Hi all, I've just committed some changes to --nspsytune. Things changed are following: 1. Changed noise calculation. New --nspsytune uses total noise in a sfb to calculate noise. This calculates loudness of the noise. 2. Improved function of masking addition. 3. Improved tonality handling. Now, this uses a table to determine masking attenuation level. I hope more tuning of this table solves the vbrtest problem. 4. In CBR mode, --nspsytune turns on -X 6. Since noise is calculated in loudness, this should improve result of CBR. Maybe --nspsytune doesn't work well if fs != 44.1KHz. -- Naoki Shibata e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MP3 ENCODER mailing list ( http://geek.rcc.se/mp3encoder/ )