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Author Topic: xxEngine3.exe, ticks at SFS boundaries, and perhaps new clues  (Read 5691 times)
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charliemb
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« on: April 05, 2013, 05:06:45 am »

I may have stumbled a new clue or two tonight about SFS-boundary ticks.

Background

Only with the more recent versions, maybe z8, have I noticed that there are faint ticks throughout tracks, and so I've read these are at SFS boundaries.  These ticks are not the expected ticks at the beginning of a track, they are faint and throughout the tracks.  They are something like vinyl ticks, and are probably something like missing samples.

I've been told or I've read that this is known and that a solution is to kill xxEngine3.exe with the blue button on the right.

I experience the ticks exactly at boundaries when I have tracks of mixed resolutions.  So if I have tracks of 96, 96, 96, 44, 96, 96, 96, 44, etc., I will experience the ticks at the first 44, and if I fix it, I will start hearing them on the very next 96 song which in this example is the very next song.

I am using fx, 4x, PE, and ArcPrediction.

The New Discovery (at least for me)

I have found that there is no need to kill xxEngine3.exe.  There are at least two other solutions:
  • 1) Hit alt-s, alt-p at the beginning of a track when you first hear the ticks happening;  and
    2) Hit alt-n just before a track ends.


Commentary

(Does this help?)

Even with Vista 32, I can feel that we are truly approaching a v1.0.  If this gets fixed, at least for unattended, we are close.

I wonder if there is no permanent solution nearby, could we have an option to have this done autonomically; this being alt-s, alt-p or alt-n, at the expense of being able to perfectly go from one track to the other within an album like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon?

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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2013, 08:23:40 am »

Hey Charlie,

Great post. This is already a great post because you confirmed a problem still to be there which could have been solved. However, as I hinted in the other topic (the "A-B" I think) the ticks from today possibly exhibit after format changes. So they do ...
(and btw, similarly happened to when a HDCD album jumped in, that too implying a format change (16 to 24 bits) - and that was solved ... hopefully).

Maybe it is not necessary to tell that these are very tough problems, usually because we don't know when they exactly happen, also knowing how faint they are. There's even a topic floating around which refers to a situation which can be mimiced by everyone (in a particular version), and many can't even hear it (this is a "system resolution" test).

With this at hand I should be able to mimic it too. And what can be mimiced, can be solved.

Thank you Charlie,
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2013, 02:51:11 pm »

So ... Solved for the next version ! (current version is 0.9z-8-3a).

The particular problem was introduced 0.9z-8-1a. However, a quite similar problem already was in there and let's say that both problems masked eachother.

Now, since it could easily be mimiced, it also could easily be seen on the analyser and no anomalies show anymore. We must be a bit cautious though, because where this is related to one format going into the other which is also subjective to the output sample rate, the number of combinations is quite infinite (also think about 44.1 going to 96 *and* 96 going to 44.1). Only a few combinations were tested, and they look fine (like the bug found was a general one, so chances are fair the problem is solved).

Thank you Charlie.
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XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13*  (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3
A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).

For a general PC :
W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+)
*XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers.
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.

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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2013, 05:22:33 am »

Impressive.  Great.  Can't wait to get the next version.

Thanks to you too.  And you're welcome.
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XXHighEnd 2.10 Adaptive / Q1/3/4/5 = 2/0/0/1 / Q1x = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Straight Contiguous / SFS = 30 (max 150) / Playerprio = Low (or below normal) / ThreadPrio = High / Core3-5 / No Playback Drive / No RAMDISK / UnAttended / most services Off, WASAPI on  / Minimize OS / XTweaks set to v2.01 Defaults / 16x 768K Custom Filters (High) or ArcPredict
DAC: Holo Audio Spring 2 KTE NOS DAC, and no preamp (also ISO REGEN powered by battery)
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