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I'm not sure what you mean. Have you upgraded to Breakaway one? If so, you will have the option to run as a service. I usually run in foreground until I have everything tweaked, because I am more familiar with the regular configuration program. Once I am happy that everything is working, I run it as a service, and then you need BA Remote to make adjustments.
BA1 must be running as a service for BA Remote to work. You may have to open port 8200 in your router, but mine seems to work without it. You will need the IP address of the machine running BA1.
You state that "other softs" have a "perfect clean signal", BUT are they to RDS specification? It is relatively easy to over filter, but you then lose good signal with the bad.
It's like signal to noise specs in audio. You can lose the noise floor, but you will also lose some of the audio content.
I'll leave Leif to answer the first questions.
However, I can assist with the question about the conversion process. Go to http://www.breakawayone.com/free-upgrade/ to see what the options are, and how to go about it.
Upgrades are also priced on that page.If you need to migrate to another PC, I understand that you will need to apply for a new licence, and provide the MAC address and details of the new PC, because the licence is generated from the MAC address. Perhaps an email to broadcast@claessonedwards.com would clarify this.
Can you please provide screen shots and details of your audio set up? It's easy to make accusations, but we need to know what we are working with here.
In the M Audio control there is the option. It usually runs in the systray, but may be disabled, so launch it from the Programs folder.
Alternatively, you should be able to launch it from the ASIO tab in BA1. Click Common Audio Devices > ASIO. The click "Reload Driver", then "ASIO Driver Control Panel. Select an option in the window (starting with the lowest). Exit from the M Audio set up and then click the "Run Test" option. You should aim for the lowest "jitter" setting, so repeat the process until you get the lowest buffer with jitter under (ideally) 50%. You should be able to get down to 6% with the right combination.
Then repeat the test in your input and output configuration screens.
The obvious one is the ASIO buffers. Check the M Audio and set the buffers low, but not tiny. Then use BA1 ASIO settings to suggest the best buffer count. See if that makes any change. Unless you are using a live mic, the latency between the input and output is not important.
As I understand it, the bass mod is made to the final "speaker" settings after the chain (see Leif's comment on previous page), but I could be wrong. I will seek clarification.
On the subject of ini files, there is actually a command line switch which over-rides the default ini locations, so you can switch to a different ini set just by changing the command line (ini_folder=c:/blah) – handy if you are debugging a different setup.
Always a good idea to backup your config regularly, and certainly before installing an update. It is possible through the menu item Common > System > System Information > Backup Configuration. This saves all of the .ini files and can be restored if settings become corrupted.
Please download version 3.19.42 – June 29th, 2018 and your prayers will be answered. http://www.breakawayone.com/downloads/
I've seen nothing in the latest beta version release notes, but only Leif can definitely confirm. I know that he has been very busy in other areas of development.
OK, we now have a working example of this great feature.
Background:-
We run a Community Radio Station, with many of the presenters trained only to operate the desk, but none of the playout interfaces. Most presenters play digital music through our software (OtsAVTV), but some still bring selections from their own record collections. This means, at the top of their program, we need to switch the soundcard from digital in (through Ots), to analogue in (via turntable), and in BA1, we also need to 1) change preset and 2) switch in a VST plugin which adjusts the RIAA curve for vinyl. To expect presenters to go into BA Remote and make the correct changes, and then do the same for the soundcard interface is way outside their levels of expertise.The Solution:-
We have developed a simple overlay interface which sits on top of OtsAVTV and provides them with touchscreen friendly (and vision challenged friendly) transport buttons for Play, Pause, Next, Previous, using a simple programming language called "Auto Hotkey (AHK)" from https://autohotkey.com/download/. This has been working very nicely for quite some time, and even those who can operate the "normal" buttons in Ots say they prefer the larger buttons.We've now added another button to the group to interface with BA1 and automatically turn on the appropriate options. This VST toggle sends the commands to BA1 to select/deselect the VST plugin, plus change to a more vinyl sympathetic preset.
Looking forward:-
In the future, we will interface this directly with the turntable start/stop switch, so that the presenter doesn't even have to remember to set it up at the start of their program. The interface has been developed, using an arduino micro computer to sense the switch state and send the appropriate commands to BA1. Because it involves tampering with the equipment and is therefore a safety issue, we are waiting for the authorities to approve the changes before we can implement them, but an offline test rig is working very well.The next two posts are images of the ON state and OFF state, as when the VST button is pressed.
