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and change the alpha channel to 0. Then press SHIFT twice.
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Press shift once more while on the window to make it reappear.
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+ - The FPS combo box is the global timer. So if you set it higher, everything will run faster and vice versa.
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+ And due to windows sub par timings, setting a high FPS is just a mere suggestion.
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+ Use Stats|Deadline to get an idea if the FPS you set is what you are receiving.
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- The icon is just my profile pic as a place holder until I come with a better custom icon.
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Settings:
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For best performance leave as default, shrink the program size and lower the FPS as needed.
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- Use Stats's Late Frames and Latency to gauge performance.
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+ Use Stats|Deadline to gauge performance.
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On a scale from [0] being negligible/none to [5] being the worst performance cost of settings:
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- Main|Split Audio - Splits the audio into left(top half) and right(bottom half) channels [5 ]
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+ Main|Split Audio - Splits the audio into left(top half) and right(bottom half) channels [4 ]
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Main|Curviness - Curves/Smooths the bars with a Savitzky Golay Filter [1]
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- Main|Interpolation - By averaging old data with new data it makes the bars appear smoother [1]
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- Main|Frames - Audio frames in the buffer, the higher the number the higher the accuracy [5 ]
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+ Main|Interpolation - By averaging old data with new data it makes the bars appear less noisy [1]
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+ Main|Audio Buffer - Audio frames in the buffer. The higher the number the higher the accuracy, but old data lingers [3 ]
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Design|Color|Bar Color/Background Color/Outline Color - Allows to pick color and alpha(transparency) [0-2]*
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Design|Color|Rainbow - Creates a rainbow effect to the colors of Bars/(Outline Only) based on current Bar Color [1]
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- Design|Dimensions - Brings up a scroll bars the change dimensions and look of the bars. [0-5]**
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+ Design|Dimensions - Brings up sliders to change the dimensions and look of the bars. [0-5]**
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Design|Illuminate - Scales the alpha cap of the bars [2]
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Design|Outline Only - If Out Width is more than 0 it will only show the outline. [0]
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Design|Cutout - Instead of drawing the bars it will "cut" the background instead [2]
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- Stats|Frequencies - Reveals the frequency plots(sample rate / frames) of the bars [5]
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- Stats|Notes - Places notes to the closest given frequency plot [4]
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- Stats|Late Frames - Tells you how many video frames aren't meeting the frame time(FPS) deadline [0-1]
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+ Stats|Deadline - Tells you the percentage of frames that are meeting the frame time(FPS) deadline [0-1]
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Stats|Bars - Tells how many bars are being drawn in the window [0-1]
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- Stats|Latency - Tells the time in ms(milliseconds) to complete drawing a frame [0-1]
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+ Stats|Latency - Tells the time in ms(milliseconds) from collecting the data to completing a frame [0-1]
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Stats|dB Bar - Using a bar it shows you the loudness of the audio in decibels [1]
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+ Stats|Frequencies - Reveals the frequency plots(sample rate / frames) of the bars [5]
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+ Stats|Notes - Places notes to the closest given frequency plot [4]
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* If you change the alpha to anything less than 255 will cost some performance.
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- **If you change the width or gap to allow more bars (use Stats|Bars to check) will decrease performance.
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- Having (Out)line more than 0/enabled will decrease performance.
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+ **If you change the widths to allow more bars (use Stats|Bars to check) will decrease performance.
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+ Having (Out)line Width more than 0/enabled will decrease performance.
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And increasing the height to allow the bars to take up more screen space will decrease performance.
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Shortcuts:
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Tips:
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- - Lower the Main|Interpolation for more responsiveness, this helps when you have a low FPS set.
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+ - Due to timings never being perfect, setting a fps slightly above your refresh rate is a good idea.
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+ - Lower the Main|Interpolation and Main|Audio Buffer for more responsiveness, this helps when you have a low FPS set.
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- - For a Monstercat lite-edition style, set Main|Curviness to Sharp, Main|Frames to 8192, scale window to have 64 bars(Stats|Bars)
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+ - For a Monstercat lite-edition style, set Main|Curviness to Sharp, Main|Audio Buffer to 8192, scale window to have 64 bars(Stats|Bars)
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and keep the rest at default. This WILL NOT look the exact same, that was never my goal to begin with.
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