How to use Sound Solution with any application

[cornacchia]

The simplest way is to have a dedicated PC to run it, but if you want to use the same PC where your automation system (or any other audio source) is running, just follow the instructions below.

1) Buy Virtual Audio Cables (VAC) and install it on your PC.
Check it at NTONYX http://www.ntonyx.com/vac.htm or
visit the author's website http://spider.nrcde.ru/music/software/eng/vac.html
In both sites you can also download a demo version.

2)After installed, your system should see another audio card named "Virtual Cable 1 Out" (for sound output) and another one "Virtual Cable 1 In" (obviously for sound input). Check it in "Control Panel -> Multimedia".
Be sure that the default ouput card is "Virtual Cable 1 Out".

3) Now open your audio application, if it uses the default system audio card, you should not hear anything when it plays. On the contrary, if it directly controls the audio card, look into its preferences and set "Virtual Cable 1 Out" as the output audio card.

4) Install "Line In" plugin by J. Van Der Gronde in Winamp. (view attachments)
Once installed, go to Winamp Options->Preferences -> DSP -> Input
and configure "Line In" to process the audio coming from the board named
"Virtual Cable 1 In".
The processing parameters are: Sampling rate 44100Hz, Channels 2, Bits per sample 16.
For example, the configuration string on my system is:
line://dev=0,nch=2,bps=16,srate=44100,title=HIFI,hideformat
"dev=0" is because on my system the "Virtual Cable" device is the device n° 0.
On your system it could be different.

5) Just for checking, go to Dsp->Output and check (in the DirectSound or Nullsoft WaveOut) that the output board is now your "real" board (not the virtual one).

5) Close Winamp preferences and then press CTRL+L or go to the Play -> Location menu. Copy on the popup window the configuration string ("line://dev=0,nch=2,bps=16,srate=44100,title=HIFI,hideformat" for the previous example, without quotes), press play.

6) If all is ok, now your application should play through Winamp and Sound Solution on your PC speakers.

[jesseg]

Or...  instead of paying for VAC, you can use Octiv FlexConnect which is free.  It comes with the free trial of StreamSolo and StreamPro, and it is not removed after the trial or even after you uninstall the software.

So to make it even easier, I repackaged the INF and sys/dll files into an easy to use installer, and it's only for WindowsNT/2K/XP by the way.  I'm not sure that it works on WindowsVista, somehow I doubt it, but let me know if it does or doesn't if you find out.  If you're still using Windows9x/ME then it's about time you upgraded anyways.  Hehehhehe.

(p.s. you have to log in to see the file download links)

[ANGLO_LATINA]

The simplest way is to have a dedicated PC to run it, but if you want to use the same PC where your automation system (or any other audio source) is running, just follow the instructions below.

1) Buy Virtual Audio Cables (VAC) and install it on your PC.
Check it at NTONYX http://www.ntonyx.com/vac.htm or
visit the author's website http://spider.nrcde.ru/music/software/eng/vac.html
In both sites you can also download a demo version.

2)After installed, your system should see another audio card named "Virtual Cable 1 Out" (for sound output) and another one "Virtual Cable 1 In" (obviously for sound input). Check it in "Control Panel -> Multimedia".
Be sure that the default ouput card is "Virtual Cable 1 Out".

3) Now open your audio application, if it uses the default system audio card, you should not hear anything when it plays. On the contrary, if it directly controls the audio card, look into its preferences and set "Virtual Cable 1 Out" as the output audio card.

4) Install "Line In" plugin by J. Van Der Gronde in Winamp. (view attachments)
Once installed, go to Winamp Options->Preferences -> DSP -> Input
and configure "Line In" to process the audio coming from the board named
"Virtual Cable 1 In".
The processing parameters are: Sampling rate 44100Hz, Channels 2, Bits per sample 16.
For example, the configuration string on my system is:
line://dev=0,nch=2,bps=16,srate=44100,title=HIFI,hideformat
"dev=0" is because on my system the "Virtual Cable" device is the device n° 0.
On your system it could be different.

