StereoTool (DSP & Equalizer))

[tjl5709]

There was an older post around this addon. It talked about using the decompressor features and such on MP3's

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=25886.msg178255#msg178255

The repost here is to let folks know this is way more feature rich if you want to do more enhancing. I've used it for years on my FLAC library. What I use is the equilizer, some declipper, and other enhancements to taylor the sound to my prefernces. I can save profiles for each headphone in my collection. Works perfectly with MB. Most of my listening is from ripped CD's. As many of you know, many CD mixes are over produced and loud. ST can cleanup that mess. You can also load it directly onto windows as a stand alone. By installing some virtual cables, you can put this into pretty much any audio chain.

https://www.thimeo.com/stereo-tool/

[Adson]

The Stereo Tool (as a VST or Winamp plug-in) is a wonderful extension that can significantly improve the sound even with modest equipment on the PC.
For most cases, even the free version is completely sufficient.

Perhaps you could get a bit more quality out of it with some of the Ozone plug-ins. But they also cost a lot of money and I'm not entirely sure whether they really work via MB's VST interface.

I can highly recommend the stereo tool plugin 

[sveakul]

The website says the VST version "always" requires a license, the DSP does not, however that certain effects are not available unless using the pay version.  There is no place on the website that lists what effects on the no-license DSP are NOT usable free, only what its AVAILABLE effects are.  Can you clarify that please?

Also the DSP is like a 52 MB DLL, compared to the total 4.3 MB the two superb and free VSTs (not DSPs) I have already use.  I'm skeptical that "size matters" here, especially if many of the features are not usable free.

[Adson]

I have checked this again. I found out that I still have a very(!) old version installed.

At least with this old version, some of the tools for improving the sound can be used free of charge. For others, a message pops up saying that you have to buy the plugin to use them.

But I was also wrong about the VST version. I actually installed a *.dll version.

So SORRY for the confusion. In any case, this old dll version also works very well.

The sound is much better and more transparent. I know there are also purists who completely reject something like this. But since the stereo tool is even used for radio stations, I can live with it and enjoy the “improved” sound.

[sveakul]

I have checked this again. I found out that I still have a very(!) old version installed.

At least with this old version, some of the tools for improving the sound can be used free of charge. For others, a message pops up saying that you have to buy the plugin to use them.

But I was also wrong about the VST version. I actually installed a *.dll version.

So SORRY for the confusion. In any case, this old dll version also works very well.

1.  What version DO you have installed?
2.  What are the effects in it that can be used free of charge?
3.  Both a VST2 and a Winamp DSP plugin are files that end in *.dll.  Does yours begin with a dsp as in "dsp_(stereo tool)?"

Thanks for additional info.