[Lavcat]

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Originally Posted by adrift /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm still hearing some clipping in some songs with this setup and I'm not certain its my gear, or maybe I have some setting wrong in my Foobar settings, or if its just some music I own is just a casualty of the loudness war. Air's Universal Traveler off of their Walkie Talkie album is a track that really stands out to me with the Dolby settings. Especially about mid-way through the song. I'm listening to it in flac on two different computers with two pretty different setups. If I turn off Dolby Headphone I can still hear some clipping on one of the machines (haven't tried this on the other yet) but only if I turn up the volume to practically 6:00. Would anyone happen to be familiar with this track and help me confirm its not something I'm messing up on my end? I've also tried applying Replaygain and Advance Limiter with no success.

You could try looking at foobar's peak meter. But my guess is it's a problem with the source.

 

[adrift]

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Originally Posted by Lavcat /img/forum/go_quote.gif You could try looking at foobar's peak meter. But my guess is it's a problem with the source.

Is that a component you have to add or does it come standard with foobar?

 

[gurubhai]

^^ keep the dolby headphone volume to 50%. AFAIR,this should avoid clipping,someone suggested so at HA forums.

 

[adrift]

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Originally Posted by gurubhai /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^^ keep the dolby headphone volume to 50%. AFAIR,this should avoid clipping,someone suggested so at HA forums.

Interesting. I had no idea. I'll have to try that.

 

[Silenced]

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Originally Posted by adrift /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wish. The only way that I can think it'd be possible to pull this off on a mac is with CrossOver or Parallels. I've looked and couldn't find any software that supports DH on the Mac. A shame really.

ughh, I would have really liked to try it.

 

[AtomikPi]

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Originally Posted by gurubhai /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^^ keep the dolby headphone volume to 50%. AFAIR,this should avoid clipping,someone suggested so at HA forums.

That really isn't ideal as you're relying on digital volume attenuation from dolby's algorithm. I don't think there's any clipping occurring that wouldn't without the plugin, unless someone shows peakmeters that disagree.

 

[Lavcat]

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Originally Posted by adrift /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is that a component you have to add or does it come standard with foobar?

I'm not a foobar expert but I believe the peak meter is part of the standard package. It is found under View/Visualisations/Peak Meter.

 

[gurubhai]

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Originally Posted by AtomikPi That really isn't ideal as you're relying on digital volume attenuation from dolby's algorithm. I don't think there's any clipping occurring that wouldn't without the plugin, unless someone shows peakmeters that disagree.

Check this :

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...dpost&p=454247

 

[Silenced]

So no hardware version of this, compares?

 

[JAChichorro]

Been experimenting with Matrix Mixer, surround seems more natural, less like headphones. Prefer it over Channel Mixer and FreeSurround thus far.

 

[Lavcat]

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Originally Posted by JAChichorro /img/forum/go_quote.gif Been experimenting with Matrix Mixer, surround seems more natural, less like headphones. Prefer it over Channel Mixer and FreeSurround thus far.

I just tried Matrix Mixer on your recommendation, but I am seeing only two channels displayed in foobar. How do you have yours configured? I have no idea what it is currently doing. To me music sounds the same whether Matrix Mixer is in or out.

I have been searching but I can't find much information on Matrix Mixer.

 

[JAChichorro]

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Originally Posted by Lavcat /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just tried Matrix Mixer on your recommendation, but I am seeing only two channels displayed in foobar. How do you have yours configured? I have no idea what it is currently doing. To me music sounds the same whether Matrix Mixer is in or out. I have been searching but I can't find much information on Matrix Mixer.

Here's how mine is configured:

 

[dongringo]

Do you just replace Channel Mixer with Matrix Mixer? Anything we need to know?

 

[Speex]

Holy crap. This is one of the best audio tricks I've ever tried. All of my songs sound more full, softer, and generally better. The soundstage is just awesome. I can't wait to try this with a pair of really good cans....

I'm currently eyeing the Grado SR80s.... just need the money...

 

[JAChichorro]

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Originally Posted by dongringo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do you just replace Channel Mixer with Matrix Mixer? Anything we need to know?

Exactly, I just replaced Channel Mixer with Matrix Mixer in the DSP chain, configuring it like the image in my earlier post.