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  1. Download and install the latest stable version of Foobar found here. [Note: please use the 64-bit is preferredversion.]

  2. Download and install the latest Vividizer Plug-In. Can be purchased here. [Note: install the correct plug-in based off of your choice of Foobar installation. ]

  3. Download the Foobar “VST 2.x/3.x Adapter” here.

  4. Open Foobar and add the VST Adapter to your plug-ins.

    1. Go to File->Preferences-> Components

    2. Click “Install…”

    3. Navigate to the VST Adapter you just downloaded called “foo_dsp_vst3.fb2k-component”

    4. Click “Open”

    5. Click “Apply”

    6. Restart Foobar

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  1. Add the Vividizer Plug-In to your active DSPs.

    1. go to File->Preferences->Playback->DSP Manager.

    2. In the “Available DSPs” column on the right, click the ‘+’ next to the “VST 2.x/3.x Adapter” to add it to the Active DSPs column. [Note: if “VST 2.x/3.x Adapter” is not an option in your “Available DSPs” step 4 was not completed correctly and must be redone.]

    3. Click the three dots next to the VST 2.x/3.x Adapter in the active Active DSPs column. A window called “VST Effect Configuration” will open.

    4. Click the drop-down and add the Vividizer plug-in. [Note: if no VST effects are found, click “Folders …” and ensure the path to the Vividizer.vst3 is selected. The Vividizer.vst3 should be stored at C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Vivaldi3d\Vividizer.vst3. If it still doesn’t show up, the Vividizer plug-in was not installed correctly. Follow the steps in the Vividizer installer again.]

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    5. When the Vividizer interface pops up, add your license key or start a trial.

    6. Adjust your Half-Span Angle as desired based off of your speaker set-up. Then close the Vividizer interface and the VST Effect Configuration page.

    7. Click “Apply” and then “Ok”.

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  2. The Vividizer plug-in will now be applied to your audio path. To remove Vividizer, click the “X” to remove it from the “Active DSPs” collumncolumn. To re-add Vividizer to your audio path, click the “+” next to “VST 2.x/3.x Adapter”. It should show up as “VST: Vividizer”. If it doesn’tdoes not, re-initialize Vividizer by repeating Step 5.

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  3. To bring up the Vividizer tuning interface again, simply navigate to File->Preferences->Playback-> Components and under “Active DSPs” click the three dots on the right of “VST: Vividizer“.

Walkthrough Video

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Tuning Vividizer in Foobar

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  1. Click play on the pink noise track.

  2. Go to File->Preferences->Playback->DSP Manager, click the three dots next to Vividizer to bring up the Vividizer interface.

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  1. Adjust the Vividizer Half-Span Angle to fit your audio setup and then close the Vividizer interface and VST Effect Configuration windows.

  2. Finally, click “Apply” in the ‘DSP Manager’ window to save the changes to your Half-Span Angle.

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