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[Question] Equalizer for Android

I was wondering if anybody found an Equalizer for android by now.
Would love to fine tune the sound of the song on my phone!

Yes interested in this too, love to be able to adjust the stereo balance, seem to be going slightly deaf in one ear.

The only thing I'm aware of is meltus' audio hack. It replaces the equalizer with one for higher volume, but he's released a few and suggests which work best for certain genres. I know it's not quite what you're looking for but you might find it useful. This does require a rooted phone.

I have seen two or three eq in the app store, but I am not sure if its available in your local.

A bit late, but I know this has been bugging me, so incase anyone else comes here looking, Astro Player does have equalizer (don't forget to check 'use equalizer' at the top before using the sliders). app is free with ads, $3 without them.

My Milestone has an builtin app to set the equaliser type like Bass Extreme, Bass Punch, etc. the bass is actually greatly enhanced!
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davidbedok said:
My Milestone has an builtin app to set the equaliser type like Bass Extreme, Bass Punch, etc. the bass is actually greatly enhanced!
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Tell us more about this app. What is it's name for example?

I'm reviving this thread in the hopes that someone knows of an app that will allow me to balance the left and right channels on all stereo sound coming from the headphone jack. Failing that, any music/video player that has a balance control would be great.
Anyone know of one?
Thanks!

Mixzing from market

dk2000zx said:
Mixzing from market
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Bought the pay version but couldn't find the left /right balance control. Is it In the EQ area?

CyanogenMod 6 has a built in app called "DSP Manager" that lets you set EQ and dynamics (compression) for 3 profiles: headset, phone speaker and bluetooth.
I haven't really tested it but it looks pretty impressive. I'm not sure if it's available outside of CM6 or not.

Not sure if this helps being new to this. I tried audioplayerwitheq platinum on the HTC Desire which gives eq plus seperate left and right volume ajustment. Not the friendliest player though. Anyone know of a better one? Hope this helps you dc41

i hope someone port AudioBooster (WM) for Android

Been a while..
Still looking for a standalone equalizer for android.
i do see more and more players with build in eq. but i am now using the one from fede, which does not (yet?) have one.
i did find one eq, but it was for 2.3 only..
and i still use 2.2 on my dhd.

Player Pro has an equalizer so does PowerAMP
Not sure about stand alone, sorry :|

PowerAmp is a nice app.
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Standalone equalizer....since I don't want to post everything again...here is a link to another xda thread with the same topic
this one is free
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071847
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anheuer said:
Been a while..
Still looking for a standalone equalizer for android.
i do see more and more players with build in eq. but i am now using the one from fede, which does not (yet?) have one.
i did find one eq, but it was for 2.3 only..
and i still use 2.2 on my dhd.
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Link to the 2.3 one please.

VibrantOwnr said:
Standalone equalizer....since I don't want to post everything again...here is a link to another xda thread with the same topic
this one is free
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071847
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Too bad that it only works for 2.3+

kekkle said:
Link to the 2.3 one please.
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VibrantOwnr posted the one i meant just before your post.
to bad its not for 2.2 also..

ZPlayer

Ok I found this amazing app (in my opinion lol) and I thought I might as well share it out if anyone's missed it. It's wp7 music player in beta stage but the fluidity and the looks is really good already. Not a single lag. Try it
Another music player made by the same dev has better SQ than powerAMP btw.
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does this app have auto resume playback after a call? the music player in cm7 is missing this feature (or i haven't figured out where to enable it) but its driving me crazy that its missing that feature.

Cannot find the app, please provide apk
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Its from the Guy who's doing the WP7 port that got closed down on here. Shiny player, nice
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I cant provide the app as it is paid app. Sorry.
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improperburial said:
does this app have auto resume playback after a call? the music player in cm7 is missing this feature (or i haven't figured out where to enable it) but its driving me crazy that its missing that feature.
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I havent checked it but since its a beta app im guessing no. Use poweramp for that
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What..? This is a paid app even though it's in beta stage? That's weird. Well, I'm curious to know more about this app. Too bad I don't have an online paying method.
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I am curious, sounds like a good player, could you explain how the sound quality is better than power amp
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He's talking about Better Music Player. There's a trial version you can try out in market.

