Breakaway FM version 0.90.40 beta

Breakaway FM version 0.90.40 beta is up!

http://bredband.leif.cx/browse/bafm

New features:

Optional Wideband compressors added to front-end, for even greater sound customization.

Several new presets added!

• Amsterdam — emulating a sound and loudness of a particular famous dutch radio station, but without the distortion
• French Kiss — a highly addictive "oldschool" sound, with carefully controlled pumping, and unthinkable bass
• Jill FM — Awaiting description from Jesse G, but it sure sounds great
• New York — The loudest of them all, and surprisingly clean for the insane loudness level
• Reference Heavy NR — Reference Heavy with downward expanders enabled
• Plutonium NR – Plutonium with downward expanders enabled

Phase Linear Parametric EQ for Left/Right outputs added (for compensating sound card or STL frequency response)

Several bugfixes and stability improvements.

AND:

Breakaway FM Calibration Tool

For those without easy access to an oscilloscope, this tool will help calibrate the Tilt control (to compensate for your sound card’s LF rolloff) for acceptable peak accuracy into your exciter.

No oscilloscope needed! All you need is:

• A soldering iron (if you have an exciter, you probably a soldering iron, and you’re probably not afraid to use it)
• A DB25 male connector (parallel printer)
• A 1/8 inch TRS plug (headphone plug)
• A 1 megaohm resistor (500kohm will do, or somewhere in between)
• Some 2-conductor wire

The program contains all instructions and schematic, in an easy to use step-by-step wizard interface. The calibration tool needs a computer with an on-board parallel printer port, and Windows XP / 2000 (32-bit only).

New beta and calibration tool available here:

http://bredband.leif.cx/browse/bafm

Comments welcome, as always! 😉

///Leif