http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/tags/dps Bongiovi Acoustics DPS Community en-US Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:41:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/search.php http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1911 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:53:20 +0000 Joey Butera 1911@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the kind words, pctower! The adjusted Annapolis profile will be available in the DPS Plug-In shortly. It will be called "Klipsch ProMedia". If you happen to have an iOS device you may try this version in the mean time: <a href="http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv" rel="nofollow">http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv</a></p> <p>I'll let you guys know when it is available in the profile download browser. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1910 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:03:54 +0000 pctower 1910@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know I love your software. Most of my pc listening is Pandora One (192 kbs) through Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers. I'm a recovering audiophile who finally succumbed to the convenience of mp3, but until now I found the mp3 medium to lack most of the emotion that used to be so common with the great old vinyl format. I had tried SRS Audio Essentials and DFX Audio Enhancer, but was left pretty "cold" by both products. Just discovered your program and feel like I'm rediscovering the real joy of listening to music which has not been stripped of its heart and soul by the ravages of compressed digital formats.</p> <p>Both your technical competence and love of music are reflected in your product.</p> <p>I was interested to see Jmcp's recommendation of the Annapolis setting for the ProMedia 2.1's, as it confirmed my own experience. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1906 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:39:07 +0000 Joey Butera 1906@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>No, I have not had that problem yet! Are you sure the mic input is muted on your Macbook? Unless there is some other application like Sound Flower running there is no way to route an output back onto itself. The output device in Sound Preferences should be DPS Reflector (when DPS is engaged) and your preferred output (headphones, built-in, digital etc.) is set within the Digital Power Station app. Let me know what you find. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/using-the-dps-plug-in-to-master-a-recording#post-1904 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:33:46 +0000 Joey Butera 1904@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Jim,</p> <p>The Smart Recorder is exactly how I would recommend doing it in your situation. I'm looking into a simple method for folks who don't have such features with their sound cards. I'll post it soon. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1902 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:02:42 +0000 woid 1902@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>I've continued to have relentless feedback problems with the beta — to the point that, when the last version expired two weeks ago, I didn't come back here to download the new one. This morning I did, but I haven't tested it yet to see if the feedback issue is still happening. I'm guessing yes, since it hasn't really been addressed in this forum. Is anybody else reporting this?</p> <p>Symptoms: Often when viewing videos, or when playing audio on iTunes (with the iTunes plugin turned off), there'll be a short glitch in playback, followed by a crescendo of slapback-type feedback (the same brief moment of audio echoing louder &amp; louder). The iTunes plugin doesn't do this, just the system-wide app. </p> <p>The feedback happens at unpredictable times, but it always happens sooner or later. I have to quit DPS and restart it (usually in a rush, while the feedback is becoming deafening).</p> <p>My system: 2 GHz Macbook 2006 running Snow Leopard, 2 GB of RAM. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/using-the-dps-plug-in-to-master-a-recording#post-1900 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:49 +0000 jimboden 1900@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hi Joey:</p> <p>This is very interesting. Are you going to post how the Windows version will work? I have the current top end Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card with the 5.25" front panel. I actually have experimented with this by running everything through DPS and using the Creative Smart Recorder utility. It seems to work fine. Sadly, though, I've never been able to solve the Windows 7 audio drop out problem which I've determined has nothing to do with DPS. I have a more than 2 year old netbook running Windows XP and audio performs flawlessly on it. I can download files from the Internet or cause other heavy system loads on XP and I never get an audio drop out. I was using it to listen to music through iTunes but, since I got my iPhone 4S a few months ago, I've been using it instead. DPS for iOS is truly awesome! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/using-the-dps-plug-in-to-master-a-recording#post-1899 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:51 +0000 Joey Butera 1899@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>I explained how to do this in another thread but I figure it should be it's own topic (Mac instructions):</p> <p>1) Download and install Sound Flower: <a href="http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/" rel="nofollow">http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/</a><br /> 2) Download and install Audacity 1.3 (the beta works fine): <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac" rel="nofollow">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac</a><br /> Install the LAME mp3 encoder as well so you may save your files as mp3.<br /> 3) Set Sound Flower to be your default output device in Sound Preferences.<br /> 4) Launch Audacity and set the input device to be Sound Flower and the Output device to be the Built-In speakers.