Robin2 said:
What..? This is a paid app even though it's in beta stage? That's weird. Well, I'm curious to know more about this app. Too bad I don't have an online paying method.
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Try the "other" market i dunno whether saying this is against xda rules

leroys said:
I am curious, sounds like a good player, could you explain how the sound quality is better than power amp
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Yh it's Better Music EQ and it's only better in terms of SQ. What I find better with this music player's tweaks i.e. EQ, bass boost, virtualizer etc is that it doesn't distort the music sound as much as powerAMP. So it's much easier to get clearer sounds with natural deep bass with crisp treble. The virtualizer, if used properly, can widen the soundstage without affecting other sounds

I believe he's talking about zplayer which is a zune player port from the zune or Windows phone 7, I dnt believe its the one u r talking about
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Hmm, pay for a beta? No.
Edit: talking about Zplayer.
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BazookaAce said:
Hmm, pay for a beta? No.
Edit: talking about Zplayer.
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well your paying to get into the beta, and u get to take part in the beta and then u get all the apps for free cuz u paid to get into the beta

trying it right now, had few force closes when going back from homescreen to the player. sound quality is on par with my current mixzing player IMO.
lack settings menu. some cover art cannot be read.
overall still quite a nice option player

Rycon33 said:
trying it right now, had few force closes when going back from homescreen to the player. sound quality is on par with my current mixzing player IMO.
lack settings menu. some cover art cannot be read.
overall still quite a nice option player
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Yh the interface does it for me. But feature wise, we need more updates
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Lyrics
How to add lyrics in Zplayer ?

[musicplayer] neutron player

Hi guys, any audiophiles here like me?
This music player has terrible interface. Basic functions doesn't work too well. BUT!!!
OMG the sound quality of this player is mind blowing. I really mean it. SGS and voodoo is known for it's SQ. However, despite it sounds clear, the sounds is not precise and out of place by an inch. Was a voodoo + equalizer app + poweramp fan and still am cuz of interface but i can forsee an android music player to better poweramp! Assuming this music player gets developed nicely. Give it a try guys and if you like the SQ, show dev some support just by rating etc.
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It gives the sounds of dedicated MP3s.
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Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?

Jemack said:
Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?
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Type neutron in search and it will come up.

I checked this out last week, but just couldn't stand the UI and layout of it... If it had more polish and a neater/more attractive UI I would use it.

Jemack said:
Would like to try it.....but where is it? In market?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.neutroncode.mpeval&feature=search_result

UI = Back to the 90s
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syrenz said:
I checked this out last week, but just couldn't stand the UI and layout of it... If it had more polish and a neater/more attractive UI I would use it.
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Well I still appreciate the sound and hopefully the interface will become better as the app develops... hopefully lol
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BazookaAce said:
UI = Back to the 90s
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80s mate lol
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best music player I tried so far, power amp is obviously good but this is better. Sound quality is what I was looking for sony xperia x10i (sony should give us this kind of music quality with new update)

man this trial is just for five days and i got no money to buy.All goodies come at a price i want a free version with limited features>. i barely use all those listed features anyways

desh_iit said:
best music player I tried so far, power amp is obviously good but this is better. Sound quality is what I was looking for sony xperia x10i (sony should give us this kind of music quality with new update)
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nice to see someone appreciates the SQ of this app as much as I do

Bump for audiophiles
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jay_993 said:
80s mate lol
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Tsssspsss! 80s = Simple lines and pew pew space games | 90s = Baaaad graphics

BazookaAce said:
Tsssspsss! 80s = Simple lines and pew pew space games | 90s = Baaaad graphics
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Haha maybe you are right
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does indeed sound good but I feel Power Amp sounds just as good as it. both these sound better than Winamp and Ttpod but jt is just so ugly and unresponsivd too. button presses most times dont work, setting up a playlist on first start sucks as it just does not acction button presses and if you minimise program then go back to it it changes song automatically. good sound quality though, sorry,only positive i can think of. using Xperia MiUi 2.2.1

