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NEW FM PROCESSOR

I would try this new processor with my Winampplayer. What are the right settings in the I/O window? Can someone help me out? Thanks.
 
Hi Erwin!

I believe I can help.

In winamp, press CTRL-P to open Configuration. Choose Plugins - Output in the left pane.
Hit Configure on the selected plug-in (likely Nullsoft DirectSound or Nullsoft WaveOut).

In the window that comes up, choose Breakaway Pipeline 1, and press OK.

Then, in I/O configuration in Breakaway FM, choose Breakaway Pipeline 1 as the input, and choose your sound card as the L/R output.

If you don't see your sound card in the L/R output list, choose either Wave or DS in the Interface list, instead of KS.

Then press Test, play some music in winamp, and make sure you hear the audio free and clear of glitches and stutters.

If you do hear glitches or stutters, choose a larger Buffer Size.

That should take care of it :).

///Leif
 
konbaasiang said:
Hi Erwin!

I believe I can help.

In winamp, press CTRL-P to open Configuration. Choose Plugins - Output in the left pane.
Hit Configure on the selected plug-in (likely Nullsoft DirectSound or Nullsoft WaveOut).

In the window that comes up, choose Breakaway Pipeline 1, and press OK.

Then, in I/O configuration in Breakaway FM, choose Breakaway Pipeline 1 as the input, and choose your sound card as the L/R output.

If you don't see your sound card in the L/R output list, choose either Wave or DS in the Interface list, instead of KS.

Then press Test, play some music in winamp, and make sure you hear the audio free and clear of glitches and stutters.

If you do hear glitches or stutters, choose a larger Buffer Size.

That should take care of it :).

///Leif
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Ok thanks, I will try.
 
Not since the analog Orban Optimods have I seen an audio processor that no matter where you set it, it will yield acceptable results. This creams almost every other software or soundcard processing I have heard for PC/streaming.

Very nice job! Effortless processing. Even when I expected it to "slop up" it hasn't.
 
Man.... if you guys could only go through the withheld giddy laughter for the year I've been working with this, and designing presets for it... ;)

I'm glad it's sinking in for someone else, over at WGLI ;)
 
This could be one of the best sounding multiband processors I have ever heard (digital or analog). I am floored.
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Thank you *very* much for your comments, wgliradio!
You made my day. :)

Have you raced it against any hardware processors yet? ;)

///Leif
 
Yes. I have an Omnia ONE, Orban 1100PC and an Orban 6200 for streaming. It's much more engaging than the ONE and not as bunched up as the 6200.

This is the $30 software. I have not gotten a chance with the FM version.
 
So if I have an EMU 1212 soundcard, can I use this program on the encoder or would I have to have another machine to run the program?

congrats.
 
Wgli, are you serious?? Oh man, just wait until you hear the full FM version ;). Even for webcasting, the FM version (with 15 or 25us pre-emph) has a 3dB loudness advantage over the personal version.

Sgeirk, yes you can!

Breakaway FM comes with a virtual cable driver aptly named Breakaway Pipeline. It allows you to transport audio between Breakaway FM and other applications in your computer, without using the sound card. So, if your encoder applications was previously using the sound card, you could now set the encoder to take audio from Breakaway Pipeline, and set Breakaway FM to use your EMU 1212 as input, and Breakaway Pipeline as output.


News:

I have added a big new feature to Breakaway FM:

Winamp DSP Plug-in support.

In beta version 0.90.24, you can load your own plugins into Breakaway FM, in two places in the chain:

At the input (to load effects such as stereo enhancers)
and
After output de-emphasis (to load shoutcast or other encoders).

Plug-ins are executed in their own separate processes, so a crashing plug-in will not take you off the air.

To enable plug-in support, see the BreakawayFM.ini file (or the BreakawayFM.ini.sample file if you upgraded from an earlier Breakaway version).

In Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP, you can normally find the files in C:\Program Files\BreakawayFM.
In Vista 64, they may be in C:\Users\*Your Login Name*\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\BreakawayFM\
In Vista 32, they may be in C:\Users\*Your Login Name*\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\BreakawayFM\

Input plug-ins may cause input overload. If you see the Breakaway meters flash red, you must lower the input level to Breakaway FM, so that the plug-ins do not
overload the input. Don't be afraid to turn it down 6dB -- the AGC will make up for it. Also, I recommend using only Phase Linear plug-ins.
You can test this by playing a squarewave in your music player, and watch it on the input oscilloscope in Breakaway FM. If the squarewave tilts, the plug-in has a non-phase-linear high pass filter, and should be avoided if you're planning to play any music mastered the last 10 years.

Currently only Winamp DSP plug-ins are supported, but you can use a Winamp->VST wrapper to load VST plug-ins.
As an example, Spartacus stereo enhancer sounds very good, but has a non-phase-linear high pass filter.

Download the latest version here:
http://bredband.leif.cx/browse/bafm

Let me know how it works! There may be bugs, but that's why it's beta. ;)

Best regards,
///Leif
 
Alright, I need an FM exciter, too. This thing sounds pretty amazing. Shooting from the hip, this is the best PC software processing I've heard yet...pretty transparent.

How much delay? NICE JOB.
 
Sgeirk,

Thank you!

Delay is way too long to monitor off the air, but there will be a low latency version for monitoring too. (The low latency version will not have a clipper back-end but can be used for webcasting / dj'ing / monitoring.)

If you're looking for an inexpensive exciter, I have nothing but good things to say about Broadcast Warehouse's PLL+ 1W exciter. That thing is dead-on accurate. What you feed into the composite input, is what you get on the air. No tilt, no overshoots, and hasn't failed me yet!

///Leif
 
So, let's just say I was going to build a dedicated audio processing computer running this software to be used as a backup.

What would you suggest for a soundcard with good enough DA converters to ensure better quality?
 
I gave it a try and it sounds great! I'll play with it some more tomorrow at work where there are some decent monitor speakers.

One question, how do you make you own presets? The ones that come with it sound good, but engineers just gotta tweak.
 
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