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Mono Button on Toolbar

Hey guys... I have hearing loss in one ear and need to listen in mono through headphones.  Normal listening through my speakers isn't a problem so they can be in stereo.  I have to switch back and forth and wanted to put a "DSP downmix to mono" button on my toolbar for quick switching.  I can't find a way to make a button directly access this option in the DSP settings.  Can anyone tell me a way to do this?  Thanks for the help... I appreciate it.

Re: Mono Button on Toolbar

Reply #1 –
You can create and and sacve two DSP chain presets (for normal listening and for mono) and then add two buttons to toolbar, corresponding to these DSP chain presets or add DSP switcher to toolbar.
https://youtu.be/PskRpeCTuN8
DSP chain preset for normal listening may be saved as empy, or include some DSPs if needed.
 

Re: Mono Button on Toolbar

Reply #2 –
If you want to automatize the process...
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?PHPSESSID=tar500hd8th3qdm3nce2aj9ebs&topic=96094.75

This component can be used to automatically select a DSP based on the output device.

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$ifequal($strstr(%windows_output_device_name%,Headphones),0,,Headphones;)
Then you add a chain, which is just a DSP preset, and add there the mix to mono. Whenever the device containing headphones in the name is used, it will use such DSP preset.

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If you want to go further, you can make foobar to automatically chose an audio device by a priority list:
https://regorxxx.github.io/foobar2000-SMP.github.io/scripts/device-priority-smp/

For ex: use Blueetooth speaker if available, otherwise headphones, otherwise speakers, ...

There are also ways to assign an specific button to a dsp preset, but it involves SMP and I will not explain it. It can be done with this:
https://regorxxx.github.io/foobar2000-SMP.github.io/scripts/playlist-tools-smp/

So there is no need to manually select device/dsp at all.

Re: Mono Button on Toolbar

Reply #3 –
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.  I should be able to use these perfectly.  I appreciate the help.