<br /> 5) Click the microphone icon in Audacity to begin monitoring. Audio is now routed from all applications --&gt; to Sound Flower --&gt; to Audacity --&gt; then to your speakers.<br /> 6) Launch iTunes. Play some music to be sure your routing is working. You should see the red meters in Audacity moving.<br /> 6) Use the DPS iTunes plugin to choose a profile you want to apply to your audio. Be sure it sounds good on the devices you will be using. There are a few City profiles available that are great for spoken word on all devices.<br /> 7) Click <strong>record</strong> in Audacity then <strong>play</strong> the track you want to process in iTunes. The output of iTunes (including the DPS process) will be recorded into Audacity.<br /> 8) Normalize the volume of your recording in Audacity if necessary. DPS adds dynamic range to the audio signal so the resulting file may be a little quieter than the original.<br /> 9) Save your newly processed file and add it to your iTunes library.</p> <p>Done!</p> <p>This process must happen in real time so there really aren't any batch processing options here. However, this can be great for mastering a recording, an interview or a podcast you produced or anything else.</p> <p>This can be done with the Windows version as well with certain sound cards.</p> <p>Let me know if I should make a video tutorial of this. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1898 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:41:56 +0000 Joey Butera 1898@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>There is a way to do this. It's totally convoluted but it does work (Mac instructions):</p> <p>1) Download and install Sound Flower: <a href="http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/" rel="nofollow">http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/</a><br /> 2) Download and install Audacity 1.3 (the beta works fine): <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac" rel="nofollow">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac</a><br /> Install the LAME mp3 encoder as well so you may save your files as mp3.<br /> 3) Set Sound Flower to be your default output device in Sound Preferences.<br /> 4) Launch Audacity and set the input device to be Sound Flower and the Output device to be the Built-In speakers.<br /> 5) Click the microphone icon in Audacity to begin monitoring. Audio is now routed from all applications to Sound Flower to Audacity then to your speakers.<br /> 6) Launch iTunes. Play some music to be sure your routing is working. You should see the red meters in Audacity moving.<br /> 6) Use the DPS iTunes plugin to choose a profile you want to apply to your audio. Be sure it sounds good on the devices you will be using. There are a few City profiles available that are great for spoken word on all devices.<br /> 7) Click <strong>record</strong> in Audacity then <strong>play</strong> the track you want to process in iTunes. The output of iTunes (including the DPS process) will be recorded into Audacity.<br /> 8) Normalize the volume of your recording in Audacity if necessary. DPS adds dynamic range to the audio signal so the resulting file may be a little quieter than the original.<br /> 9) Save your newly processed file and add it to your iTunes library.</p> <p>Done!</p> <p>This process must happen in real time so you have just listened to your whole book lol! However, this can be great for mastering a recording, an interview or a podcast you produced or anything else.</p> <p>This would make a great tutorial video don't you think? </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/dps-plugin-for-ios-for-itunes-on-mac#post-1897 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:18:08 +0000 Joey Butera 1897@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>The current iOS version does not update play counts though this is a feature we are eager to implement. As you know Apple does restrict developers in some areas so we are working on ways around this. It's in the list of items for the next update. I'll keep you posted when I know more.</p> <p>The DPS iTunes plugin actually works within iTunes on your Mac so all play counts update as usual. Let me know if you have any other questions! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1896 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:14:06 +0000 Joey Butera 1896@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>It sound like the driver switching logic is still at issue. Perhaps a control to disable automatic switching is in order for power users. This would enable creative routing with applications like Sound Flower for all kinds of interesting possibilities. </p> <p>In any case, as I mentioned in the version number forum, we are moving development of Mac SW to the fine folks at Art &amp; Logic who developed the Windows SW version with us. They are great at getting to the bottom of these types of issues. I'll have updates as to the progress of this soon. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1894 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:43:28 +0000 brd2929 1894@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Just wanted to say that I'd been having sync issues that have been driving me nuts since the most recent build. I've recently had bad ram issues so I thought it was linked to that because the effect was system-wide (flash videos on browsers, itunes (with itunes dps turned off), VLC, etc.) </p> <p>So far the on/off/on routine seems to correct the issue. </p> <p>I have intermittent issues while using Amplitube since it requires specific input/output audio settings that are apart from the system prefs. Basically, going into Amplitube will force DPS SW to turn off. If I try turning it back on, it'll shut back down or quit entirely. Personally, I prefer it off anyway but it's an odd bug. My guess is that it's having trouble competing with two different outputs at once. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/dps-plugin-for-ios-for-itunes-on-mac#post-1892 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:03:35 +0000 idigit 1892@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hi, have just installed the iOS plugin on my iPad2. The sound difference is impressive through the iPad speaker &amp; through my dock plugged into my Dayton Class T amp &amp; speakers. Nice job!</p> <p>Before I upgrade the iOS app and buy the iTunes app, I would like to know if playing songs through your apps will update the playcounts in iTunes. I have a lot of smart playlists built around playcount &amp; recently played, etc.</p> <p>Appreciate your advice. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1887 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:29:17 +0000 barnettart50 1887@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Anyone else using the Klipsch 5si earbuds? I like them because they fit, sound nearly as good as their top of the line, which broke, as did two sets of flimsy 4si buds. I live in them, driving, eating, walking, sleeping. Anyone have a setting they like? Or I could loan Joey a pair to analyse....just tell me where to sen them. </p> <p>I know they don't have remotely near a flat response; I am guessing the highs are boosted or everything else is curved down. Gently, but curved.</p> <p>I'm frustrated when I listen to Audible books, which definitely need some kind of audio help even in their higher quality format because they're locked out of the iPhone plugin for licensing reasons; I know how to get around the music files that are still protected simply by writing them to a CD and re-ripping at a decent kbps even tho you can't improve them by upping the kbps. But although you can do the same thing with Audible books, it's an unending nightmare of CDs!! I'm listening to Haruki Murakami's new 1Q84, which, if you know it, is a collection of 5 segments each lasting at least 8 hrs each (hey I like to listen to good books!!).</p> <p>Finally, did I read somewhere in the forum that one can rip new CDs with the DPS plugin improvement actually written into the new CD? If so, can someone point me to it? I'd like the whole house to benefit from your software. I am guessing it'll be easy with a gold release on the OS wide version, but one can tap one's toes patiently for so long before thinking about workarounds, right? :--{b }} (beard needs trim in ascii)</p> <p>But the sound is pretty bad. Can you think of a quicker way with other software that will convert the .aax files to AIFFs or lossless format? Someone else in this forum has to be old enough to remember enjoying reading?</p> <p>Was that an echo I just heard? </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1884 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:35:00 +0000 andreasJ 1884@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Didn't think of that, thanks for the help! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1881 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:15:51 +0000 Joey Butera 1881@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Great! We now have a new custom profile generated by remote control. I'll make it available to the rest of the world this week. Let's make some more this way folks! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1880 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:13:15 +0000 Joey Butera 1880@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>That certainly is odd! Check your configuration:</p> <p>1) Open the <strong>Audio MIDI Setup</strong> application in Applications/Utilities<br /> 2) Be sure you are viewing the Audio window<br /> 3) Select your Built In Output.<br /> 4) Click <strong>Configure Speakers</strong><br /> 5) It should be set to Stereo and Front Left is channel 1 and Front Right is channel 2<br /> 6) Select the DPS Reflector Output<br /> 7) The same should be true for the channels as Front Left is "D 1..." and Front Right is "D 2..."</p> <p>Let me know if this solves your problem. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1877 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:34:18 +0000 andreasJ 1877@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I have reckon a problem with channel output. When I have the DPSplugin installed and turned off the channels between right and left speaker is swapped for some reason. The sound that sould come out of the right speaker comes out from the left speaker. </p> <p>For me this is true for all applications I have tested and even reboot and quit DPS does not solve the problem.</p> <p>When the DPS plugin is turned ON, it is switched back to normal, that is right is right and left is left.</p> <p>This is really annoying if your listening through my headphones, as I then turn off the DPS plugin. </p> <p>Andreas </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/custom-profiles#post-1874 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:48:18 +0000 Jmcp 1874@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hey soccerkingpilot - I've got my Pro Media hooked to an iPod dock to get line out audio, and this profile really sounds fantastic. The vocals and highs are there, and the bass is thinned out just enough so that it's not overblown as soon as you touch the knob. I think you're going to be pleased. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1873 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:34:53 +0000 Jmcp 1873@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Joey,</p> <p>You're my new hero - Man that is just so sweet on the ears! I can't thank you enough, especially when I started switching back and forth between anapolis and this test profile, I think you hit the sweet spot dead on.</p> <p>I am having so much fun. Hearing vocals so much clearer now, I've been singing the wrong lyrics for decades : D </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/custom-profiles#post-1870 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:59:26 +0000 Joey Butera 1870@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Here is a profile to test on your iOS device with the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 setup: <a href="http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv" rel="nofollow">http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv</a></p> <p>Keep in mind that bass is meant to be controlled by adjusting the volume of the subwoofer against the volume of the desktop speakers. Let me know how this one sounds for you! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/custom-profiles#post-1866 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:47:22 +0000 soccerkingpilot 1866@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Any chance for Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speaker plugin? I can't really find a good plugin that has the right mix of bass and treble in there. They all have too much or too little of each.</p> <p>Thanks...keep up the great work! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1859 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:31:03 +0000 nukefixer1 1859@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Joey,</p> <p>Your last comment to me is understood....I will for now, turn off the Mac SW beta when I listen to iTunes with the bluetooth connection, the rest of the time Mac SW runs non stop.</p> <p>Thanks for the info.</p> <p>nuke </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1854 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:48:18 +0000 Joey Butera 1854@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>lol! My wife has the same list whenever I sit down at my computer too! Here is the instruction page for iOS profiles: <a href="http://help.dpsplugin.com/wiki/doku.php?id=ios_profile_update" rel="nofollow">http://help.dpsplugin.com/wiki/doku.php?id=ios_profile_update</a></p> <p>It's pretty fast since you don't have to actually click "Sync". We hope to have an online profile browser (like the DPS Plug-In) in the iOs app soon. We are tackling the functional issues first. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1852 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:14:08 +0000 Jmcp 1852@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>The Annapolis really really improved my PM's. It's a wife irritant - "turn that damn bass down" - Now I can have it loud enough to hear without vibrating her out of the kitchen. Before it was zero bass, and just about the same for my enjoyment level.</p> <p>It wasn't until a few days ago that I discovered all the profiles floating around here to play with. I peeked around for instructions, but I am going to assume that the profiles come over during sync much the same as Numbers spreadsheets syncing works. When it comes to syncing my pod, as soon as the wife sees me getting cables and booting the laptop, she manages to come up with an entire list of crap that (she thinks) is far more important... (If there's a quicker easier way, let me know!) As soon as I get your experiment in there, I'll give you a full report. Right at this second, I'm at work, and Memphis is driving my Klipsch SXT dock. Seems to me a much wider field than without dps. </p> <p>I can't rant enough about your app / plugin. It's a breath of new life in my iPod, my speaker docks, all my headphones, but most of all, my music sounds better. Thank you geniuses! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1849 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:33:23 +0000 Joey Butera 1849@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Here is a profile to test on your iOS device with the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 setup: <a href="http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv" rel="nofollow">http://avalonrecords.com/Pub/Klipsch%20Pro%20Media%20TEST1.bgv</a></p> <p>Keep in mind that bass is meant to be controlled by adjusting the volume of the subwoofer against the volume of the desktop speakers. Let me know how this one sounds for you! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1846 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:41:12 +0000 Joey Butera 1846@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>That makes sense, Nuke. As far as the Mac's audio system is concerned, iTunes is working same as usual whether or not DPS is running as an iTunes plugin. The complexities arise when we throw another audio driver in the mix as with Mac SW. Mac SW seeks to switch the drivers in the background so clearly the problem is in this logic when a Bluetooth device is connected. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1845 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:36:59 +0000 Joey Butera 1845@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Ok, good to know. I can create a version of Annapolis that has less bass. Are the mids and highs ok? </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1844 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:35:51 +0000 nukefixer1 1844@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Build 0.1a , still having the same reported issues as previously reported in that when starting computer, Mac SW beta does not actually start even though its selected to start, It goes to menu bar, but I have to manually turn it on, but currently for me, this is a plus.</p> <p>I use the Bose Bluetooth Portable Speaker and this build, 0.1a still has issues with Bluetooth connectivity and external devices. So when I use iTunes, I use the Bongiovi iTunes DPS Plugin and turn off the Mac SW Beta, the Mac SW Beta actually turns off my Bluetooth connected speaker, the iTunes plug in does not! </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/klipsch-promedia-21-profile-request#post-1843 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:13:22 +0000 Jmcp 1843@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>I use a dock connected to my Pro Media system and I like to use the Anapolis profile. There's too much bass on the Pro Media, I had to keep the bass zeroed out. This gives me room for adjusting to what I want to hear. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/mac-sw-functional-issues/page/2#post-1833 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:50:43 +0000 goansky 1833@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Thanks, Joey. Unfortunately, the out-of-sync fix does not work for me. Even after turning the DSP off/on the lag is quite noticeable. Any other suggestions? Any specific codecs that have this problem? Maybe, Flash? </p>