Known issues
Current known issues in PaceMaker v2.0 plug-in:
- There's a short delay (order of a seconds or two) before the music reacts to changes made in PaceMaker control window : That's actually due to Winamp keeps a buffer of a couple of seconds to prevent skips under heavy system load. If you find the delay annoying, reduce the 'buffer length' value in Winamp output plug-in configuration.
- The 'Tempo' or 'Speed' controls can't be nudged below -43.5 %: That's intentional function added to prevent buffer problems with very slow tempo/speed values with Winamp2 player.
- Sound quality gets worse when
tempo or pitch is changed by larger magnitude:
PaceMaker does rather heavy processing for the sound to
achieve the desired tempo/pitch scaling, and this process
always introduces certain artifacts in sound. Typically
the artifacts get more noticeable with larger tempo/pitch
scaling factors.
More advanced sound processing routines based on a different approach to improve the sound quality issue have been developed. The PaceMaker3 plug-in for Winamp3 version will eventually feature these new routines; also a final updated version of PaceMaker for Winamp2 with new routines may be possible if serious demand will appear.
- PaceMaker window doesn't have a close button: This is a feature of Winamp player, it doesn't allow plug-ins to close themselves. See the chapter "Activation & Unistallation" in PaceMaker usage instructions for how to close PaceMaker.