Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread Julf
Askim wrote: > And yes, the idea is to adjust pitch independently of tempo. Be aware that that is a pretty hard signal processing operation that will "warp" the sound data pretty drastically. As I wrote, that is pretty much what Autotune does (but in an even more extreme way). "To try to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread drmatt
Askim wrote: > As to why, as tcutting and Mnyb suggests, it’s is to change the tuning. > > I was inspired to explore this by contemporary artists like Melody > Gardot and found the movement. > > I’ve been doing some recoding in foobar2000, but since my whole system > is based on LMS, it would

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread Julf
Askim wrote: > Shifting A to 432Hz gives a distinctly different feel to the music – > more “grounded”, less “busy”. I tend to prefer to listen to music the way the performers and producers intended, but on the other hand, long ago I was also part of making a system that synthesized an extra

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread Julf
It is also worth noting that 432 is less than 2% lower than 440. Doing a simple sample rate change will result in the music playing 1.8% too slow - will anyone even notice a tempo change that small? "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread jazzman53
Update: This afternoon I did the following: - Xilinx reset (again) - Changed out RCA/coax cable - Verified that red laser light is being emitted from the Toslink cable coming out of the CDP - Repeated tests using another (different) CD player Given the probability of multiple cables and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread Wombat
Since you seem to do some diy you may open the unit and reseat the flatband cable going from the small digital in board to the mainboard. Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread garym
I'm going to suggest some really silly things. I'm sure these are not true in your case, but then again, I've seen very smart people struggle with a problem only to find that it was caused by something very silly. So forgive me in advance. 1. You mention RCA cables. In my case, the digital

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread jazzman53
Wombat wrote: > Since you seem to do some diy you may open the unit and reseat the > flatband cable going from the small digital in board to the mainboard. Good suggestion... I think this has to be the next step and I may do that tomorrow afternoon. http://jazzman-esl-page.blogspot.com/

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread garym
Try turning digital volume up higher in the Transporter using remote or buttons on transporter. I notice that on my Transporter Digital inputs, I typically have to turn the volume up more than normal. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread Mnyb
The VU meters will not work they are rendered by the server so thats not an indication of anything . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread bpa
Does trasnporter actually do digital passthrough - I thought it could only do digital in to analogue out. ( http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?63032-Transporter-no-digital-output-when-playing-from-digital-in )

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread Julf
Mnyb wrote: > People with "absolute pitch" hearing ? Or whats its called in english > notice. > > They usually notice the 24/25 frames coversion (easiest way to get a > movie to PAL) that where common in video conversion back in the days . > They complained that the film score sounded wrong My

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > It is also worth noting that 432 is less than 2% lower than 440. Doing a > simple sample rate change will result in the music playing 1.8% too slow > - will anyone even notice a tempo change that small? People with "absolute pitch" hearing ? Or whats its called in english notice.

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread garym
jazzman53 wrote: > I had the volume up to around 70% with the remote and still no sound. > And I had already done Xilinx reset and also verified that the digital > inputs box was checked (it already was), so I'm rather at an impasse. > When I get home this afternoon I will connect a different

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread arnyk
Askim wrote: > Thans, Ill give Sox a try. > > The naming of the effects are from a foobar2000 plugin, SoundTouch. > > And yes, the idea is to adjust pitch independently of tempo. That is a far more difficult thing to do than to adjust them together. I searched google and found that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread jazzman53
garym wrote: > Try turning digital volume up higher in the Transporter using remote or > buttons on transporter. I notice that on my Transporter Digital inputs, > I typically have to turn the volume up more than normal. I had the volume up to around 70% with the remote and still no sound. And

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > People with "absolute pitch" hearing ? Or whats its called in english > notice. > > They usually notice the 24/25 frames coversion (easiest way to get a > movie to PAL) that where common in video conversion back in the days . > They complained that the film score sounded wrong

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Plugin for 432Hz adjustment

2017-01-31 Thread cliveb
tcutting wrote: > > Quote from "https://attunedvibrations.com/432hz/": > > > > > > In April 2008 Dutch journalist Richard Huisken founded the ‘back to 432 > > Hz’ committee, claiming that this original tuning was used in ancient > > cultures and is found on antique instruments like the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread garym
mlsstl wrote: > Just curious, is there a way to confirm that the CD player is sending a > signal through its digital out socket? Good point. Do you have an external DAC to connect CD player to as a test. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter SE does not play from digital inputs

2017-01-31 Thread mlsstl
Just curious, is there a way to confirm that the CD player is sending a signal through its digital out socket? mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: