Google Play Music App Bass Boost function reduces bass instead of boosting it. - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I'm really confused right now. If i slide the Bass Boost slider to the right, it reduces bass instead of boosting it.
Scenario 1: Decent bass:
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Scenario 2: Massive bass:
Scenario 3: Sissy bass:
What is going on? Is this expected behavior?
Sub question 1: What are the best eq settings for nexus 5 according to you guys?
Sub question 2: What is the best alternative for Google Music App for nexus 5?
Thanks!

Honestly the best thing you can do is install viper4android. Best audio mod out there period! Been using it since I got the phone.
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V4A hits your battery hard when listening to music. That's why I just use dspmanager
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Google pure code is so awesome.. and well tested. lol

meangreenie said:
Google pure code is so awesome.. and well tested. lol
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Wrong topic?

DATRUTH141 said:
Honestly the best thing you can do is install viper4android. Best audio mod out there period! Been using it since I got the phone.
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I don't wanna root my phone.

This is repeatable? Can you try with the eEQ sliders at 0db? Also Surround seems to enable itself so keep it off or the same for your testing.
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The built-in EQ is utter crap and has always been.
I'm not sure why you don't want to root, but you're missing out if you haven't used Viper.

Related

The new leaked honeycomb music app

Don't know if any have tried it, but it works on cm7. You can't search for other artists (apparently, when google found out about the leak, they shut down the servers..(for both down load and streaming).
But the app by itself is nifty enough to make me want to use it instead if the native music app. It has a nice iphone-like flow-search (or whatever that's called).
Check out my screen shots below. I dont have much music on my phone now (so no cracks about the sound of music track I have in there), but you can get an ideas of what it looks like.
I would upload it for you guys, but I don't know where it is on my phone. I installed it, and then opened it immediately. When I tried looking around on the SDcard, I couldn't find it anywhere.
But just search here in xda under "honeycomb music app leaked" or similar.
Edit : I don't think it works in Froyo.
Edit: anyone know why these screen shots are blurry? they look fine in my gallery....??? [when I try to upload them to this thread, tapatalk takes over--(which I presume is the xda app), so I think something is getting screwed up st that point.. And I am not near a working computer at the moment
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Here's the apk: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OZBS1Z6N sorry had to upload first
Edit: this belongs in themes and apps so I'm going to repost over there.
This has been leaked months ago..
G1-evolve said:
This has been leaked months ago..
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This I'd supposed to be a new update for it
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Then how come its not used in any roms? Or at least more frequently used. I have been playing with it for 2 days, and it is a fast nicer music app them the old one.
How long ago was this originally leaked? From everything I have read (which could be wrong I guess), this music app is for honeycomb and is going to be part of google's anticipated entry into music to compete with the iPhone/iPod. It can't be that old.
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it works on stock MT4G

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I have'nt seen this posted on here yet,but i just wanted to educate the people that don't know.Heres a sweet tool that i've been using for about a year now,it does a great job changing fonts,boot animations(it gives the option of changing the install directory)process's and alot more.Its the easiest way i've found to change fonts and animations and the apps $1.99,you will have to test it on different roms,there might be a list of compatibe devices,some it wont work on with the boot animations,like CM,but its never bricked my phone,it just wont install if its not compatible.
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Awesome find thanks bud!
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It isn't free for me....
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It isn't free for me....
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Yeah, not free in my market, either. Weird.
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I found it online to test before I actually buy it. pretty cool app I must admit even has an option to block ads etc.
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I am a long time user and I can confirm its not free. never has been. good lil app though.
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You're absolutely correct,my bad,my friend sent me his through e-mail,i was thinking it was free.I did'nt look at the market price/free part.
Definitely a handy lil' app
Not free not for me good luck.
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I've been using this app for over a year its one pug of the best root apps imo.

(HOW TO) Get PowerAmp working on 4.4.x ROMs.