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does indeed sound good but I feel Power Amp sounds just as good as it. both these sound better than Winamp and Ttpod but jt is just so ugly and unresponsivd too. button presses most times dont work, setting up a playlist on first start sucks as it just does not acction button presses and if you minimise program then go back to it it changes song automatically. good sound quality though, sorry,only positive i can think of. using Xperia MiUi 2.2.1
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I suppose sound is very subjective and also depends on the headphones you use as well the phone you use. On SGS, neutron definitely widens soundstage with better sound separation whilst keeping the sound crisp and clear. Sure poweramp is clear but the sound is everywhere. Also with that filtering of highest frequency on neutron, the sound feels very calm to listen to as well as having the "fun" sound from general boost the app gives to SQ.
However as you said and as i said on OP sq is the only pro atm but any audiophiles would (or should ) use it just for that reason like i do
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jay_993 said:
I suppose sound is very subjective and also depends on the headphones you use as well the phone you use. On SGS, neutron definitely widens soundstage with better sound separation whilst keeping the sound crisp and clear. Sure poweramp is clear but the sound is everywhere. Also with that filtering of highest frequency on neutron, the sound feels very calm to listen to as well as having the "fun" sound from general boost the app gives to SQ.
However as you said and as i said on OP sq is the only pro atm but any audiophiles would (or should ) use it just for that reason like i do
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will give this another try i guess, was happy with the sound, using earphones that came with my old Sony. Ericsson w980, very strong sound from them. sound is great from the player but to purchase would be nice to know there is refinement of the ui planned. cheers

Another "good sound, bad UI" app is Rockbox. It has not been announced as "useable" yet, but many reports that it works fine. And I think it has more sound tweaking features than Neutron. It would be interesting to hear an audiophiles comparison between these two.

twerg said:
will give this another try i guess, was happy with the sound, using earphones that came with my old Sony. Ericsson w980, very strong sound from them. sound is great from the player but to purchase would be nice to know there is refinement of the ui planned. cheers
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That UI needs to be sorted seriously... sadly i have no idea whether the dev is looking for ui update.
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Try Equalizer for a volume boost!!!

Try Equalizer for a volume boost!!!
I found it tonight works great.
Works on all sounds from phone.
Also work with stock music player.
Stock GingerBread ROM
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KRAZYADROIDMASTER said:
Try Equalizer for a volume boost!!!
I found it tonight works great.
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Okay.... what ROM? Market Link? Useful info....

Stock GingerBread.
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Sorry, Here you go.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en

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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.equalizer&hl=en
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THANK YOU!!!
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Volume+ works great, probably the only app that allows for you to boost the volume so high that you might be able to break your speakers lol. It even has an equalizer if you want to put in custom levels

Joe333x said:
Volume+ works great, probably the only app that allows for you to boost the volume so high that you might be able to break your speakers lol. It even has an equalizer if you want to put in custom levels
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Dunno, I tried Volume+ on MIUI and it doesn't seem to do a thing. Equalizer does have an effect, though I haven't tried it on a2dp, which is where I really need the boost.

Volume + does not work for me on stock Rom Gingerbread.
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Volume + does not work for me on stock Rom Gingerbread.
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Im using on stock ginger bread and volume+ 1.8.0.4 and i have max volume set to 7 and virtual room effect set to 5 and it work awesome, you can go louder but it starts to distort.

That volume+ is great.
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amazing gave my LG G2x an awesome boost and spectacular sound thanks a lot

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Volume + does not work for me on stock Rom Gingerbread.
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Yes it does, but I'm going to give this a shot too.

Equalizer + Voodoo Sound
Use this 2 apks combined and your ears will blown. I use it and sounds great.

does this work with pandora over headphones? i really need a volume booster for that. i can have my phone up all the way and my car's radio up as high as it will go and some times the music is too quite. any recommendations?
will be installing the new Tsugi "stock" 2.3.4 rom as soon as my phone charges

Thanks!
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With daryken bumping this thread I just ran across it. I have been using this app for longer than this post has been up and must say I cannot do without it now.
The widget is what makes it. It really ties together my media home screen.
Just a heads up for those with CM7. It does not play well with DSP manager. I found I had to choose between the two. The choice was not hard.

Scumbag Inc. said:
With daryken bumping this thread I just ran across it. I have been using this app for longer than this post has been up and must say I cannot do without it now.
The widget is what makes it. It really ties together my media home screen.
Just a heads up for those with CM7. It does not play well with DSP manager. I found I had to choose between the two. The choice was not hard.
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I never had any good results with DSP manager when I was on CM7. This really does work, but it doesn't seem to play well with MIUI which I am currently on. Instead I tweak the volume settings of idividual songs in iTunes and then move them over to the phone wich also works. But it is a bit of a long work around....

