MP3 Player EQ Settings

Tell me I'm not the only dude that changes the EQ settings depending on the band or group. Some sound better one way, some another way. So is it possible to have a mp3 player that memorizes how you set the EQ for a file?

sacrilege!

 

 

edit for useful content: I've never seen a hardware mp3 player that can do it, but winamp does it, as far as I know..

Edited February 20, 2012 by modey

Ah, to be specific a mp3 player program. Not a handheld device.

i have my sansa's eq power with the V method and eveything sounds amazingly good. Without it, all the tracks sound dull and shit.

EQs should never have been put into the hands of 'consumers', same for replay gain.

 

cynicism aside, I don't know if there is something that saves EQ settings per-song, but I'm sure it would be immensely tedious to set up for each song.

maybe you can eq the files before uploading them into your mp3 or whatever, I edit some stuff with audacity if it's too large or if it sounds too low (like piano stuff and that)

  On 2/20/2012 at 5:24 AM, oscillik said:

EQs should never have been put into the hands of 'consumers', same for replay gain.

 

Why not?

 

Peoples ears are different.

 

It's not so much each song but mostly an album, it really depends on how it was produced. Like I'll put on a Candlemass album and I want to boost the mids mostly with a slight low-mid boost as well. For it I like to hear the bass growl a little more as well as make the guitars sound richer.

 

It would be tedious but you could set it up per album since everything on it is usually produced and mixed the same. Well hypothetically.

Edited February 20, 2012 by couch

  On 2/20/2012 at 5:33 AM, couch said:

  On 2/20/2012 at 5:24 AM, oscillik said:

EQs should never have been put into the hands of 'consumers', same for replay gain.

 

Why not?

 

Peoples ears are different.

 

It's not so much each song but mostly an album, it really depends on how it was produced. Like I'll put on a Candlemass album and I want to boost the mids mostly with a slight low-mid boost as well. For it I like to hear the bass growl a little more as well as make the guitars sound richer.

 

It would be tedious but you could set it up per album since everything on it is usually produced and mixed the same. Well hypothetically.

 

of course my statement above was my own opinion on the whole affair, but just to elaborate - i would rather hear the music as the artist intended.

As the artist intended when they heard it on the speakers in the studio, and the masters, you mean. There's still going to be differences depending on what stereo you play the album with. The acoustics of the room or car you play it in. Or how your headphones are voiced(many headphones are too bassy, I adjust with a master eq on my ipod). That's a pretty strong reason to have an EQ. Would have thought people here would realize that. :P

  On 2/20/2012 at 6:41 AM, couch said:

As the artist intended when they heard it on the speakers in the studio, and the masters, you mean. There's still going to be differences depending on what stereo you play the album with. The acoustics of the room or car you play it in. Or how your headphones are voiced(many headphones are too bassy, I adjust with a master eq on my ipod). That's a pretty strong reason to have an EQ. Would have thought people here would realize that. :P

 

wow.

 

just wow.

You can do this with iTunes (and you said you used an iPod). Just right click any song and click 'Get Info' (or hit ctrl+i), then go to the 'Options' tab. You'll see a dropdown where you can set an Equilizer Preset for each song. I believe it will then use that EQ setting for that song both in iTunes and on your iPod!

 

Edit: Also looks like you can select an entire album and set an EQ for all tracks at once.

Edited February 20, 2012 by crono3

  On 2/20/2012 at 7:05 AM, crono3 said:

You can do this with iTunes (and you said you used an iPod). Just right click any song and click 'Get Info' (or hit ctrl+i), then go to the 'Options' tab. You'll see a dropdown where you can set an Equilizer Preset for each song. I believe it will then use that EQ setting for that song both in iTunes and on your iPod!

 

Edit: Also looks like you can select an entire album and set an EQ for all tracks at once.

Hmmm.... Something positive about iTunes. I wonder how people are going to take this blasphemous act.