I was playing around with CM11 today, and I was getting a little annoyed that PowerAmp repeatedly locked up between songs so I started to tweak it a bit!
There is no guarantee this will work, but these are the settings I have used to successfully get PowerAmp to work.
First of all, all of this takes place in the audio section under 'settings'.
1.) We are going to go to crossfade, gapless and fade section. Uncheck EVERYTHING. Make sure your settings look like mine below. (I think this is the main culprit).
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2.) Next, we will go to 'advanced tweaks' section. Audio thread priority and audio buffer need to be set to 'normal' and 'auto'. Below are my settings.
3.) Lastly, this is optional but it works for me. I turned OFF equalizer, and tone. I left limit ON, because it seems on CM11 the music gets distorted at high levels. With these my music is pretty crystal clear.
This worked for me, so I figured I'd share my results. Hope it helps at least one person out!
Also my music is currently on my external SD card, not sure of that makes a difference or not in the end result.
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I left all of that as I had it in 4.3 and just unchecked direct volume control and power amp has worked flawlessly ever since
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Any thoughts on how to stop this issue with Google play music?
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Looks like this has solved my troubles on CM11 on my AT&T S4.
Thank you, OP.
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Looks like this has solved my troubles on CM11 on my AT&T S4.
Thank you, OP.
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mine on hellfire 2.8 has no issues...
Thanks OP, this was driving me crazy.
Trying that now. I had an issue the first time i played poweramp were the music sounded like a tin can and I could not stop, pause or exit the player. Thanks for the tips.
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bass0324 said:
I left all of that as I had it in 4.3 and just unchecked direct volume control and power amp has worked flawlessly ever since
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tried the full monty with reboot, it worked, back to how i had it with direct volume control disabled as well and working well after a reboot

Is it possible to improve the sound quality of the speakers?

Hello, I am quite happy with my Note PRO 12.2 so far. The main problem is the sound quality. Is there a way to improve the quality perhaps through software?
Why Samsung does not move the speakers of their tablets to the front like the ones on the MacBook Pro Retina Display?
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Hello, I am quite happy with my Note PRO 12.2 so far. The main problem is the sound quality. Is there a way to improve the quality perhaps through software?
Why Samsung does not move the speakers of their tablets to the front like the ones on the MacBook Pro Retina Display?
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I installed ViPER 4Android. Very happy with the results. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
It seems that it requires one to root the device. Is there a solution without rooting?
Have you tried using the equalizer?
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Have you tried using the equalizer?
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Is it a software or hardware?
The thing I hate about most equalizers on Android is that once enabled maximum volume is decreased although the shape of the sound does change. Sometimes I just want more volume. .. for that a custom kernel and dsp manager are needed.
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Is it a software or hardware?
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Software. I believe the stock one is MusicFX, and most serious music players have their own. Personally I use N7player.
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The thing I hate about most equalizers on Android is that once enabled maximum volume is decreased although the shape of the sound does change. Sometimes I just want more volume. .. for that a custom kernel and dsp manager are needed.
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Firstly, disable Adapt Sound in the application manager. It evens out the volume of all audio.
I've also disabled musicFX.
Some music app equalizers have a pre Amp increaser which boosts or decreases the volume to a level of your choice. Screenshot included.
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That's N7 player, by the way. It has one of the more extensive equalisers I've come across. (those are the settings on my Note 3 but that's beside the point).
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Poweramp music fx toggle? SOLVED!!

I've activated it in the settings but it's not showing. Anyone got any ideas why? Always did before?
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How did you activate it if it's not being shown in Settings??
It's under Settings - Audio - Advanced Tweaks - Music FX.
I did have it. I re installed v4a while flashing a rom update and now the toggle doesn't show, even though it's activated :-S
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Same problem here! but on my nexus 4
Just to be clear, You guys have already tried re-installing the app/clear data, right? If not, do it first and see whether it fixes it?
Also, make sure y'all are using the default PowerAmp skin/theme or skins which are recommended by PowerAmp.. There may be a possibility that the theme y'all are using isn't mapped yet?!
Yea tried all the standard issue stuff. Can't get it to come back! :-S so odd i get this and press enable but nothing -
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Yea tried all the standard issue stuff. Can't get it to come back! :-S so odd i get this and press enable but nothing -
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That's certainly strange. Does the rom which you're currently on support Music FX? Is Music FX present under Android Settings - Sounds?? I don't know whether this could cause the issue or not. I'm just thinking out loud.
Yea, it comes with music fx and if I install viper audio i then get the option in settings to select which to use
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Somehow this had become ticked making the option for the music fx toggle unavailable!
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