DSPiConsole 1.1.6-beta4

What's new in 1.1.6-beta4

This is the fourth beta of version 1.1.6 and the first Windows release since the second beta; no Windows build of the third beta was published. It adds editing of filters directly upon the response graph, a spectrum analyser, a tube modeller, a subharmonic synthesizer and a limiter on every output, and it carries the matching DSPi firmware so that a device may be updated from within the application. Most of the application now follows the design of DSPi Console for macOS.
The beta has since been refreshed in place. The Scale page of the Graphing settings, which had been omitted from Settings because it failed to load, is available again, and opening Settings no longer resets the graph's animation speed and line width.
The folder layout is unchanged from version 1.1.5. The archive contains a single DSPiConsole.exe at the top level, with the application and its dependencies in an app subfolder. Extract the entire folder, preserve its structure, and run DSPiConsole.exe as before.
What's new
- Filters may be edited upon the response graph: Each band of the selected channel appears upon the graph as a coloured point with a soft fill showing its contribution. A band is moved by dragging its point and its width is changed with the scroll wheel, while a card beside the point accepts typed values and offers the shape and slope. A double-click upon empty graph adds a bell, and a Ctrl-click offers a choice of shape. Several bands may be selected and moved together, and right-click menus and keyboard commands are provided for bypassing, inverting and deleting bands. The device follows a drag as it happens, and the change is recorded once upon release.
- Spectrum analyser: The response graph may show a live spectrum of any input or output behind its curves, a strip of third-octave bars may be shown beneath it, and a separate Spectrum Analyser window is opened with Ctrl+Shift+A. The measurement is made by the device, so every source is supported, including S/PDIF, ADAT and I2S. The analyser runs only while it is displayed.
- Tube Modeller: A Tube Modeller window (Ctrl+Shift+D) applies the character of one of sixteen vacuum tubes to the selected outputs, with drive, mix, a rectifier and an output stage that models the meeting of a valve amplifier's transformer with a loudspeaker. The basic mode presents the chosen tube and its principal controls, and the advanced mode presents the transfer curve with every character control. …

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