Noise Sharpening Foobar2000 plugin.

[neoufo51]

I didnt make this plugin, but its not very well known here so I thought I would give it some publicity. ssamadhi97 of the Foobar2000 forums made it if you want to give him props.

Summary: the main purpose is to convert an LPCM signal, but even more exciting is the Noise Sharpening DSP.

The noise sharpener adds noise in the inaudible range to increase resolution in the audible range. So more noise shaping->more noise->more audible resolution.

It's the audio equivalent of using an image sharpening filter on your pictures. It makes audio files sound "sharper" (clearer). You WILL notice the difference.

Instructions:

1) put the dll in the components folder of your Foobar2000.

2) Open Foobar2000, go to the DSP manager and put "Noise Sharpening" on the Active DSP list. Make sure its at the top.

3) On Noise Sharpening settings, slide the bar to 50-125%. (Whatever sounds reasonable, I think 50% for beginners, 75-100% for others?)

4) Play any audio file and notice the increased clarity. Activate it and deactivate it while its playing over and over to see the difference.

In sum...I can't see how I didnt use this before.

foo_dsp_delta can be found on this page.

http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/dsp.php#92

Or since its only 11kb, I mirrored it with an attachment. Enjoy!

If you want to see other plugins by this author, please visit:

http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uybc/

foo_dsp_delta.zip

Edited February 28, 2005 by neoufo51

[PricklyPoo]

Wow, on my Klipsch speakers it really helps.

I was hesitant at first and kept enabling / disabling to see if it helped, but it really does.

I've tried so many plugins and usually they don't work well, but I really like this one!

[Azusa]

anyone know of a component to remove foobar from the task bar?

[acedriver]

the component is updated.. see if it works with vista..

http://foosion.foobar2000.org/components/

[Unknown_97784568745]

the component is updated.. see if it works with vista..

http://foosion.foobar2000.org/components/

Thanks for the heads up. :)