Beta Test: Audio Spectrum Display for WiiM Ultra
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As this is my first time using beta firmware, do I have an opportunity to give my opinion on the positives or negatives of the feature being tested along with suggestions for possible improvements? If so, how to I actually do the above?
Thanks all...
Thanks all...
From the wiim app, More (bottom right of main screen), Feedback.
hgo58
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Wow to what?
It's just dancing bars. Cannot be used for anything in the current implementation.
It’s been asked for since the Ultra came out and I suspect many, if not most users will use it as eye candy and not as a diagnostic tool.
hgo58
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But why implement it half instead of, in addition to the eye candy, make it useful? It is as if @WiiM Team has a habit of not follow though when implemting something. We have seen it with many of the other features, both for the app/screen but also when it comes to pure streaming functionality.
Maybe it is just me that is used to expect quality in software designs?
hgo58
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That why I'm posting comments on what can be done better.
I object to the Wow on the Beta. There is nothing like that associated with it.
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It's not quite the same... RoomFit, subwoofer, etc. are "heavy" and difficult projects to implement (and aren't they beta?)....
VU meter-FFT is the basic tool used by all brands because it sells incredibly well... apparently without much difficulty..
Wiim seems to be stuck on these two topics for months , which is all the more surprising given how obviously important it is for business...
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Lucanorillo
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Good job Wiim! 
Its a beta folks! We expect it'll be better in near future, but looks very nice for a start point. And for those who doesnt like...go to the other VU meters, this is only one more option. 
Its a beta folks! We expect it'll be better in near future, but looks very nice for a start point. And for those who doesnt like...go to the other VU meters, this is only one more option.
hgo58
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Yes beta. So we were asked to test and comment it by @WiiM Team. That is what we do.Good job Wiim!
Nice Beta, here with some dying bass drum in the opening bars of Mahler 3. this recording is so dynamic that I play it full whack anyway. Must be possible to have it on input as well as output.
As others have alluded to it’s nice to look at but…
The bright baseline and fade to dark as things get louder is counterintuitive to me. And, yeah, as @canard notes below, a peak hold function would be a nice addition.
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no residual “ peak mark”? (duration to be determined)
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Eddie Spaghetti
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Some people are commenting, some are just bitching. If it comes out for the Amp Ultra, I’d slap it on mine.
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I tried this beta yesterday, and found as others have mentioned, that unless you have the volume quite high, there’s not much to see. It would be better if there was an option to select Original Signal, or Output Amplitude, as is available for the VU Meter.
Hopefully this can be addressed in the future, and then I will perhaps try it again.
Hopefully this can be addressed in the future, and then I will perhaps try it again.
i haven't noticed that until i read your comment and then..i switched back to VU meters (that weren't moving) and switched back and forth to "Original Signal" and they were moving again...so if I got this right, the new beta Spectrum analyzer switches to "Output Amplitude" display by default, and removes the option to switch between modes completely
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