MrKlorox

Hi. So save a preset to make a copy of it and open it with a text editor.

You’ll want to find the final_lim_drive line and try increasing it. Save then load the modified preset and see if it’s any better. I don’t know if it maxes out as 100 (percent?) or goes higher if told to.

final_lim_drive=50

Then there are the outmix[#] lines that when raised also make the final signal louder, in case the final limiter drive value won’t do it alone.

outmix[0]=50
outmix[1]=50
outmix[2]=50
outmix[3]=50
outmix[4]=50

I hope this helps. I don’t know if this is the correct method to achieve what you want, but the clipper/limiter is very clean and shouldn’t distort your final signal.

I empathize. I came to Breakaway from using Leif’s older winamp plugins to master tracks for the cassette deck in my friend’s car. Had to record those the old-fashioned way too (aka dubbing).

I believe a file-based option exists for Omnia products, which are Leif’s bread and butter processors. However for now nothing like this exists for Breakaway products.

@Milky: In case it’s somehow been overlooked, please add a file-based processing option to the next-gen BAE/BA1 wishlist. I have seen many people looking to process audio for later playback without a processor available.

I don’t know if it’s gauche to mention other processors, but some others may exist in VST form. That’s probably all I can say. However, they don’t have Leif’s audio engineering behind them, which is a drawback.

oops, ignore my previous suggestion. i mistook this for the BA1 forum. ASIO is not in BAE

So, I can’t currently test, but I don’t recall what FM Mode is in BAE (or if it even exists). It’s not a preset, is it? I will be able to answer your question more clearly once I learn what this is.

Just to reiterate, you can download and freely test/set up BA1 indefinitely. No trial, just the occasional nag. I actually ran BA1 for like a year in this mode before I was able to invest in it. I highly recommend test-driving it before buying, or even deciding if it’s worth it.

One bonus to BA1 over BAE is the 32bit VST2 host allowing the Thimeo Declipper to be used as a plugin on the input. Highly recommend looking into that too.

Hi. So, BAE is for standard home users who don’t need to stream audio or otherwise broadcast on air. BA1 is more for hobbyists and professionals who want more out of a processor. Yes, it supports 24-bit soundcards, ASIO support (therefore less potential jitter), more sliders and deeper configuration, is based on better processing algorithms so the presets sound better, can stream out via Shoutcast/Icecast, can be controlled remotely, and more I’m forgetting.

BAE2 is in development and doesn’t yet have a public release date. BA1 is not so much an upgrade to BAE, it’s an upgrade to Breakaway Live. It might not be something you need, but it’s free to trial indefinitely with minimal nagging. So go ahead and play around with it and drop some thoughts in the BAE2 wishlist thread if you have some others haven’t noted.

Oh! So the GUI is at least functioning. That was what my suggestion was to find out. If the GUI was somehow not rendering, that warning about not having pipeline installed wouldn’t show up.

Frankly, I don’t have it installed fully right now as it requires Breakaway Pipeline; and I worry it’ll conflict with my existing VAC installation if I do install it. If I could figure out how to trick Breakaway into thinking my official VAC is the Breakaway Pipeline fork, I’d be able to help further.

I have an idea regarding this issue: since BAE seems to only be capable of integer scaling, would it be reasonable/ possible/ trivial to make the application “round up” to 2x scale if Windows’ DPI is at 150% rather than rounding down to 1x?

I don’t know how far along BAE2 is, but this seems like this could be a way to extend the life of BAE without redesigning or updating the GUI framework. Could you mark this as an issue for Leif since it seems like it could be fixed, @Milky?