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• 1Description

Allows the use of Winamp DSP plugins.

Usage[edit]

1. Choose 'Winamp plugins path' with 'Browse' button;
2. Click 'Rescan' button;
3. Set bit-depth in 'Fixed point conversion parameters'(details);
4. Choose one of Winamp plugins from 'Plugin list';
5. Click 'Show interface window' to show plugin settings window (if available);

Plugin setting window also available from Foobar2000 main menu: choose 'Show Winamp DSP window' from 'View' menu;

Known bugs and limitations[edit]

• Version 1.4.1 - 1.4.4 startup crashes(how to avoid);
• Supports only Winamp 2.0 compatible plugins;
• Doesn't support plugins with Pitch control and Speed control functionality;
• 192kHz files are not being played correctly (only up to 96kHz)

Sound quality issues[edit]

Due to difference in Foobar and Winamp architecture (Foobar has floating point audio chunks, while Winamp has fixed point ones), floating point to fixed point conversion (and vice versa) is necessary.

Conversion Bit-depth parameter can be set to:

• 16-bit: low quality, failsafe. Choose this setting, if you encounter a problem while playback;
• 24-bit: hi-quality;
• 32-bit: highest quality.

Foo_dsp_winamp converter has built-in limiter to avoid audio signal clipping. Limiter is non-bypassing (i.e. always on), so if you want to keep signal spectrum close to its original, you should use ReplayGain subsystem.

Winamp Vst

How to avoid startup crash[edit]

• For Foobar v0.9.6 and later: download the latest version of foo_dsp_winamp (1.4.5);
• For Foobar versions prior to 0.9.6: you can avoid startup crash by removing dsp_sps.dll from C:Program FilesWinampPlugins folder (it's a default path, check your winamp installation to find desired path). Than you can change 'Winamp plugins path' in foo_dsp_winamp settings and put dsp_sps.dll back to Plugins folder.

• Official Website (offline as of 2014/01/28)

LoudMax is a Look-Ahead Brickwall Loudness Maximizer Plugin with a clean transparent sound. It is designed to retain the original character of the music as much as possible even at high compression levels.
Downloads:
VST Plugin v1.38 for Windows PC 32/64bit
AU/VST Plugins v1.38 for Mac published by PlugInGuru
AU/VST Plugins v1.38 for older Mac OS X 32/64bit (OS 10.5 - 10.14)
LADSPA Plugin v1.38 for Linux x86 32/64bit
Winamp Plugin v1.38
Additional Releases:
GUI-less VST Plugin v1.38 for Windows PC 32/64bit
Winamp Plugin v1.38 32/64bit (zipped dll)
Please note the disclaimer on the right!
Release notes v1.38:

• The rounding behavior of the algorithm was fixed.

• Audio Mastering
• Output Limiter/Maximizer for web radio stations

• One slider for threshold, one for the output level
• Meters for input, output and gain reduction in relation to the desired threshold
• Link: Output slider will be coupled to the threshold slider
• ISP: Inter-sample peak detection for true peak limiting

• True Peak Limiting (Further information for ISP below)
• Supported Samplerates: 2kHz - 384kHz
• Latency: 1.25ms (+ 6 samples with ISP)
• Look-Ahead and Attack Time: 1.25ms
• Release Time: Automatic - depending on the input signal
• No audible distortion
• Possible overdrive: 740dB
• Very low CPU usage

LoudMax is available as VST 2.4 Plugin for Windows and Mac OS X, Audio Unit Plugin for Mac OS X, LADSPA Plugin for Linux x86 and as Winamp Plugin.
A SSE2-capable CPU is necessary (Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 64 or newer).
The Mac OS X Plugins are 'Universal Binaries' with support for Intel Mac.
The Audio Unit version was built with Symbiosis from NuEdge Development.
The version for MAC OS Catalina was created with the friendly support of the guys from PlugInGuru.
For the users of older MAC OS a legacy version is available.
The Linux Plugin has no meters since LADSPA doesn´t support a custom GUI. But it supports 5.1 surround modes. See README file in the LADSPA zip package for further informations.
The Winamp Plugin also supports 5.1 surround. Built-in stereo overdrive protection avoids distortions in a subsequent stereo downmix.
The Winamp Plugin has a simplified user interface. Only one slider for adjusting the maximum amplification. The maximum output level is 0dB.
The GUI was designed by LimeFlavour based on the idea and colorscheme of Sinkmusic.
Thanks to Hannes Druener for using his MacBook and testing.

Winamp Vst Host Download

Thanks to PlugInGuru for hosting the MAC files.
Inter-Sample Peak Detection:
The higher the frequency, the greater the probability that the true peak will be between two digital audio samples. These true peak overshoots can be up to 3 dB for proper band-limited audio and even much more for pathological signals. This can become a problem not only with poor D/A converters, but also with subsequent sample rate conversions, e.g. from 44.1 to 48 kHz or vice versa, and the use of audio compression such as MP3 or AAC.
For more information see the 'Tutorials' section.
When ISP is turned on, four additional samples are calculated between every two samples present. This reduces true peak overshoots for proper band-limited audio to 0.2 dB and for pathological signals to 0.5 dB.
ITU-R BS.1770: There are coefficients given in this recommendation for the calculation of inter-sample peaks. Unfortunately these coefficients do not seem to be optimal for limiters. They have a negative effect on transients and lead to high overshoots in true peak meters that use higher quality upsampling. Therefore LoudMax uses optimized coefficients that do not affect transients and reduce the overshoots to similar values with all true peak meters tested. The downside is that BS.1770 calibrated true peak meters will also detect overshoots of up to 0.2 dB with LoudMax ISP detection. So if you need to guarantee a true peak level of -1.0 dB for example, set the output level to -1.2 dB or even -1.5 dB.
Using ISP will double the CPU utilization and increase latency by 6 samples.
LoudMax changes the latency dynamically when ISP is switched. Note that most hosts do not adjust latency compensation while playing, but at the next stop/start.