Spectrum Analyzer

[KangNi]

Hello All,

since i switched from Winamp several years ago, i really really miss the stylish and customizeable Spectrum Analyzer there.

I know that i can enable a big one in MusicBee Main Player layout, but it consumes a lot of space and it lags so much.
I wish there would be a better graphical Analyzer in MB's control bar with at least following features:
- low latency
- selectable bands resolution, e.g. 5 to 100
- selectable peak fall-off time
- 1px vertical resolution

like this here for example:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LWR_BmtiS3I/maxresdefault.jpg
http://blog.russelldelatorre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Screen-shot-2009-12-17-at-3.14.48-AM.png


If anyone think in a same way just leave a plus.  

Thanks for any attention.

[Max_x2]

Hello All,

since i switched from Winamp several years ago, i really really miss the stylish and customizeable Spectrum Analyzer there.

I know that i can enable a big one in MusicBee Main Player layout, but it consumes a lot of space and it lags so much.
I wish there would be a better graphical Analyzer in MB's control bar with at least following features:
- low latency
- selectable bands resolution, e.g. 5 to 100
- selectable peak fall time
- 1px vertical resolution

like this here for example:
http://makeithotent.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Spectrum_Analyzer_by_yamogogy.png

If anyone think in a same way just leave a plus.  

Thank you for the attention.
Cornelius

Ohh man, i feel you on this one!

Just switched from foobar, and it's the 1st thing i searched for lol. The rest tho, wow! So slick looking, so many skins right off the bat, lots of panel settings, lyrics... I could keep going on.

I'll be waiting

Max

[KangNi]

Okay, some time passed already since i've started this thread, but - I think it's still relevant and in terms of speed also an issue to "solve" - so I would like to bring it up once more again.

Independently of what I was written in the first post, what I still would like to point out is the comparable high latency of the MB Spectrum analyzer - the one build in the player controls, but more important - the dedicated spectrum analyzer element.

Especially the separate spectrum analyzer could still get some more love and attention in my opinion
The following clip can give some impression of how the SA could work, especially in terms of speed and some little customization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6yq15uaJI

I still really look forward to see some change in MB therefore in future    .


Greetings and a nice weekend to everyone.

[sveakul]

I started a thread a while ago about using the Winamp "Classic Spectrum Analyzer" with MusicBee.  It didn't exactly take off discussion-wise, however I am still using it successfully at the bottom of my Track Information;  here is a GIF of it:

https://imgur.com/a/IKbW9FX

The latency is very low (adjustable), and it doesn't cause any problems with WASAPI like some visualizations do.  It can be resized, shown in main window, peaks on/off, peak rate fall, multiple bar sizes and styles, etc.  If you want to try it or have any suggestions/questions, please do post at the spectrum's thread here:

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23345.0

As you can see it does require a lot of ini file tweaking to get it set up but if I can do it it's no biggie.

[KangNi]

Hello sveakul,

first of all - thank You for making the link to your thread - it's indeed a nice solution.  
I already would like to apologize myself for not adding this post to your thread, because here in I would just continue to drive a discussion about the MB internal spectrum analyzer.

I've got running the visualizer-plug-in successfully ...



... so now let me list the pros and cons ...

pros:
- great customization options  
- very speedy  
- very low latency  
- low CPU load

cons:
- it's a plugin and therefore it prevents to get running a e.g. full-screen visualizer (like MilkDrop) on a further screen, if the spectrum itself usually should shown in a dedicated spectrum panel in the main window (quick switching isn't possible therefore)
- I was unable to resize the hight of the pannel   - Help is appreciated here
- it's impossible to get transparent background, like on the internal spectrum analyzer
- in my impression, (visual) plug-ins in general render MB to work unstable some how - I've got several random crashes on different actions (window resize, start/stop playing, switching tabs ...)

Finally, I think it would be awesome to see such a rich configurable SA implemented in MB someday.


Thank You again and greetings to everyone.

[sveakul]

KangNi I'm glad you gave that plugin a try, you've done a great job with the setup by your screen shot, nice!  I see you've used the ReverseLeft option and the dual channel display for the "Mono" setting value.  And stuck with my fave blue bar theme

While I use it only in the Track Information panel (not Main, etc) and haven't had any instability issues with it there with "gentle" window resizing, I hear ya about the tendency to "go fragile" for such Winamp DSP plugins in MusicBee once you start moving, resizing, etc.

Before I suggest moving any more discussion to the plugin's thread in Customizations/ChildBoards/Visualizers, just wanted to mention that FYI you can give it a real workout if you install it into a player that supports its GUI options window, which cannot be used in MusicBee (that DOES crash it).  I played with most of the adjustments that way, then examined the ini file, to get the starting points for trying them in MusicBee.

[KangNi]

Hi there,

everyone who's interested in the plug-in, please move to here https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=23345.0.

Once more - Thank You Sveakul 

Greetings