Stereo Tool

Gmusicbrowser and VLC make on songchange also a new direct connection to playback1 and -2

EDIT: Audacious keeps connections, if in the same samplerate. On changing samplerates it makes a new instance and a new direct connection to playback1 and -2

Edit2: qmmp player behaves like audacious

Full BETA724-035 post (Linux versions are identical to 3 posts up):
Windows stand alone: http://www.stereotool.com/download/ster ... 24-035.exe
Winamp DSP: http://www.stereotool.com/download/dsp_ ... 24-035.exe
Windows VST: http://www.stereotool.com/download/vst_ ... 24-035.dll
Windows command line: http://www.stereotool.com/download/ster ... 24-035.exe
LINUX stand alone: http://www.stereotool.com/download/ster ... ETA724-035
LINUX command line: http://www.stereotool.com/download/ster ... ETA724-035

DONE:
- Check BS412 compliance of new FM presets
- Change version number
- Linux: Remove GLIBC_2.15 dependency (Debian is still on 2.13), now only dependent on 2.11).
- Windows: Plugin Latency correction does not work - fixed.
- Windows: DSP/VST FM output broken (too low sample rate)
- Add presets
- Restart behavior still not ok: Input buffer too full doesn't cause a restart -> black bar in input now causes a restart. Unless it decreases rapidly.
- Linux: Final check with valgrind on test system
- Linux: Jack buffers 'leak' on startup. -> Immediate restart added after startup.
- Linux: Keep sound card settings if Jack not available or output not available.
- Linux: Buffer filling now always same after restart. Not sure yet why, on Windows it's fine. There is some code that I disabled in Linux because it caused issues - I'm starting to think I do still need it. --> Now fixed and working perfectly (and better than ever before) on both Windows and Linux!
- Windows: Bojcha reports that restarting after buffer empty doesn't work properly. Might be fixed.
- Low latency audio quality improved (turned off phase rotation, which had a very bad effect on the quality).
- Linux: Apparently outputs are mixed (see description from Radiofreak).
- Linux: Sound card buffer display incorrect
- Low latency is not de-emphasized when Normal output is disabled
- Linux crash with specific settings - also affected Windows
- Windows: 24 bit sound card - Already 24/32 bit when using ASIO, and 24/32 bits is not supported in WINMM mode!
- Windows: Channel swapping in Windows reported by Bojcha -> Threading error, fixed.
- ^C/^V/other keys don't work in SAM...
- All: Low latency sound sometimes bad (VERY bad) - also in older versions. - was a resampling error (44.1 in, 176.4 out)
- Crackling and static in low latency output
- Loading and saving .sts file (and hence also starting and closing of Stereo Tool) is a lot faster.
- Entering registration key changed, and there's an overview now of which features are registered. See Configuration -> License
- AM stations: Added asymmetric clipping
- Slightly improved the mouse hold (slow slider movements) vs. non-hold detection.
- Rewrote all OS specific code for GUI and sound cards.
- Errors are now displayed in sound card bars when they are red.
- Bug fix: With Multicore disabled, Normal output doesn't work in the stand alone version.
- Low latency monitoring in ASIO wasn't really low latency - fixed

TODO:
- Linux: cranil7 crash - does that still occur with version 724-035?
- Hangup reported by Bojcha -> Input Close() was doing things in the wrong order!
- Input buffer small black area - might just be a display issue! -> Now doing a full audio restart if there's a Normal or FM output buffer underrun in the stand alone version!
- Wunjo: Input gain sometimes set to -99 dB on preset load. - For now added safety override that doesn't allow it to get below 0 dB.
- Release

- Wunjo: VLC new track Jack connection lost -> auto-reconnect needed.
- Bojcha: If possible to add on list fix for MB compressors meters (and might possible audio) interact wrongly with Burst compressors AND limiters.

I have some sugestion about phase rotation
I think it optionaly should be at input or after deciliper because standard phase rotator processing clipped singal after MB and is some problem on loud speech, when I turn off is much better and audible cleaner. (with default ST phase rotation settings tested)

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Urban Junglist

Hi. First, I love this software. Thank you for your efforts. With latest beta, I see these errors in fllowing two cases.
-Case1 - Encoding a mp3 with my presets. Command line used is as follows. The encoding completes thought. Not sure how the errors imacts encoding.
lame --preset extreme --bitwidth 16 --decode song.mp3 - | stereo_tool_BETA724-035 --sts my-settings1.sts - - | lame - song-encoded.mp3

May be problem is with the way I use it?

