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Leif,
On this subject, you mention that using a declipper without attenuation would produce these very high peaks. In my situation, I use ReplayGain to tag all my flac and the few MP3s I still have to the standard 2.0 setting of -18db. Would you say, in my case, that I wouldn't need to really attenuate further in the declipper to avoid those high peaks (even though your system handles it well enough)? What would be ideal?
Leif,
When you mentioned above that you weren't dithering correctly, it brought up another question… In Foobar2000, which is the tool I use to convert WAV files to FLAC, there's an option for dithering. If I recall, the choices are Never, Always, and Lossy Sources Only. The WAV files are 16 bit and the FLAC output is set to 16 bit. Which dithering option would work the best? Do I need dithering in this case?
Thanks.
I see that you're using a Pro edition of Windows 10 so you can disable automatic updates, do this. I use Server 2016 and it's very stable. I only reboot if I have to for some reason. I think every month or two I manually do windows updates but I only do it because I chose to. Ultimately, with your computer, this should work great for months and months.
I have a very similar setup and BaOne is so very light on resources. With BaOne and Station Playlist, I'm seeing roughly 2-3% of CPU use. Ram is also very minimal. I don't have the number in mind at the moment but it's very small. I've never seen it build up RAM or CPU. I believe low resources is one of the biggest hallmarks of BaOne. Stability and amazing sound is what you'll get.
Can you be more detailed or specific? What are you seeing? How much RAM does your computer have? 32 or 64 bit OS? How much ram are you seeing being used by BaOne? How old/new is your computer? These kind of details are going to be super helpful to help troubleshoot.
The built-in encoder in SPL is hard-coded to the internal player, there's no input selection. I think Ross sells an external encoder that has more features.
Unfortunately, the only way that this would work is if BAOne was available as a DSP, which it isn't. You'd have to use an external encoder like BUTT or Altacast and use virtual audio cables (breakaway pipelines) in between. I don't think Leif is interested in creating a DSP version, at least he hasn't been in the past.
You need to have the VST system deactivated in order to edit the path field in the VST 1 section. Once you uncheck that box, click on VST 1 and type in the full path, ex. C:\path\path\vst_perfect_declipper.dll. Then, go back to the main screen and activate it by checking that box. Finally, go back into VST 1 and you should be able to click Launch Interface (or whatever the verbiage is).
When I'm back in front of my system, I'll try to capture a quick video, unless Jesse or someone else can quickly.
Uncheck Activate,
Go to VST 1
Enter the full path to the .dll file
go back and check activate
go to VST 1 and click Launch interface.You should now be able to configure the VST plugin and it will be live at that point.
That plugin works great. You just need to point it to the file location of the dll. You'll need to uncheck Activate on the first screen in order to enter the file location. Then you should be able to launch the plugin and interface. It has to be the 32 bit version, though. BAO doesn't support 64 bit VSTs.
David,
This is automatically handled in the program. Leif's programmed in the right levels for the right encoders and settings.
There's nothing legal about what bitrate you stream at.. One major consideration you need to think about is how to reach the most people. 128kbps is a little steep for most mobile listeners. But is fairly decent from a desktop or laptop PC on a home or office network. 64kbps is a good sweetspot on HE-AAC (or AAC+). That codec is fairly universal at this point and that bitrate sounds really good. I wouldn't do mono, ever. I hope that helps.
