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Would someone mind explaining the effects of the window function options?
Diana Krall?? I thought this was a MUSIC forum. She looks like she would be worth a fortune in any port of the world. OK I admit I have a weakness - those slutty VU meters: Wots ya price? I'll pay it!Nice !
And by the same designer Tedgo, you can choose between the green eyes on the left (ART) or the blue eyes on the right (VU)....
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This is needed so your spectrum doesn't look like crap.
Thanks. Of the available functions, is there one to consider over the others?This is needed so your spectrum doesn't look like crap.
In order to run it through a FFT analysis, the audio stream has to be chopped up into pieces of finite length. With no window function, this equals multiplication with a rect function in time domain, or convolution with a sinc function in frequency domain. As a result, any pure sine signal (theoretically a hair-thin needle in the spectrum) gains lots of unwanted side lobes that aren't actually there. In more complex signals, these tend to overlap and cover weaker components nearby.
The various window functions are different ways of rounding off the corners, so to speak. They vary in algorithms, computational complexity and how well they reduce the effect. (You are never going to get rid of it entirely, as any window of finite length invariably results in some spectrum spread - think Heisenberg's unsharpness relation, but in time vs. frequency.) One of RMAA's claims to fame at the time was usage of a Kaiser-Bessel window, which remains one of the best.
Tool, thanks and also respect. Another thanks for the help. The Enhanced Spectrum Analyzer has had positive impact. It looks cool in what was a mundane interface, and is a bit of fun to play with.
Tool, thanks and also respect. Another thanks for the help. The Enhanced Spectrum Analyzer has had positive impact. It looks cool in what was a mundane interface, and is a bit of fun to play with.
but is there any review of the audio quality of different music players?
I just spent an hour getting the colors just right
You're lucky! I've been working on this for a week :->I just spent an hour getting the colors just right
Thanks. Of the available functions, is there one to consider over the others?
I agree, but as we see with Windows at least, there's a lot that can get in-between the reading of the bits and the sending of the bits. If not, would be a great topic for a head-to-read fact checking review.Unless they're doing some DSP, they should sound the same as it's their job to decode various formats properly and dump them to PCM once done.
I've had the same problem with WASAPI event and native UAC2. The workaround is to install a manufacturer's driver which bypasses the Windows driver, don't use USB class 2 or use push, which works nicely.Works fine for me on WASAPI Event for all bitrates/frequencies I've thrown at it, on multiple different PCs. My Topping DX7 confirms the occasional HiRes track as being sent bit-perfect via its own display.
I just wish someone would write up a Google Home Assistant plugin for us so we could talk to FB2K.
I agree, but as we see with Windows at least, there's a lot that can get in-between the reading of the bits and the sending of the bits. If not, would be a great topic for a head-to-read fact checking review.
That why one uses WASAPI Exclusive and locks the bit depth and rate on a media player. Regardless, I never had an audible problem with Windows resampling. So I really couldn't care less about what it does in between.