tiny...
Yeah, I know I promised last time no more tinkering with AMP and the next release would be called version 2.
But version 1.22 is out anyway, representing a tiny, tiny, puny little bug-fix! [...]
Month: April 2021
AMP: Are we there yet?
I am aware that as new AMP feature follows new AMP feature, it can feel like a never-ending ride to who-knows-where, prompting the 'Oh God, not another one!' reaction, as well as the 'Will it never end?' one -as well as the one alluded to in the thumbnail at the right!
For the record, I think we are closing in on a feature-complete AMP that needs no major bug-fixes nor has use for substantial new pieces of functionality. [...]
CAO: A Bug Fix
A quick mention that CAO ("Composition-At-Once") has been updated to fix a mildly serious bug.
CAO turns standalone FLACs into single-file 'superFLACs' with an embedded cuesheet, so you still know within the one big file where all the separate tracks are meant to start and finish. CAO can also use that same information to split a superFLAC apart back into its constituent single-file FLACs. It's an important design requirement of CAO, in other words, that it should always be completely reversible: what it joins together, it should be able to split apart later, should the user so desire. [...]
Another round of AMP enhancements...
Let's start with a warning: this is quite a long post and covers quite a lot of ground! I don't normally 'section up' my posts, but I will on this occasion, to try to make things clearer. So, this time we have:
- Two new override switches for AMP
- The removal of a switch
- The fixing of quite a nasty bug
- The introduction of a new composition-specific selection switch
- An increase to the number of play 'selections' you're allowed
Taking each of those in turn, therefore... [...]
CCDT - An Update
The Classical CD Tagger (CCDT) has been updated today (to version 3.10)
The usual slew of bug-fixes and code optimisations are this time accompanied by a brand-new feature: auto-volume maximisation and auto-composition-at-once. [...]
Hi-Res Audio - Part 56
I hate to keep banging on about hi-res audio formats (especially when I am not keen on them myself), but now that AUAC can do DSF as well as ISO conversions (see my last post), some interesting things have come out of the woodwork that needed tackling. It's also the case that as lockdown finally eases, this will likely draw to a close a period of time in which I obsess about software and not a lot else... so, it's probably best to get these things out of the way whilst there's not a lot else to be doing!
First off is the question of why AUAC treats SACD ISOs differently from SACD DSFs. In other words, when you say auac -i=iso, you have to specify -o=hires if you want high resolution FLAC files extracted from the source SACD ISO (otherwise you get standard resolution ones)... but, if you say auac -i=dsf, you don't (you'll get hi-res ones by default). [...]
Universal Audio Converter - Updated
I have just updated the Absolutely Baching Universal Audio Converter (AUAC), bumping it to version 2.06.
This release adds quite a significant new feature: DSF is now accepted as an input format. [...]