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MusicBee Wishlist / radio player with huge online database "radio browser" always updated ,please

« on: February 14, 2024, 07:12:10 AM »

Hi

I'm a huge musicbee fan
What about to add in some beta or next release , a radio player using the uge online radio internet database ?
radio browser database

and maybe with the option to skip lyrics online downlaoder

Edit -> do you think a plugin could do it?
thanks

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Questions / Re: does musicbee play in wasapi exclusive 24bit 44.100 flac audio file?

« on: February 12, 2024, 05:10:39 PM »

hi
is there a way to download a clean version of MusicScope ?
I can't download it sadly

There are a couple of working download links posted/hosted by members of the Hydrogenaudio Forum in the thread here:
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,120502.0.html

The 2.1 64-bit version thanks to soundping:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1444bfFegTB-jSC6y9E6-TJzmCO_w34pm/view?usp=sharing

The manual can be found in PDF here thanks to overlordx:
https://mega.nz/folder/fCAwmKaD#9qQ-5x65Gzdv0kNBEh83HA/file/6HwGWLjJ

Hi sveakul
well , i guess i have to play all the audio to scan it not like  spek that can scan it
thanks pal

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Questions / Re: does musicbee play in wasapi exclusive 24bit 44.100 flac audio file?

« on: February 12, 2024, 06:16:08 AM »

You can use Musicbee's volume control without issues.

A couple of spectrum analyzers: https://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/AudioTools/Spectrum.htm

I have a couple of 24 bit albums. Most of them 96 kHz, some 176 or 192.
If  > 96 I always analyze them as you can find all kind of nasty things like refresh rate of monitors, etc. Most of the time I down-sample them to the half.

I'm not able to hear the differences between a 24/96 and its down-sampled 16/44.1 kHz equivalent.

hi
is there a way to download a clean version of MusicScope ?
I can't download it sadly
thanks

ps beautiful webpage in your signature!

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Questions / Re: does musicbee play in wasapi exclusive 24bit 44.100 flac audio file?

« on: February 11, 2024, 07:07:15 PM »

When using WASAPI Exclusive, Musicbee play all audio at its native sample rate. Likewise 24 bit will be passed untouched (unless you do DSP inside Musicbee like volume control).

Hi Vincent

(unless you do DSP inside Musicbee like volume control).

may I ask you what do you mean for ?
 I use the musicbee volume to control , i Keep w10 volume at 100% and increase /decrease volume under musicbee volume


and about what could i use for the spectrum ?

- using a spectrum analyzer, check if there is much life below -96. Most 24 bit recordings stop at -100.

have you 24bit albums? have you analyzed ? can you hear the differences?
thanks

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Questions / does musicbee play in wasapi exclusive 24bit 44.100 flac audio file?

« on: February 11, 2024, 04:54:16 PM »

Hi

I would like to buy online 2 albums , artist "the smile"
there are 2 versions for both album

1) 16bit 44.100 , like the cd

2) 24bit and 44.100  , i don't know if there is a better dither or better quality

should I enable some settings in musicbee 3.5.8698 ?
well , does musicbee play flac 24bit at 44.100 in wasapi exclusive mode?
thanks

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Questions / Re: can I sort/group tracks in the playlist/now playing by file format?

« on: February 09, 2024, 05:13:36 PM »

You could add the .Ext tag to the end of your sorting order (in your main panel), or add the .Ext tag to what defines an album, in Preferences > Sorting.

I made a short recording showing what I mean by the first option: https://streamable.com/417y1y

hi
i have a different now playing  , i have just a list
i 'm watching your video right now
I have to create group not in now playing but on another tab , right?
thank a lot , I appreciate it a lot , i will try it

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Questions / Re: can I sort/group tracks in the playlist/now playing by file format?

« on: February 09, 2024, 02:58:07 PM »

hi
i have checked some information on the guide
i don't want to look not respectful

maybe a kind user could answer
but may i know if there is a way to group album in now playing ?
if yes might I see some screenshots?
thanks

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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: February 03, 2024, 06:09:04 PM »

hi
can I know which is the last BASS_VST version ?
I use the last musicbee portable version and it's 2.4.1.0
should i upgrade it?
thanks in advance

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 31, 2024, 03:46:06 PM »

"Unlimited" by Sonic Anomaly.  While the website is no longer "up" it is still viewable and the plugin (which is free and unencumbered) is downloadable at the Web Archive site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181203014924/http://sonic.supermaailma.net/plugins

Direct link to the plugin:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181203014924/http://sonic.supermaailma.net/sites/default/files/download/Unlimited-VST.zip

Hi
I have tried  "Unlimited" by Sonic Anomaly and LoudMax Plugin( even i can't find the official page , i guess  it's blogspot dot com an the last version is LoudMax Plugin v1.45  ) , they can let play many different songs very compact
i'm looking for a reverb ,just because i like the radioparadise reverb effect , i guess they do you izotope ozone and other plugins ,  i have even asked but i don't think they will say it
just for compilation ,friends parties
thanks

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 31, 2024, 08:32:09 AM »

@heroclix

I don't see the point of adding additional effects, and even to only specific songs?

there albums remastered that do need eq , there are too many high frequencies , and some amps and speakers can enfatize trebles and even more high frequencies
so I can create a smart playlist or even a playlist and set a eq preset and add in the tags some words to be include all the albums need a different eq
I think you use musicbee -> active speakers or musicbee -> dac ->active speakers ,don't you?

Precisely, foobar can prevent software clipping if you or RG make an oopsie.

i have almost the same settings but i have set pre +5.5
thanks heroclix

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 31, 2024, 06:56:05 AM »

hi
may i know the name of the vst ?

I do use a limiter/compressor VST

thanks

"Unlimited" by Sonic Anomaly.  While the website is no longer "up" it is still viewable and the plugin (which is free and unencumbered) is downloadable at the Web Archive site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181203014924/http://sonic.supermaailma.net/plugins

Direct link to the plugin:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181203014924/http://sonic.supermaailma.net/sites/default/files/download/Unlimited-VST.zip

hi sveakul
i will try it , but i guess it's a Brick Wall like  FabFilter Pro-L 2   and Voxengo Elephant , great vst but very expansive
i would like to try  D16 Frontier and LoudMax by Thomas Mundt  even i'm not a big fan of Brick Wall / Loudness Maximizer
thanks sveakul

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 30, 2024, 08:02:38 PM »

hi
what does it mean? don't you use replaygain or do you use it?

Gaiastar, IMHO you worry too much about who uses what and why.  Just use what YOU feel makes the music sound like you want it to sound and it's done.  Me, I'm not a mood-mixer so I don't run into the issue hiccup mentioned and I tend to listen to stuff right at my PC chosen for the moment.  Gives me much less to worry about.  I do use a limiter/compressor VST with radio streams that can often be "all over the place" as far as levels and engineering in general.  Now, back to some chillout..

hi
may i know the name of the vst ?

I do use a limiter/compressor VST

the only think i don't like so much about musicbee is the volume , even logarithmic I can't control the "steps" , in this case i would love to have a feature like foobar "volume steps"
thanks

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 30, 2024, 05:42:22 PM »

...makes me wonder if anybody just listens to a song as-recorded anymore...

ME!!!

hi
me too , i'm used to buy cds and rip them

Without ReplaGain my eardrums, my speakers, and my neigbours would probably lose it ;-)

hi
what does it mean? don't you use replaygain or do you use it?
i'm just trying to improve musicbee with some feedbacks
thanks

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 30, 2024, 08:08:37 AM »

You know, while I completely understand the purpose and the popularity of "ReplyGain," the ongoing "obsession" with it in forums (like anything to do with Playlist manipulating) makes me wonder if anybody just listens to a song as-recorded anymore, adjusting the volume control to suit their mood of the moment.  I confess to being one of those old sticks-in-the-mud who has never used RG even once, yet can either blow out the walls or lapse ethereal with the best of 'em.  Just some whimsy, probably best ignored..

hi
some albums are recored and it does clip , clipping "sorry my native language is  not english" and replay can help it a lot
can I ask you when you have some clipping albums what do you do? Some vst or lower the volume ?
thanks

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: preamp songs according volume analysis/replay gain please & please db silence

« on: January 30, 2024, 07:11:24 AM »

To me it looks like that pretty much defeats the purpose of having the ReplayGain feature in a player such as MusicBee.
Wouldn't the proper solution be to simply run the files that don't yet have loudness tags through the volume analysis tool?

When running files through volume analysis, there is an option to be notified of any possible clipping when increasing the RG preamp for that operation. The problem is that you have to go through each flagged file and manually set a lesser gain for track and/or album. They also don't all move to the top so you have to scroll until you see the next one.

The proposed solution is to be able to leave the RG tags normalized to "0dB" but still have the option of applying a specified preamp ONLY when using ReplayGain mode, while Also performing a clipping protection option to reduce the gain in such case. Fb2k already does has this feature.

+1

I have even asked about smart playlist to add eq presets or dsp or vst , it will be amazing , there are many users that like to play with foobar2000 just because they can do with it