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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:52 pm 

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As I mentioned in a another post of mine, I would like to make my brickwalled CDs more listenable. They all have an average DR (Dynamic Range) of 7 and it is painful to listen to that through headphones, even when turning down the volume.

Recently I discovered "Perfect Declipper" (http://www.perfectdeclipper.com/) and the "Thimeo Stereo Tool" (https://www.stereotool.com/), downloaded the trial versions and tried them out (through iZotope RX7).

For the "Perfect Declipper" I now have two presets that can do real magic, turning a DR 6 into a DR 11 or 12 while staying true to the original sound.

Experimenting with "Stereo Tool" I like the preset called "Unvail" from "Bojcha" the most. It really "unveils" what is hidden in the background and sounds great. But it also changes the "original" sound a bit.

Since I like both, my presets for the "Perfect Declipper" and the preset "Unvail" in Stereo Tool, I would like to know whether there is a way to load the presets I used with "Perfect Declipper" into the Stereo Tool, so that I would have two presets I could use to process all of my CDs, which would leave me in the end with 3 CDs 1. The original, brickwalled CD,
2. The processed CD for which I would use the "Perfect Declipper" preset,
3. The processed CD for which I would use the "Unvail" preset from "Bojcha".

I tried to load the "Perfect Declipper" presets into Stereo Tool, changing the "dcl" ending into "sts". But the result is not the same as with "Perfect Declipper".

So my question:

Can I use the "Perfect Declipper" presets with Stereo Tool (if yes, how is that to be done, because I tried and got different results than with "Perfect Declipper"), or do I have to buy both programmes, so that I can use my presets and "Bojcha's" preset "Unvail"?

Any helpful advice is appreciated!


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:05 am 

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Thank you, but that is what I have tried before:

Changing the ending of the "Perfect Declipper" settings from "dcl" into "sts", so that I can load the presets into the Stereo Tool.

Unfortunately the result I get (after processing with Stereo Tool) is completely different compared with the result I get using the same presets but processing through "Perfect Declipper".


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:15 pm 
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Hi, loading those settings should work... there is one setting in the Declipper plugin that's not present in Stereo Tool, to attenuate the sound to make room for the added spikes in the waveform. Just lowering the level should do it...


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:28 pm 

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Hi, loading those settings should work... there is one setting in the Declipper plugin that's not present in Stereo Tool, to attenuate the sound to make room for the added spikes in the waveform. Just lowering the level should do it...
I tried it one more time and the result is not the same as with "Perfect Declipper". I processed a DR 6 file and received a DR 6 file. With "Perfect Declipper" I received a DR 10 file which sounds great through headphones because the "brickwalling" is gone.

Looking at the screenshot from Bojcha I notice that on my Stereo Tool screen I do not see ""Veil" and "Detection" underneath the Declipper toolbar on the left. There is just "Declipper" - "Input" - "Restoration" - "Display (L, hor)", but no "Veil" and no "Detection".


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:00 am 

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Hi, loading those settings should work... there is one setting in the Declipper plugin that's not present in Stereo Tool, to attenuate the sound to make room for the added spikes in the waveform. Just lowering the level should do it...
I tried it one more time and the result is not the same as with "Perfect Declipper". I processed a DR 6 file and received a DR 6 file. With "Perfect Declipper" I received a DR 10 file which sounds great through headphones because the "brickwalling" is gone.

Looking at the screenshot from Bojcha I notice that on my Stereo Tool screen I do not see ""Veil" and "Detection" underneath the Declipper toolbar on the left. There is just "Declipper" - "Input" - "Restoration" - "Display (L, hor)", but no "Veil" and no "Detection".
That's because he's using more than likely an older version of the stand alone ST that has those options. The updated DeClipper in Stereo Tool, AFAIK, Does not have those options. The Perfect Declipper, from that website is from April 2017. If that is the case, you'll have to roll back your version of ST.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:55 pm 

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If that is the case, you'll have to roll back your version of ST.


And how can I roll back my version of StereoTool?


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:58 pm 

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If that is the case, you'll have to roll back your version of ST.


And how can I roll back my version of StereoTool?
By installing an older version. However, I assume Veil is in your settings configuration. I know my older settings have it. Maybe Hans or Bojcha can confirm.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:45 pm 

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Thank you, and where do I have to look for an older version?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:26 pm 

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Don't. Go to Configuration, then in the User Interface section on the right you can set the Operating mode to Extreme Tweaker and all settings will be there.


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