 

It's going to be massive tumbleweeds (ignoring it will make it go away) or huge flames (it's not true, and now you must die!!), I guess.

 

*camera focusses on watmm-native apple hater osc*

I used to stay away from EQ settings, left everything flat, but now I put on some preset EQ on my DAP that is according to the users the best one. I am not too anal about this sort of thing.

  On 2/20/2012 at 6:50 AM, oscillik said:

  On 2/20/2012 at 6:41 AM, couch said:

As the artist intended when they heard it on the speakers in the studio, and the masters, you mean. There's still going to be differences depending on what stereo you play the album with. The acoustics of the room or car you play it in. Or how your headphones are voiced(many headphones are too bassy, I adjust with a master eq on my ipod). That's a pretty strong reason to have an EQ. Would have thought people here would realize that. :P

 

wow.

 

just wow.

 

lol, i feel ya osc.

 

I very very rarely have used EQs, but that's only if I know a system that I'm listening to has shitty response in a certain frequency range.

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  On 2/20/2012 at 7:05 AM, crono3 said:

You can do this with iTunes (and you said you used an iPod). Just right click any song and click 'Get Info' (or hit ctrl+i), then go to the 'Options' tab. You'll see a dropdown where you can set an Equilizer Preset for each song. I believe it will then use that EQ setting for that song both in iTunes and on your iPod!

 

Edit: Also looks like you can select an entire album and set an EQ for all tracks at once.

Really I spent a while looking around in there. Though I haven't had the latest version of itunes for a while. Thanks!

 

  On 2/20/2012 at 6:50 AM, oscillik said:

  On 2/20/2012 at 6:41 AM, couch said:

As the artist intended when they heard it on the speakers in the studio, and the masters, you mean. There's still going to be differences depending on what stereo you play the album with. The acoustics of the room or car you play it in. Or how your headphones are voiced(many headphones are too bassy, I adjust with a master eq on my ipod). That's a pretty strong reason to have an EQ. Would have thought people here would realize that. :P

 

wow.

 

just wow.

Why the confusion? Have you never listened to the same album on different stereos or on different headphones? It sounds different. I have to eq my home stereo every time I move so that it sounds balanced in whatever new room I put it in. I'm still kind of weirded out that you guys don't realize why the eq option is there on stereos. Edited February 20, 2012 by couch

the Cowon series has parametric eq and BBE which is very useful for enhancing low bitrate mp3's

 

any 'none eq' purists can suck dick because not all portable head/earphones are consistant over various volume levels and somtimes its nice to take the harshness out for longer sessions and thats before we get into DAC/preamp quality

 

the rule of thumb is to cut rather than boost especially with cheap prosumer eq's

There's a difference between setting the global EQ to suit your setup and setting it differently for each song you listen to. It's the latter that i have a problem with!

Man, osc's replies in this thread have been especially oscilliky

 

I like to keep it flat as well but chill out fam. Different stuff sounds different fellas.

If the producer / artist thought it sounded right this or that way, why should I change the way it sounds?

relevance: this maybe has it?

 

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/02/mastered-for-itunes-how-audio-engineers-tweak-tunes-for-the-ipod-age.ars

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iPods sound wank

I run every film I watch through the Magic Bullet suite first to regrade it to how I think it should've been done ...

lol

I use a transparent DAC and amp, and use flat nearfield monitors, and flat headphones. This way I can assume that whomever was mixing / mastering in the studio, was using decent (flat) gear, and that I'm listening to the music as it was intended.

 

Playing with an EQ to compensate for flaws in your gear / room, is one thing, but messing with the EQ on every album or song constantly is like re-mixing the music to suit your preferences. Dare I say some albums are bassy / middy / trebbly and that's that. Bilious Paths is like daggers to the ears, and Astrobotnia is warm and soupy - that's just how it sounds.

 

But then again, music is about enjoyment so if you want to crank the bass and the treble and let the mids hang back that's up to you.