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[quote author=Captainfirst link=topic=5357.msg18964#msg18964 date=1482724949]
Good things come to those who wait. Breakaway One is amazing. I just hope we can get some details soon about some of the settings. Thinks like Brilliance and Presence seem a bit vague; right now I have them set at 50.
[/quote]They are descriptive terms :). You wouldn't believe how many people have asked to be able to adjust their "sound" with terms in plain english.
Brilliance is high treble, and Presence is upper mids, but it's not just EQ — multiple parameters are being intelligently adjusted under the hood.
Best,
///LeifI want to see a 15 dBr preset from you, Camclone! All square-wave all the time! Come on, you can do it!
[quote author=cyberneticorganism link=topic=5367.msg18973#msg18973 date=1482853496]
I also want to note that the Perfect Declipper VST plug-in crashes as soon as i activate it in BBO. As long as that is not working, BBO is not usable for me.And second is that i think the settings for the stereo expander are a bit strange. In BBP you can arrange it band by band, and in BBO they are more general.
I hope Leif reads this too 😉
[/quote]Hope and you shall receive :).
I've tested ST and it worked perfectly. I didn't test Perfect Declipper but I know others have.
Are you using the 32-bit version?
///Leif
Camclone! How I have missed you 🙂
1) Stereo pilot adjust — no, good riddance. Fewer buttons is a good thing! Fewer things that can go wrong.
If you would like to reduce modulation for multipath prevention (good idea!) there is actually a good way to do it. This is an idea that is successfully used in many countries in Europe. It's called ITU-BS412 MPX Power! Enable the MPX power mode, and you'll find separate versions of every preset that have been specially adjusted for this scenario. You can then set the MPX power slider anywhere you like, and the pilot will stay right where it should be at 9.0%.
2) I thought about it while I was created it, but decided against it. Here's why: if a VST plug-in is crashing on its own (without you being there making adjustments) then really it is not suitable for on-air use. Imagine if it crashed repeatedly — you would then have glitches on the air as I was cycling it off/on! Yes, it would be possible to make the VST host even more intelligent so that if it crashes too often then stop trying to use it.. but at some point, you draw a line and say "this plug-in is garbage". I do that the first time it crashes — problem solved! :). If it crashes when not attended, it is better left off until you can look into it. This way, even if a plug-in crashes, you're still on the air with clean sound.
3) I am VERY happy with the low CPU load of Breakaway! This was an intentional design decision. BreakawayOne is not Stereo Tool. BreakawayOne is when you want quickly get on the air with fantastic sound and then get back to *other* things in your life. If you're looking for something to spend a lot of time tweaking, Breakaway isn't it! It never was.
By keeping the CPU load low, we have several benefits:
A) I can simply say "it'll run on any PC you can buy today" without having to waste your time on details.
B) It will keep running fine even when your CPU fan slows down because it gets clogged up with dust years down the line.
C) Headroom is safety!Best,
///LeifAutobalance wasn't in the first public release but I added it shortly thereafter. If you can't find it, make sure you have the latest version. 🙂
For streaming, use an HD core.
I see now that I forgot to create a Twente preset for BaOne. I'll try to get to it at some point, sorry about that.
Best,
///LeifI left them out this time around. The 15 and 25us options were an experiment to use the FM clipper for streaming, and it worked fairly well back then. However, the streaming landscape has changed in the 7 years since BBP was last released; back then high bit rate streams were fairly common, now aacPlus is much more common, and then using any kind of clipper yields terrible results, as anything density created by the clipper will show up as large overshoots on the receive side.
I could explain it ad infinitum, but BreakawayOne had to be easy to use. Thus, FM and Streaming is completely separate in BreakawayOne.For streaming, use an HD core, which has no pre-emphasis options or clipper at all, instead it uses an advanced look-ahead limiter which sounds much better for streaming.
Best,
///LeifI have yet to hear one on the air or an accurate composite recording of one. If someone has a composite recording I will be happy to take a listen.
///Leif
Q106, those demo clips are neither valid nor useful, because they are neither composite nor pre-emphasized. There is no way to know what the loudness would be on air, whether there were any overshoots, if the audio is within the limits of FM, or even if the audio has been through an FM processor.
I approached Solidyne years ago about providing downloadable composite (MPX) recordings, and they seemed interested at first but nothing happened.
///Leif
Motherboards are pretty much universal. Choose one that supports the CPU you want, and has the other features you need. If you need firewire support, then choose one with firewire support (or one that has enough PCI/PCIe slots to support a firewire card along with the other extras you need). Not sure what you’re asking.
I have written code and done graphic design on a 25 MHz 486 if that helps. It’s not the equipment, it’s what you do with it.
Indeed. Tell your IT guy all its ports are locked down tight, it doesn’t even respond to PING, let alone SMB. I did that precisely for the reason you stated. I’d be happy to talk to him directly if he has concerns.
Best regards,
///LeifWhat the hell!
We did remove it. It was fine. Now it’s back.
Perhaps we need to look into a different hosting provider.
///Leif
We informed the hosts a few days ago. They were in the middle of server maintenance. Is this still a problem or is it fixed?
///Leif
Howdy!
Actually, there has been a volume control API for quite some time in Breakaway — my bad for not documenting it.
First, get the window handle.
For Breakaway Live:
code :HWND hWndBa=::FindWindow(NULL,"BreakawayLiveUtilityWindow_0xBA31337");For Breakaway Audio Enhancer:
code :HWND hWndBa=FindWindow(NULL,"BreakawayUtilityWindow_0xBA31337");Then, get the message code (same for both):
code :int msgGetVolume=RegisterWindowMessage("BaGetVolume");
int msgSetVolume=RegisterWindowMessage("BaSetVolume");Then, get or set the volume level, range is 0 to 100.
code :SendMessage(hWndBa,msgBaSetVolume,0,volume);
volume=SendMessage(hWndBa,msgBaGetVolume,0,0);That’s it. These are standard Windows APIs and can be used from many different languages and scripts. For example, I use it in a Python script for EventGhost to be able to change the volume on my HTPC.
My PowerMate is unfortunately still in its original packaging. It has been with me to Holland, Thailand, Sweden and the USA, and still haven’t had time to play with it.
Best regards,
///LeifTCooper, the Omnia.9 has a very easy to use HTTP interface for automation purposes. This way, it can interface with almost anything, while keeping the Omnia.9 the closed ecosystem it has to be to be stable for on-air use. When we add livewire audio support down the road, we will support Livewire GPI/O. There’s also actual GPI/O on the box. However, as for adding 3rd party USB hardware, I advise against it in the strongest possible manner.
As for trading the 11 for the 9, I don’t know — not my decision, but maybe your dealer will let you 🙂
///Leif
