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[quote author=”Modulator”]But the truth is that because Breakaway isn’t going to utilize anything groundbreaking in "foreseeable future", the Stereo Tool will come eventually and like a butcher, take this down 😛 (just predicting, that’s all!)[/quote]The Psychoacoustic Composite Embedder isn’t the only ground breaking thing in the Omnia.9. Hardly. 😉 There’s one thing in particular, Undo, which will be coming all the way down into the upcoming consumer-level Breakaway products. Just one example. 8) Anyways, it’s not a competition. It’s about what each of us personally like. There should be no other reason to use a different processor than the one you like the best, if it’s within your budget of course.
[quote author=”Th3_uN1Qu3″]Anyone else noticed that the Omnia clip is louder? If you level match them, Breakaway sounds more "up front".[/quote]Actually, on average, the Omnia.9 clip is about 0.2dB quieter. If it doesn’t sound that way, then your monitoring and room (or headphones) aren’t flat. I checked just now with an R128 meter, and my 3 calibrated setups back up what I’m hearing.
You can level match these, but you shouldn’t for any serious comparison between the two, because they are both recorded directly out of MpxTool’s output, with reference -3.0dB composite input. So the difference in levels is exactly like it would be on air.
[quote author=”Th3_uN1Qu3″]Yes the midrange is smashed… but it’s nowhere as bad as i hear on our local radio stations, and us here in Romania only have 50uS pre-emph so the clip should actually be worse than our radio stations, but it’s the other way round.[/quote]They need to step their game up. =)
[quote author=”Martin S”]edit: Didn’t read the post title properly… Apparently it is using the composite embedder. So how come the difference?[/quote]That’s the current public Breakaway, so it’s just an L/R clipper. Breakaway will never have a Composite Embedder for the foreseeable future.
[quote author=”Martin S”]The output from the Omnia.9 in this clip doesn’t seem to be as tightly controlled as it is in the clips from PFD2011. Has the mpx clipper been deactivated?[/quote]The MPX is much more tightly controlled than with Breakaway. The reason you’re seeing higher peaks is because it’s putting up to 160-170% audio into 100% modulation. So it’s peaking way above "0" before de-emphasis. With RDS the advantage is considerably more in favor of the Omnia.9. The reason you’re seeing more valleys is because I didn’t drive certain things quite as hard, to help compensate for the added loudness from the higher peak capabilities. This also allows more dynamics and space and clarity (on top of how much better the clipper itself is). =) The midrange is definitely not as crazily slammed, which isn’t a bad thing. 8)
[quote author=”Martin S”]Is the Omnia.9 also able to do L/R clipping instead?[/quote]No. There are no advantages to doing it. Only disadvantages.
[quote author=”Martin S”]And is it just me, or is the treble pretty muddy (for both Breakaway and Omnia.9)? Is it the source file’s fault?[/quote]Part of that does have to do with this being 75uS emphasis, and this is being driven as hard and loud as anything that’s ever been on the dial. Have you heard the original song?
[quote author=”Martin S”]Aside from that, wow! That’s some godly bass coming from the Omnia.9! 😯[/quote]Superbass. 😆 Yeah, especially at this extreme loudness.
[quote author=”bumm”]hi i have a vt1708s and the specifications is up to 192khz dac and adc, but under win xp only run in 96khz, 🙁 …somehow works under windows xp?[/quote]
192kHz capable audio doesn’t come in XP until you install Service Pack 1 or later. The driver must also support it, of course.
[quote author=”rdr”]Yeah, ok.
But 21 is a normal value??
Other users in the forum said that they have the Tilt value adjusted at 2 or 7, using the Juli@ too 😕[/quote]
I guess it’s always possible they changed something, or hacked in some caps (capacitors) on it, or they changed the settings into the filtering in the DAC.Leif some years ago had said he was going to post a mod for the Juli@ which involved cutting one trace (my guess, on a pin to the DAC which tells it to do high-pass filtering). I’ll ask him if he ever posted this, unless someone else comes up with a link, since he mentioned this before, but I can’t find any articles on MpxTool.com (and i have admin access so i can see un-published articles).
