-in (MusicID 2.6) v3.92    [in_cdda.dll]
Nullsoft DirectShow Decoder v1.08    [in_dshow.dll]
Nullsoft FLAC Decoder v2.4    [in_flac.dll]
Nullsoft Flash Video Decoder v1.4    [in_flv.dll]
Nullsoft MIDI Player v3.2    [in_midi.dll]
Nullsoft Matroska Demuxer v0.7    [in_mkv.dll]
Nullsoft Module Decoder v2.85    [in_mod.dll]
Nullsoft MPEG Audio Decoder v4.95    [in_mp3.dll]
Nullsoft MP4 Demuxer v2.3    [in_mp4.dll]
Nullsoft NSV Decoder v1.4    [in_nsv.dll]
Nullsoft Flash Control Playback v1.1    [in_swf.dll]
Nullsoft Vorbis Decoder v1.59    [in_vorbis.dll]
Nullsoft Waveform Decoder v3.19    [in_wave.dll]
Nullsoft Windows Media Decoder v3.6    [in_wm.dll]

<< Output plug-ins >>

Nullsoft DirectSound Output v2.6 (d)    [out_ds.dll]    [active]

<< Visualisation plug-ins >>

No plug-ins of this type are installed

<< DSP plug-ins >>

edcast DSP v3   [dsp_edcast.dll]
Stereo Tool 6.10 by Hans van Zutphen   [dsp_stereo_tool.dll]    [active]

<< General Purpose plug-ins >>

AudioScrobbler for Winamp v1.1.11p7-DrO INTERNAL TEST BUILD    [gen_audioscrobbler.dll]
Nullsoft Modern Skins Support v1.42    [gen_ff.dll]
Nullsoft Global Hotkeys v1.9    [gen_hotkeys.dll]
Nullsoft Media Library v3.60    [gen_ml.dll]
Mouse Wheel Blocker v1.1    [gen_mwblock.dll]
Lite'n Winamp Preferences v1.7    [gen_nopro.dll]
One for Nunz v5.1    [gen_nunzio.dll]
Nullsoft Music Usage Database v1.0    [gen_orgler.dll]
Skin Manager v1.0.1    [gen_skinmanager.dll]
Time Restore & AutoPlay v2.5.3    [gen_timerestore.dll]

<< Media Library plug-ins >>

Nullsoft Local Media v3.0    [ml_local.dll]
Nullsoft Playlists v1.2    [ml_playlists.dll]
Nullsoft Podcasts v1.29    [ml_wire.dll]
Nullsoft Device Manager v1.0    [ml_devices.dll]
Nullsoft Portable Music Player Support v1.31    [ml_pmp.dll]
Nullsoft Bookmarks v1.1    [ml_bookmarks.dll]
Nullsoft Auto-Tagger v2.04    [ml_autotag.dll]
Nullsoft Downloads v1.01    [ml_downloads.dll]
ML Exporter v0.8.2    [ml_exporter.dll]
iPod support (non-pmp) v3.10    [ml_ipod.dll]
Nullsoft Replay Gain Analyzer v1.1    [ml_rg.dll]
Nullsoft Format Converter v2.7    [ml_transcode.dll]

<< Portable Media Player plug-ins >>

Nullsoft USB Device Plug-in v1.4    [pmp_usb.dll]

<< Encoder plug-ins >>

[enc_aacplus.dll]
    aacPlus (HE-AAC) Encoder v1.31
    aacPlus (HE-AAC) High Bitrate Encoder v1.31
    LC-AAC Encoder v1.31
    MP4/aacPlus (HE-AAC) Encoder v1.31
    MP4/aacPlus (HE-AAC) High Bitrate Encoder v1.31
    MP4/LC-AAC Encoder v1.31

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I just use ST with liquidsoap to enhance a streaming radio station I like...

You commented about the declipper in the other thread. Did you perhaps turn on the declipper in the beta 6.20 of StereoTool? That will cause significant CPU load, and if you've already got a heavy load, it could cause stuttering.

No, ensured that the declipper wasn't on when testing.

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I just use ST with liquidsoap to enhance a streaming radio station I like...

Well, I really seriously doubt it has anything to do with the options in the preset, specifically because you could go back to 6.10 with the same preset and it works ok.

Best suggestion is to hit the Reset button and then see if the stuttering goes away. If hitting reset didn't remove the stuttering, then your system just isn't liking 6.20 for whatever reason. If hitting reset does stop the stuttering, then enable various filters one-by-one until you find what causes the stuttering.

Hans, if it needs not too much of your time (you have to use for more important things like the declipper improvements, etc.), could you please build a Beta 029 with only one change:
same as Beta 028 + save and load options for the Dynamics Booster (not for the declipping settings - only the booster settings)


Thank you in advance.

I also have issues when using declipping. Seems that my laptop is not fast enough but cpu and task manager wise it is more than fast.
Using about 31% on the i7 core.
Even with the biggest possible buffering it halts for a couple of seconds.

Heyyyyyyyyyy!!! This de-clipper and dynamics booster are SUPER WOW !

BUT but but but!! ..the default settings of dynamics booster are NOT NOT correct.

in some voices i hear distortions and i fix them by increasing the " boost samples above level ( -0.96 ) is good...)

boost stength is also good at 2.30 x imput level and filter at 2,77

@ Camclone: Dynamics booster is really not doing what it should. So I would advise turning it off for now - if people still like it I'll fix it later by only enabling it for low frequencies. That should get rid of all the artifacts.

@ Hans

I prefer boost strength at 1.25 (filter default) !!!
(not for broadcasting - for remastering)