Stereo Tool

BETA72:
- VST audio issue (Are you using VST?)
BETA73:Effect on the sound is very small.
This version has been reported to sound bad...

BETA74:
- Restored BETA72 highs processing, but did fix highs vibration bug. (I had the choice between removing it or fixing it - in BETA73 I removed it, now I fixed it). (*)
- Added Bojcha's web preset (Addiction V7)
Based on feedback that I received, I expect the sound to be still good here...

(*) I don't know what is better. The comment from Chris seems to indicate that it was worse - current sound is closer to the BETA72 sound. But actually I would expect the BETA73 to sound better.....

BETA75:This should have NO effect in your preset, since you're using 'very strict' bass clipping...

BETA76:
- Optimized some code to reduce CPU load with no audio changes
- Removed some filters that filtered low clipping artifacts in high frequency areas - seems to have very little effect (probably no effect on the quality). But it might have - but still, this does not affect your preset because you've selected 'Very strict' filtering. I've not optimized that.
- Added a 'Filter' checkbox to enable/disable filtering clipping effects for very low bass frequencies (the 0-150/350 Hz part). Turning this on SLIGHTLY (1-3%) reduces the bass level (eg. filtering is stricter). Not sure if it has any effect on the audio quality (should be VERY little if any); it does reduce Loudness CPU load by 5%. Did you turn this filter on? If not that's another difference - and it would be my prime suspect (there's a reason I added a checkbox for it and didn't just remove it!) Also, this is the only setting for which it makes sense that it has an impact on Punch. Note: This setting is NOT yet saved!

BETA77: [Waiting for complaints! Is there a reason to want to be able to turn it on anyway?]


My guess would be that BETA75 is still OK, and BETA76 is not - and then the question is whether it's the new low bass filter ('Filter') or the removed protection of highs against high frequency distortion from clipped lows - or even both.

I'll do some more tests tomorrow.

Ow. Just realized: So far I've been comparing the sound between versions WITHOUT turning 'Very strict' on, there could even be a bug somewhere that I just missed. Again, will do some tests tomorrow...

The only new beta that I 've checked my preset with is beta76. So I skipped a good 4 releases. I intend to check them once I reach home. However I have not used any setting that was newly introduced in beta76. Infact the preset that I uploaded was saved from beta 71. And moreover I was too excited with the sound of beta 71 that I didn't care to check the features of beta76(which I should have done)!

Analysis (to Phoenix):

BETA71 -> BETA72: Big change (which I didn't expect!)
I guess I have some work to do.... The biggest change is between BETA71 and BETA72.

Analysis (to Phoenix):

BETA71 -> BETA72: Big change (which I didn't expect!)
I guess I have some work to do.... The biggest change is between BETA71 and BETA72.

Another small issue: If you open the new VST version, 'highs burst' will be set too low - you'll have to fix that manually. (Cause is that previously I stored it incorrectly, now it should be fine).