Odd. 😉 But yeah, that’s a possibility that something changed.
RodeoJack mentions that he had 3 that all required a tilt setting of 10, earlier in this topic.
[quote author=”Alcyone”]Can RDS be passed through the regular analog input to the transmitter?[/quote]
Nope.You should think about adding an input audio jack to the front/back so you can input MPX directly. You’ll need to download a schematic for the transmitter if you don’t already have one, to help you figure out where the stereo generator is, and if there’s any effects/processing after it. You want to have the jack connected after all of that. Right before the FM exciter. 🙂
[quote author=”The1Essence”]if this program can eliminate the static and improve my live interviews.[/quote]
It cannot. There are some decent "click & pop" type effects out there though, mainly as VST, which can sometimes do a good job. It depends on the specific nature of the noise, mainly if there was gear/effects responding to it.For processing audio (live or recorded), Breakaway Live is a better option imo, because you’re not limited to outputting only to real soundcards. You can output directly to a VAC/Pipeline, and be sure there’s nothing being added or changed or resampled by your soundcard. It does cost more, but you get more like the ability to set final drive (density), a killer stereo enhancer, and a decently equipped speaker controller (EQ, delay, filters, protection limiters, etc).
[quote author=”The1Essence”]1) Should VAC be deleted before installation?[/quote]
It is up to you. Breakaway uses a licensed version of VAC, and both can run OK side by side.[quote author=”The1Essence”]2) Are there specific instructions somewhere to make sure the SAM and Skype are fed to the right places??[/quote]
Not that I know of, but it’s simple common-sense audio routing.[quote author=”The1Essence”]3) Will I be required to make "adjustments" to volume or will the set up instructions cover this question for me? I did find an attachment on the answer to another question.[/quote]
The main part is to maintain proper gain staging, so that you never run out of headroom and clip the signal into 0dB. On the other hand, for analog gear, there is a noise floor to consider as well. So a balance of headroom and noise is where you’ll find your sweet spot at.[quote author=”The1Essence”]Any help would be great! I have had some amazing interviews that were FILLED with static and the listeners could not enjoy it at all. But, the calls were crystal clear for me and the other person on skype. Also the recording of the interview was horribly filled with the same static the live listeners heard.[/quote]
Yeah, sounds like an issue with whatever you used to record it, perhaps with the buffering. Why don’t you upload like 30 seconds of it here, in WAV format please? I would check it out.[quote author=”aliasme”]Some people prefer to just hit the by-pass on the EQ and let the LoudMax plug-in do all the work. I’m still very much looking forward to an upcoming OS X product![/quote]
That’s going into the realm of using an EQ to correct for the response of the speakers and the room. And it can be VERY beneficial when done properly and accurately. 8) But of course, it’s different for every pair of speakers in any given room.
[quote author=”rdr”]Hello,
I have an ESI Juli@ and I’ve the TILT adusted at 21 😮
Why????[/quote]
Because that fixes the low frequency tilt ❓It has all four modes in it. 100, 4, 3, and 2 millisecond core latencies. Look in "Settings" where it says "Phase Linear".
I’ll add that all ASIO4ALL is doing is providing a software ASIO later that interfaces with the card’s Kernel Streaming interface. So the only thing you’re doing by using ASIO4ALL is adding latency. You’ll get less latency and potentially more stability by just using the Kernel Streaming (KS) already built into Breakaway.
It sounds more like there’s actually two things playing back into that pipeline. What is the input to Breakaway?
I had the non realtime allow me to use a lower latency before, under XP SP3 on a single core AMD, so… it just depends on the system/drivers/software, and how close you are to the various limits.
[quote author=”kes11″]I am wondering if there is any way to control the attack and release in the current Breakaway LIVE aside from using the "Speed" dial? I have taken a look at a couple files that come with Breakaway LIVE and it seems a series of numbers control the product. Let me say that I’m not a computer whiz but I know this is undoubtedly some type of "code" and wonder if there was a sequence of numbers or "code" that would allow for this?
Finally, will the future version of Breakaway LIVE allow for individual adjustments?[/quote]
It actually *is* planned to have separate attack and release meta controls, for some versions.