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I never had any good results with DSP manager when I was on CM7. This really does work, but it doesn't seem to play well with MIUI which I am currently on. Instead I tweak the volume settings of idividual songs in iTunes and then move them over to the phone wich also works. But it is a bit of a long work around....
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Try flashing a kernel with Voodoo sound. It increases volume using the phone's hardware, so there is no distortion whatsoever.
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Beats Audio on any Gingerbread ROM

I haven't installed this yet, but will give it a run later. All credit goes to Fuss132 for his awesome work. Here is the link to the original thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523760
If I helped in anyway click the thanks button.
Here is the file from the original post:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/SRovGyu2/flash.html?refurl=d1url

Will this work on costom roms like zeus?

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Will this work on costom roms like zeus?
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Yes, according to the link, it will work on any gingerbread rom. I installed it about 30 min ago, and can notice a slight difference on my low-grade headphones. Will try again on my good ones at work.
EDIT: I'm at work, using good headphones, and the quality difference is distinct enough to notice easily.

has anybody flashed this yet? Cuz last time I modified stuff with the audio my phone bootlooped. So I don't wanna flash cuz I'm away for weekend
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Flashed on R3volution. Sounds great. No issues. Make sure you do a nandroid backup first, though.
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Flashed on Zeus 5.2 no problems on boot. No app settings, I didn't really read about it in the thread hehe.
I don't have my headphones on me right now but I played the stock player on the phone speaker and it was noticeably louder.
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Flashed this on the stock lb3 and works flawlessly. Five Finger Death Punch has never sounded this clean.
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Just installed it on my phone. I have ZAGG buds which have decent sound for their price (I got them half off too). I admit I'm a little skeptical being a little more on the casual audiophile side. I know that with the DAC this phone has, high quality music shouldn't need silly gimmicks to make it sound better, but I'm about to see what I think now I guess!
Edit: Bah, I'm dumb and listened to Spotify before I applied so I had a crappy comparison. Anyway, playing FLAC in PowerAMP after installing sounds pretty good, but I almost feel like I hear a little compression that may be caused by Beats. Might remove the mod and test some more over the weekend. Overall it sounds pretty great though. No complaints.

JordanElliott said:
last time I modified stuff with the audio my phone bootlooped.
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I had the same thing happen but found it to be something that titanium backup was restoring.
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Beats audio is software EQ only. Voodoo Control app is more functional, better, and doesn't consume battery life as an extra EQ layer on top of your audio. Also according to supercurio (twitter.com/supercurio), the ports violate HTC and Beatsbydre licensing, while also asking for donations for violating said license.

Well...that threads been out a while, so apparently someone got permission, so until they start shutting threads down i say beats is much more clear than voodoo... Good job bro...
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Flashed on Revelation, no problems that weren't there before.
As for audio quality, I'll test that when I'm not at work.

what's the best music app to go with this? =D
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what's the best music app to go with this? =D
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Google music. Not using this beats audio thing, but I love it.
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what's the best music app to go with this? =D
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Google music works great.
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So I just put this onto my phone today, which has Revelation Rom on it. Downloaded the file from my browser, then rebooted to recovery. I made a backup of my system through recovery when it rebooted to it. Then I flashed the zip, rebooted phone and voila! The phone seems like the audio is much better, but I don't know if there is anywhere to verify the flash took. There is no app in my app folders, maybe theres a beats folder in my phone somewhere.

The are multiple files. One that you can just check is in the system/bin folder. You will see files that say ibeats in them. That is the only folder i can remember right now.
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holly jesus santa clause ****, my headphones made the music sound better!

Nice works good

dman3285 said:
Well...that threads been out a while, so apparently someone got permission, so until they start shutting threads down i say beats is much more clear than voodoo... Good job bro...
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I'm sure supercurio would disagree.
but voodoo and this are two different things with different purposes. cant be compared. voodoo is an open source driver from wolfson for our chip hacked into a module to replace the closed source Samsung driver unlocking some native features and givving acess to the hardware volume control. there is more it does on cm7 but it was left out of the Samsung roms because we have some software correction or emulation or eq in our libs that the rom depends on and can't be turned off. supercurio didn't want to stack layers of emulation or correction because of unpredictable or poor results or an effect of diminishing return.
this is software effects and/or equalization. the problem I have with that is the nature and quality of the effects is unknown. it may be sophisticated correction for the htc hardware and possibly have negative effects on our hardware. it might just be some compression or reverb to emulate a listening environment, might be a combination. we dont actually know. we also don't know how this plus our Samsung software is really effecting the integrity of the signal. but if you think it helps by all means use it. I personally see no reason to mess with it especially on a Samsung rom.