5) Just for checking, go to Dsp->Output and check (in the DirectSound or Nullsoft WaveOut) that the output board is now your "real" board (not the virtual one).

5) Close Winamp preferences and then press CTRL+L or go to the Play -> Location menu. Copy on the popup window the configuration string ("line://dev=0,nch=2,bps=16,srate=44100,title=HIFI,hideformat" for the previous example, without quotes), press play.

6) If all is ok, now your application should play through Winamp and Sound Solution on your PC speakers.

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Traduccion (hecha por mi) 
La manera mas simple es teniendo una PC dedicada exclusivamente al proceso de audio con Sound Solution, puede ser una vieja PC (PIII 700 Mhz en adelante). Pero si quieres puedes usar la misma PC en la que tienes corriendo el sistema de automatizacion de tu radio. Siguiendo las instrucciones que estan abajo:

1) Bajate el Virtual Audio Cable e instalalo en la PC, con la version demo basta y sobra. http://www.ntonyx.com/soft/vac408demo.zip
2) Luego de instalado el Virtual Audio Cable, en tu PC deberas tener otra placa de audio llamada Virtual Cable 1 Out (para salida de audio) y otra llamada Cable 1 In (obviamente para la entrada de audio). Chequea en Panel de Control > Dispositivos de Audio y Juegos.
Asegurate que el dispositivo de salida por defecto sea Virtual Cable 1 t
3) Abre tu aplicacion de audio, si esta usa la placa de audio por defecto del sistema, no deberias escuchar ningun sonido cuando reproduzca. En caso contrario, si directamente controla las placas de audio, fijate en la configuracion y configuralo para que reproduzca con "Virtual Cable 1 Out" como placa de salida.
4) Instala "Line In" plugin by J. Van Der Gronde en el Winamp (puedes encontrarlo en la seccion plugins en la pagina de winamp o haciendo una busqueda en google)
Una vez instalado, ve a Winamp Options > Preferences > DSP > Input y configura "line In" para procesar el audio que proviene desde el dispositivo llamado "Virtual Cable 1 In.
Los parametros de son: Sampling Rate: 44100, Channels 2, Bits per sampke 16.
Por ejemplo, la configuracion en mi sistema es:
line://dev=0,nch=2,bps=16,srate=44100,title=HIFI,hideformat
"dev=0" es porque en mi sistema el "Virtual Cable" es el dispositivo nº 0, en tu sistema puede ser diferente.
5) Solo marca
5) Solo para comprobar, ve a Dsp->Output y chequea (en  DirectSound or Nullsoft WaveOut) que la placa de saldida sea ahora tu verdadera placa (no la virtual).

Espero que te sea util y cualquier duda pregunta.

[terryfox]

jesseg,

I downloaded the Octiv.Flexconnect installer which you posted.
After the quick installation on my pc(xp), I could not find it.
Help if you can.  Thanks

[jesseg]

Yeaaaaa..... i'm not 100% that I did it right.  I made it use the original INF that comes iwth the installer, for WinNT/2K/XP... but...  for some reason it may or may not actually show up as a soundcard, i'm not sure why, lol.

At any rate, VAC, Virtual Audio Cable, is highly superior to FlexConnect - according to Leif, the guy who made Flex. 

[tekie]

another solution/alternative - see attachment 

[mrzan]

I use sound solution 1.3b with virtual audio cable and the ttp.exe utility . I don't use winamp but I use the dirretore 1.8. When the dirretore crosfades i am getting some anoying noises of clipping and clicking. It sounds like you have a destroyed mp3 song. Can I fix it in anyway?
Thank you

[jesseg]

There is coming soon an update to VAC
http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html
(currently v4.09, does not have the fix)

The coming update has a fix for multiple CPU core.  There's a problem with that in some cases, like almost always in Windows Vista.  It doesn't always handle multi-threading right, and your automation software might also be creating more than one connection to the soundcard, to mix in the soundcard.

So get the update for VAC when it comes out, and it should fix your problem.