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Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
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Author:  Marino [ Mon May 03, 2010 7:37 pm ]
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Lol and oops. I also found another small yet annoying bug: If 'startup minimized' is turned on and I load Stereo Tool, the window flashes on screen very briefly. That's not that bad, but if a PC is really loaded it means that a redraw of all the windows will be performed, which can be quite a burden.

I have fixed it now, I'll just have to check if the performance isn't affected (I expect not) and then I'll release it.

It's now - yet again - uploaded as BETA.

Marino, I'm afraid to ask.... :oops:


Bojcha: How big is your screen size? (Is 790 pixels full-screen, eg. 800x600 or so?). I'll try to reproduce it here as well. Those other windows, are those Stereo Tool windows or windows from other programs?
Hans, no problem of course :-) Works like a charm!
Author:  Marino [ Mon May 03, 2010 7:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
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Performance is still OK.

Marino: After thinking a bit more about what I saw in your log files: The Stereo Tool DLL isn't even mentioned in the logging, nor are the DLL's that are loaded by Stereo Tool. This might (MIGHT!) indicate that it's actually not a problem in Stereo Tool, but in Station Playlist. The DLL is actually loaded and unloaded 5 times by another process of Station Playlist during startup without any issues, but the loading from the Engine process fails.
Hans, a good one thanks. Station Playlist released a new version recently, it might be a problem in the stack of the new version. If the problem returns I send a message to the developer of Station Playlist.
Author:  Bojcha [ Mon May 03, 2010 7:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
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When i check Bypass all, it keeps repeating the last part of the song like a pickup who keeps hanging. Is this a bug?
I don't have that bug.
If standalone is used (FM) no sound, and with normal output sound is well bypassed.
If Winamp DSP Normal output, again sound is well bypassed.

Hans,
can you check one thing with RDS.

According to "mpxtool" the rds signal strenght is 4.1% if in stereo tool is 4.0%.. so,
for 4.00% i must set exactly 3.90%
for 4.50% i must set exactlly 4.39%
etc..
Author:  hvz [ Mon May 03, 2010 8:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
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When i check Bypass all, it keeps repeating the last part of the song like a pickup who keeps hanging. Is this a bug?
Are you using ASIO? I've checked the code and I think the ASIO output is broken if you press BYPASS. Normal output seems to work properly (I've also tested that), FM output and Low Latency output in non-ASIO mode should work as normal (stops, also tested that), but in ASIO mode no data is sent to the normal output, which would indeed leed to what you're describing.

I think I have a fix, but I cannot test it here (the ASIO support in my Windows installation is broken ever since I upgraded to Vista64, even ASIO4All doesn't work). Will upload it in a moment.
Author:  Bojcha [ Mon May 03, 2010 8:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
I can test that with asio ..
Author:  hvz [ Mon May 03, 2010 9:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
To Bojcha and eldoradofm:

I've uploaded a new version of the STAND ALONE version of Stereo Tool. (Only the SSE2 version).

Changes:
- Changed the code to restore the window from tray. I don't know if this solves the size problem because I've never seen it... I only hope that I didn't cause any new issues... Anyway, instead of just restoring it, I'm now actively telling it to go to the last place and size where it was.
- ASIO: Audio should now be played correctly in Bypass mode. But I cannot test that either... :shock:

http://www.stereotool.com/download/ster ... r_BETA.exe


Note: Bojcha, are you sure that the window resizing occurred when you played with other windows after minimizing? Because I do think I found a bug - but that's in the code that minimizes the window, NOT in the code that keeps it small or restores it... Anyway, I hope the new code fixes it and then I can just forget about it :-)
Author:  Bojcha [ Mon May 03, 2010 10:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
Bypass ON - now working using ASIO and FM/Normal output (source sound)

For wider main window after restoring from tray - must report later.
Author:  hvz [ Mon May 03, 2010 10:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
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Bypass ON - now working using ASIO and FM/Normal output (source sound)
And it didn't before? (If you don't know, never mind - just want to be sure that I really fixed something :-) )
Author:  Bojcha [ Mon May 03, 2010 10:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
no no .. i know for that bug from erlier .. that's only when ASIO is used!
Now all ok! + now we have any (source) sound when FM output is used. :)
Author:  hvz [ Tue May 04, 2010 12:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Stereo Tool 5.00 BETA
Quote:
Quote:
When i check Bypass all, it keeps repeating the last part of the song like a pickup who keeps hanging. Is this a bug?
I don't have that bug.
If standalone is used (FM) no sound, and with normal output sound is well bypassed.
If Winamp DSP Normal output, again sound is well bypassed.

Hans,
can you check one thing with RDS.

According to "mpxtool" the rds signal strenght is 4.1% if in stereo tool is 4.0%.. so,
for 4.00% i must set exactly 3.90%
for 4.50% i must set exactlly 4.39%
etc..
LOL! I completely missed this. The calculation itself is perfect and would keep the RDS signal exactly at the specified level. BUT there's a lowpass filter used to keep the RDS signal at 57 kHz +/- 2400 Hz. And that lowpass filter isn't perfect. In some cases it causes the RDS signal to be a bit too soft, in others a bit too loud. I'm now scaling the signal by multiplying it by 0.9700, which (based on some measurements) corresponds exactly to the programmed peak level. Just to check: 4.00 * .9700 = 3.88; 4.50 * .9700 = 4.37. Pretty close to your values.
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