*** Error in `stereo_tool_BETA724-035': munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xffca76e1 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x458999c4]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x4583cc7f]
/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x20)[0xf76ad900]
/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdaPv+0x1c)[0xf76ad95c]
/stereo_tool_BETA724-035[0x804b4e9]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x4583e963]
/stereo_tool_BETA724-035[0x8049bbd]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-083c4000 r-xp 00000000 fd:03 1311144 /stereo_tool_BETA724-035
083c4000-083c6000 rwxp 0037c000 fd:03 1311144 /stereo_tool_BETA724-035
083c6000-0a056000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
0a6ea000-0b446000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
45802000-45821000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45821000-45822000 r-xp 0001e000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45822000-45823000 rwxp 0001f000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45825000-459dc000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459dc000-459de000 r-xp 001b6000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459de000-459df000 rwxp 001b8000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459df000-459e2000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
da082000-da083000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
da083000-da883000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
da883000-da884000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
da884000-db084000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
db084000-db085000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
db085000-db885000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
db885000-db886000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
db886000-dc086000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f74f7000-f75eb000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f75eb000-f7601000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7601000-f7602000 r-xp 00015000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7602000-f7603000 rwxp 00016000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7603000-f7605000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f7605000-f7620000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f7620000-f7621000 r-xp 0001a000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f7621000-f7622000 rwxp 0001b000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f7622000-f7663000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f7663000-f7664000 r-xp 00040000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f7664000-f7665000 rwxp 00041000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f7665000-f7743000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f7743000-f7744000 ---p 000de000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f7744000-f7748000 r-xp 000de000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f7748000-f7749000 rwxp 000e2000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f7749000-f7750000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f7762000-f7764000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f7764000-f7765000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
ffbf7000-ffca8000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]

-Case2 - Playback. Command as follows. And dont get the errors.Song plays fine though.
lame --preset extreme --bitwidth 16 --decode /song.mp3 - | /stereo_tool_BETA724-035 --sts my-settings1.sts - - | aplay
SA STEREO TOOL 7.24 CONSOLE APPLICATION - (C) HANS VAN ZUTPHEN, 2001-2013
Registered to .
input: /song.mp3
(44.1 kHz, 2 channels, MPEG-1 Layer III)
output: <stdout> (16 bit, Microsoft WAVE)
skipping initial 1105 samples (encoder+decoder delay)
skipping final 576 samples (encoder padding-decoder delay)
Frame#
Converting <stdin> to <stdout>
using settings from /my-settings1.sts

Encountered RIFF/WAVE header "fmt ", copying 16 bytes
Encountered RIFF/WAVE header "data", processing 2147418111 bytes
Frame# 31/1256DELAY: 8192 samples (4096 stereo samples)
0K bnd1 bnd2 bnd3 bnd4 bnd5 bnd6 bnd7 bnd8 bnd9 bnd0 input output
Playing WAVE 'stdin' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo##### #### #### #### #### #------ #######
Frame# 12568/12568 128 kbps MS # #### #### #### #------ #------# #### #### #### #### #------ #------
Done.
*** Error in `/stereo_tool_BETA724-035': munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xffd156e1 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x458999c4]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x4583cc7f]
/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x20)[0xf772d900]
/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdaPv+0x1c)[0xf772d95c]
/stereo_tool_BETA724-035[0x804b4e9]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0x4583e963]
/stereo_tool_BETA724-035[0x8049bbd]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-083c4000 r-xp 00000000 fd:03 1311144 /stereo_tool_BETA724-035
083c4000-083c6000 rwxp 0037c000 fd:03 1311144 /stereo_tool_BETA724-035
083c6000-0a056000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
0bae9000-0c845000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
45802000-45821000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45821000-45822000 r-xp 0001e000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45822000-45823000 rwxp 0001f000 fd:01 140050 /usr/lib/ld-2.17.so
45825000-459dc000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459dc000-459de000 r-xp 001b6000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459de000-459df000 rwxp 001b8000 fd:01 137442 /usr/lib/libc-2.17.so
459df000-459e2000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
da102000-da103000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
da103000-da903000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
da903000-da904000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
da904000-db104000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
db104000-db105000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
db105000-db905000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
db905000-db906000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
db906000-dc106000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f7577000-f766b000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f766b000-f7681000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7681000-f7682000 r-xp 00015000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7682000-f7683000 rwxp 00016000 fd:01 137475 /usr/lib/libpthread-2.17.so
f7683000-f7685000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f7685000-f76a0000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f76a0000-f76a1000 r-xp 0001a000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f76a1000-f76a2000 rwxp 0001b000 fd:01 139737 /usr/lib/libgcc_s-4.8.1-20130603.so.1
f76a2000-f76e3000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f76e3000-f76e4000 r-xp 00040000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f76e4000-f76e5000 rwxp 00041000 fd:01 137457 /usr/lib/libm-2.17.so
f76e5000-f77c3000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f77c3000-f77c4000 ---p 000de000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f77c4000-f77c8000 r-xp 000de000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f77c8000-f77c9000 rwxp 000e2000 fd:01 139858 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.18
f77c9000-f77d0000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f77e2000-f77e4000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
f77e4000-f77e5000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
ffc65000-ffd16000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]

@cranil7: Ok, reproduced here - it occurs as soon as you use --sts in the parameter list. Will check it.

Edit: Ah. Incorrect delete if you don't use the ini file name. Fixed.

Could not get it. Please elaborate. How to fix it?

Hans means it is fixed in next beta.

Yea sorry - that's what I meant. I reproduced and fixed it here.

Easy , just wait till next beta and test it again . There is how to fix it

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