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Well OTS is playing fine. I just need to look into using ST now for my purpose. Will do so in a few but first, does the ST interface need to be open when playing OTS?
Also will ST automatically work for any audio source [spotify, youtube, internet radio e.t.c] or would I need to configure each of those apps through ST please?
So the Stand Alone version is supposed to work for everything on your system [spotify, youtube, internet radio e.t.c]. The Winamp DSP plugin will only work for the media player which is running it.
The application for the Stand Alone version needs to be running to process audio, but the interface can be minimized. However, while I was playing around with OTS and the Winamp plugin (not Stand Alone) I noticed OTS would not allow the ST interface and the OTS interface to be on screen at the same time.
If you're running the Stand Alone version, and are not streaming out through OTS, you don't also need to be using the Winamp DSP plugin. That would just cause extra CPU usage and could potentially degrade sound quality as a result.
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So let's basically start over. First, you need a device for Windows to send audio to, so Stereo Tool can take it and process it. For this you need a virtual audio pipeline. Download the
Breakaway Pipeline tool and install it.
- Launch Stereo Tool Stand Alone. Use the menu on the left to select I/O> ASIO. Then in the main interface under the ASIO section, make sure ASIO is disabled.
- Use the menu on the left to select I/O> Input. Then in the main interface under the Input section, select "Line 1 (Breakaway Pipeline 1)" from the drop down menu beside Input Device ID.
- Use the menu on the left to select I/O> Normal Output. Then in the main interface under the Normal section, make sure Normal Output is enabled then select whatever your headphone device is from the drop down menu beside Input Device ID.
- Below that you will see your "Buffer size / Diversity Delay" slider. You'll eventually probably want to lower this to make the audio more synchronized to videos.
- Within Windows, all you should need to do is select "Line 1 (Breakaway Pipeline)" from your Sound Settings panel under Output. At least that is what I think the device is called by default. I renamed mine.
And that should be all you need to do to get Stereo Tool processing all your Windows' audio.
No FM settings necessary.
And for OTS, you would just need to set your output to the default windows sound mapper or to Breakaway Pipeline 1.