Thanks Edmond!
It's too bad more sw developers don't share this attitude.
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mlloyd1
It's too bad more sw developers don't share this attitude.
😎
mlloyd1
DiAna, a software Distortion Analyzer
- Thread starter Edmond Stuart
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@Scott: In the meantime, I've also discovered a stupid bug in DiAna (not enough channels initialized).
Cheers,
E.
Cheers,
E.
User input
You can't do it all on your own and take all possible conditions into account. So user input is indispensable.
Cheers, E.
Hi Michael,
You can't do it all on your own and take all possible conditions into account. So user input is indispensable.
Cheers, E.
SPDIF issue
That wasn't the case. However, you also get this error message if the sound interface didn't process any data.
Cheers,
E.
Hi Rob,
That wasn't the case. However, you also get this error message if the sound interface didn't process any data.
Cheers,
E.
Thanks for the answer. Progress!
The setting was 2 for both. I changed both to 4 and opened Diana again. Then the monitor function works. While setting ADC channel 1/2, DAC channel 3/4 and going trough an external DAC.
To get stable distortion measurement, I needed to increase the latency to 512 (using ESI config panel, default is 256), otherwise the sound card driver sometimes hangs.
Thanks again.
Now I need to figure out how to actually use this program in my daily flow. 🙂
Hi Edmond,
Just to inform you: Yesterday I downloaded DiAna and tried to unpack it. However, the virusdetection picked out the .zzz file as being malicious and initially deleted it. I was able to recover the file and rename it. In smoketesting it seemed to work fine.
It wouldn't surprise me if others encountered the same or similar event and perhaps it is possible to review the delivery method of the software?
Thanks in advance,
Edwin
Just to inform you: Yesterday I downloaded DiAna and tried to unpack it. However, the virusdetection picked out the .zzz file as being malicious and initially deleted it. I was able to recover the file and rename it. In smoketesting it seemed to work fine.
It wouldn't surprise me if others encountered the same or similar event and perhaps it is possible to review the delivery method of the software?
Thanks in advance,
Edwin
False positives
Hi Edwin,
Indeed, there a few antivirus programs that wine about DiAna, just false positives.
Which antivirus programs do you use? Why it was wining, because of the .zzz extension?
As for other delivery methods, any suggestions? But a zipped exe file for example, will also create (other) problems.
Cheers, E.
Hi Edwin,
Indeed, there a few antivirus programs that wine about DiAna, just false positives.
Which antivirus programs do you use? Why it was wining, because of the .zzz extension?
As for other delivery methods, any suggestions? But a zipped exe file for example, will also create (other) problems.
Cheers, E.
Hi Rob,
Cheers, E.
Glad to hear.
As for a 256 buffer size, does the program hang/crash, or did you get dropouts? That's what I sometimes get with an ESI Waveterminal 192X.
Cheers, E.
Hi Stuart,
Norton is one of the wining AV products. It detected some type of malware, scanning the file (sorry, didn't record it)... I haven't investigated other delivery methods. Perhaps another extension could "fix" it... but I doubt it.
Best imho is to provide a note, stating this phenomenon, in the download location.
@Edwin: With an .exe extension Norton didn't wine?
Cheers, E.
Cheers, E.
Just checked it... and it didn't wine, but it wasn't in the .ZIP anymore, so the marker that says it's an alien file is not set.
Thanks anyhow. Regrettably, I can't reproduce/investigate this warning, as I don't have Norton AV, neither virustotal.com, nor jotti.org.
Cheers,
E.
No Worries Edmond. This will force you to live to the age of a vulcan.
At least it keeps my brains sharp. 😉
New version
A new version of DiAna is available (V1.51.9). Internally, a lot has been changed and two minor bugs repaired. Externally, only two extra items are visible: A popup menu to select the interpolation method for the monitor (fig. 1) and a check mark (fig. 2) to disable the outlier and glitch test, which enables to process 'difficult' (noisy) data. The SPDIF issues reported by Rob have also been addressed.
And lastly, here is one of the easily overlooked features: When the monitor is running, you can adjust the trigger level by moving the mouse (left button down) inside the lower left or right gray border (fig. 3).
Cheers, E.
NB: The interpolation method can also be selected by using the page-up and page-down keys, that is, when the cursor is positioned on the lower pane. In order to clearly see the differences, select a pretty high frequency: about 1/4 of the sampling rate.
A new version of DiAna is available (V1.51.9). Internally, a lot has been changed and two minor bugs repaired. Externally, only two extra items are visible: A popup menu to select the interpolation method for the monitor (fig. 1) and a check mark (fig. 2) to disable the outlier and glitch test, which enables to process 'difficult' (noisy) data. The SPDIF issues reported by Rob have also been addressed.
And lastly, here is one of the easily overlooked features: When the monitor is running, you can adjust the trigger level by moving the mouse (left button down) inside the lower left or right gray border (fig. 3).
Cheers, E.
NB: The interpolation method can also be selected by using the page-up and page-down keys, that is, when the cursor is positioned on the lower pane. In order to clearly see the differences, select a pretty high frequency: about 1/4 of the sampling rate.
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A quick test with the latest version.
The RTX as usual is exceptional on this test.
The EMU needs a little patience to setup. it has the most complex control panel, being a mini DAW.
The Hammerfal is quite goos even though its converters are a step down
I could not get the Lynx to work. I think it was working earlier. Seems to be an ASIO problem on the Lynx side.
The RTX as usual is exceptional on this test.
The EMU needs a little patience to setup. it has the most complex control panel, being a mini DAW.
The Hammerfal is quite goos even though its converters are a step down
I could not get the Lynx to work. I think it was working earlier. Seems to be an ASIO problem on the Lynx side.
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The ESI sound card driver hangs which causes Diana to hang until it displays a time-out message. Closing & opening Diana doesn't solve this, the computer needs restart.
ESI is not known for high quality drivers (e.g. it also hangs after system suspend - resume) and the Juli@ is now discontinued, probably this is not going to get improved.
But if it works, the card allows to measure 110dB deep (with external ESS DAC), which would require very expensive hardware otherwise.
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Calibration
To be more serious, did you check the calibration procedure of the new version? If so, is it okay now?
Cheers,
E.
Your Lynx is better. 😉
To be more serious, did you check the calibration procedure of the new version? If so, is it okay now?
Cheers,
E.
