Re: Got the MAD plugin working, and it's great!

  • From: Larry Higgins <lhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:01:13 -0600

Shawn,

What sound card are you using?

At 12:08 PM 11/16/2004, you wrote:

>wowzers!
>yeah, this thing does sound good!
>I got it running 32 bit,
>
>Shawn Keen
>Who's in the WhiteHouse? Bush, Bush, Bush Bush Bush Bush!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry Higgins" <lhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:37 AM
>Subject: Re: Got the MAD plugin working, and it's great!
>
>
> > Dennis,
> >
> > Sorry it isn't working out so well for you. I must admit to being a bit
> > disappointed that I cannot get full sound above the 16-bit setting. Guess
> > I'll have to hit up Santa for a higher end card this year. Audiostalker
> > works well on my system, accept for the problem I have when playing some
>of
> > my Beach Boy mp3s, such as the song Warmth Of The Sun," where when the
>boys
> > behind Brian Wilson sing the word Sun, causing the sound level to take a
> > kind of bowing, knocking out some of the higher frequencies. Outside of it
> > keeping my levels normalized, that's how I know the stalker is in deed
>working.
> >
> > I'm really not prepared to argue that the sound quality of MAD is many
> > times better than the Thomson mp4 decoder, but they are both significantly
> > better than the Nulsoft inmp3 plugin.
> >
> >
> > At 07:54 AM 11/16/2004, you wrote:
> > >it works great on my office computer with speakers. but i tried it at
>home
> > >last night through my sterio and it doesn't work as well with larger
>sound
> > >systems. also audio stocker wouldn't work when i was using it. had to go
> > >back to the inmp3 to get full sound.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Jarrod Jicha" <jamminjerry@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:14 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Got the MAD plugin working, and it's great!
> > >
> > >
> > > > can you send me this plug-in? so that I can put it up on the
> > > > winamp4theblind
> > > > site? just to let you guys know? I am putting the winamp faq up today
>too.
> > > > so sorry I have been dragging with the page, I have just been
>extreemly
> > > > under the weather, and still am. I have also been helping with getting
>my
> > > > moms house ready for winter, and refixing my computer.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Larry Higgins" <lhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: "Winamp For The Blind" <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:51 PM
> > > > Subject: Got the MAD plugin working, and it's great!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Listers,
> > > >
> > > > All I can say is this. If you haven't tried this thing, I think you're
>in
> > > > for a big surprise. It really comes across with a lot of detail that I
> > > > haven't gotten from even the Thomas mp4 decoder, and that one isn't
>too
> > > > bad. However, I think the MAD decoder has not only greater overall
>detail,
> > > > but a much cleaner and smoother sound.
> > > >
> > > > Once I took the nulsoft input plugin out of the winamp\plugins folder,
>and
> > > > set MAD up for 16 bit, this thing sounded like a million bucks. It may
>not
> > > > have been compatible with Winamp 3, but it sure works well with 5.
> > > >
> > > > I may try running it with one of the older versions, but at this
>point, I
> > > > don't know how much better it could sound.
> > > >
> > > > Would like to hear what some of you think of it.
> > > >
> > > > Larry
> > > >
> > > >
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