I really like what it does but I’m still having the issue with a crackling/distortion in the LCR. If i could find a way to make that disappear this would be winner
I really like what it does but I’m still having the issue with a crackling/distortion in the LCR. If i could find a way to make that disappear this would be winner
Thanks, I will try it out later todayThanks for bringing the click/pop (you said crackling distortion) to my attention. Please try:
-u1 (which will turn off the default 2x oversample).
and let me know if it goes away (it will if we are talking about the same thing - sounds like a click/pop from playing vinyl).
I recently stumbled on this after fixing another artifact and already know what the permanent fix is. It will be in the next version.
Yes!! It workedThanks for bringing the click/pop (you said crackling distortion) to my attention. Please try:
-u1 (which will turn off the default 2x oversample).
and let me know if it goes away (it will if we are talking about the same thing - sounds like a click/pop from playing vinyl).
I recently stumbled on this after fixing another artifact and already know what the permanent fix is. It will be in the next version.
While you're working on an upgrade ... I mentioned this in the forum, not sure if you saw it. When using Foobar to do the upmixing, you cannot have an "&" in the file name. It throws an error.Hey Ron,
Glad you are having some good results, at least with drag and drop.
The ability to upmix and play in real time is going to depend on the processing power/speed of your computer. There are some things to try to help mitigate that, at the possible expense of quality of the upmix. However, you could play live. with settings that allow you to hear without problems, then note down the settings and then upmix the song using drag and drop for maximum quality.
You are supposed to be able to save your settings as an ini file for later use, but I recently discovered that that feature isn't working in 2.2. It will be fixed in the next version, which I hope to get out later this month or in January at the latest.
In order to decrease the load on your computer for live upmix/playback, here are some flags to try (one at a time, or in combination):
-u1 will turn off the default 2x oversample, which in turn also affects some of the below FFT default settings.-N8192 will set the FFT size to 8192 bins. You could also try 4096,-W2 (or or 1) sets the FFT overlap factor. Default is 3. For a given oversample, or FFT size, this would probably have the biggest impact on CPU load, but also the biggest impact of results quality.
Of course all of those settings have their equivalents in the ini file, should you prefer.
FYI SpecWeb uses threads and parallel tasks so a CPU with more cores will perform better than one with fewer.
The Sonic Anomaly "Unlimited" VST is used (by default) to remaster the upmix before final level adjustment in "Zag". It happens in the background (meaning the GUI doesn't pop open, unless you ask it to) during drag and drop, as the 2nd step. If you feel it is getting in the way of live play you can turn it off with:
-v0 (zero)But again in that case you might want to note down your settings and do the actual upmix with drag and drop, with the vst active.
Looks like you did stump me on the Output directory. There is no such option. I can look at adding that to feature list for upcoming versions.
Let me know how it goes for playback, etc.
While you're working on an upgrade ... I mentioned this in the forum, not sure if you saw it. When using Foobar to do the upmixing, you cannot have an "&" in the file name. It throws an error.
Thanks Zeerround
I've realized files less than 96kHz play fine. I'll try your flags with some higher res files. My laptop is an i7 with only 2 cores, so not so good.
The surround system I'm playing this through is 6.1. I am aware that SpecWeb only produces 5.1 files, but the AVR is setup so when playing 5.1 it puts sound common to both SR and SL through the rear speaker. Could you suggest some settings I could test to get best results in this circumstance?
Writing output to a distinct subdirectory would help me to select all the files created and move them off to my server. But it's no big deal.
That's weird. No I ran a batch of probably 40 files (ripped 4 or 5 albums) and it only crashed with this one. I dropped the one file into SpecWeb and it worked fine. Interestingly, I renamed it and it worked in Foobar but the file sizes ended up being different. Any idea why? I use default settings in both. My Foobar version is: 1.5.3.
When will the next version be released?Thanks for bringing the click/pop (you said crackling distortion) to my attention. Please try:
-u1 (which will turn off the default 2x oversample).
and let me know if it goes away (it will if we are talking about the same thing - sounds like a click/pop from playing vinyl).
I recently stumbled on this after fixing another artifact and already know what the permanent fix is. It will be in the next version.
So Zeerround, I tried the -u1 switch and that made all the difference playing hi-res files through the SpecWeb Controls interface. The other suggestions you made had no apparent effect.
However with the same -u1 switch set, I could not play flac files ripped from CD (44100 Hz). I kept getting an Error(14): Can't pause audio. Does that make sense to you?
After converting said CD files, is anything gained keeping them at 24-bit considering they were originally 16-bit?
I've been altering the width controls without really knowing what I'm doing. With image width, the default setting has everything playing through my rear speakers, as I move it left I suddenly hit a point were everything moves to the front. I then tweak the other two controls attempting to get clear central vocals and discrete instruments in the fronts. Is this a reasonable approach?
When will the next version be released?
Yeah I suspected they have made a change (intentional?) in foobar2000 that broke my integration. I'll have to try to figure it out. In the meantime, don't upgrade your foobar version. I seem to remember some DTS or other plugins breaking with upgrades as well (but have since been fixed again).
Re: file size. I haven't looked closely but thought I noticed it being "non-deterministic" as I've been running stuff through alpha code all day every day for a while, but was too deep in the artifact chasing (really SUPER results, I think, there) and haven't done the acid test. Another thing to put on the list.
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