Disclaimer: This is not a guide on how to record impulse responses, nor do I think it's the absolute best way to go about editing one. I am not a professional in that regard, and I'm sure the pros will say something if they have something to add, as per Cunningham's Law. There's really not a lot of information on this, this is what I've learned from trial and error.
Who this is for:
You got Viper4Android/Arise/Divine installed, and they keep saying the convolver is such a sick, powerful feature. So you downloaded and tried some IRs but the ones you found have been too loud, too strong of an effect, or just not right. You're also not an audio expert (you wouldn't need this guide), and you don't know how to go about creating/editing simple IRs.
What is an impulse response?
To be honest, I don't know the exact definition either. I believe the audio you're playing is 'multiplied' by the IR to produce a new sound based on characteristics of the IR. You can google "convolution" and "impulse response" for precise definitions. It's not too important for our purposes.
Setting Up Audacity
Download Audacity and install it. It's self-explanatory.
When you start Audacity up (after installing), go to Edit -> Preferences (or Ctrl+P).
Click on Tracks (the actual parent node), set Default view mode to Spectrogram.
Click on Tracks -> Spectograms. Here set the frequencies you care more about. Personally, I set Min to 5, Max to 20000, Scale to Log as a default. You can modify it later per track.
If you care more about Bass, set Scale to Logarithmic; if you care more about higher frequencies, set Linear.
Opening/Saving IRs
The .irs files that Viper uses are just renamed .wav files. If you try to play it, it will just sound like a brief moment of static.
Use Audacity to open (File -> Open) the .irs you want to load. If it gives you a warning, select copy the file (should be default) and hit OK.
Before saving, go to Effect -> Normalize, and normalize to 0dB.
After you make changes and want to save it, go to File -> Export -> Export as WAV, and save it as one of the WAV formats. Viper works with both 16 and 32bit formats. I use the 32-bit float PCM one because I figure more bits = better quality, but that's not necessarily true.
After you save it, you should rename the extension to 'irs'. The main reason we don't want to keep it WAV is so the Android media scanner doesn't automatically add them to your songs/gallery/etc.
Note about Sample Rate
When you open one of these files, they will typically either be 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz. Most of the time, they will be 48k, but what you want depends on your device. For example, my Pixel 2XL processes at 48k for the phone speaker, but when I connect to my car Bluetooth to play music, it uses 44k. To check what your phone is processing at, play some music with the audio output you want to use (headphones, speaker, etc). Open Viper, go to Menu -> Driver Status.
Screenshot: Link
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If the IR has the wrong sample rate, you need to change it. In Audacity, in the bottom left, change the Project Rate (Hz) to the correct one (as displayed in Viper). Next, select all on the track (Ctrl+A) and go to Tracks -> Resample, make sure it's the same as the project rate you just changed to, and hit OK.
Screenshot: Link
Adjusting Gain (for IRs that are too loud or too soft)
When you apply the IR in Viper, if it's too loud, that means its gain is too high. This will sometimes also manifest itself as the volume fluctuating up and down. Typically you don't want to set your volume too high when using the convolver since it will cause this effect more often. I will give an analogy based on percent rather than dB. Basically, if the IR is telling the device to play a certain frequency at 120% max volume, the convolver will scale everything by around 83% (100/120 = 5/6 = ~83.3%), so that the 120% frequency will now play at 100%, everything that was previously at 100% will play at 83%, etc.
To adjust gain, use the slider next to the track options. Screenshot: Link
You may also use Effect -> Normalize if you'd like.
Adjusting gain will only affect the loudness of the IR, not the overall effect.
Basic Frequency Analysis
To get a basic understanding of the frequencies in the IR, select all (Ctrl+A) and go to Analysis -> Plot Spectrum. Make sure Algorithm is "Spectrum", Axis is "Log Frequency". Function shouldn't matter too much.
You will be adjusting Size. The default is 1024. Lower values gives you a good idea of the balance across the spectrum. Higher values gives more definition to the lower bass frequencies, at the cost of less sensitivity to the higher frequencies.
Useful references for understanding frequencies:
http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm
http://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixing/all-the-eq-information-youll-ever-need/
https://www.teachmeaudio.com/mixing/techniques/audio-spectrum/
http://productionadvice.co.uk/using-eq/
Basic Modification
Select all (Ctrl+A) and go to Effect -> Equalization. You can mess around with the frequencies here. I will give an examples below.
A high pass filter (Effect -> High Pass Filter, in the second half of the menu) may be useful if the IR boosts ultra-low frequencies that your device can't output (it varies, but 20Hz should be a good cut off). Not always necessary.
Base Impulses and Creating Custom IRs
If you want to create a custom IR, load the base impulse for your sample rate. Download them from: Link
You can modify it as explained above, creating your own custom effect. Normalize (Effect -> Normalize) to 0dB.
Before you export, select all and go to Effect -> Truncate Silence. These are the settings I use: Link
Export it as explained above.
Example Modification
I like the SuperiorBass+ IR. It gives nice, deep bass, but I have a sub in my car, and after a certain point, I can't hear the music over the rumble with the car shaking. My car Bluetooth also only processes in 44k.
I open the SuperiorBass+.irs in Audacity, and notice the sample rate is at 48k. Screenshot: Link
I change Project Rate to 44100. Select all, go to Track -> Resample, make sure it's also 44100, and hit OK.
Select all, Analyze -> Plot Spectrum. With Size at 2048, I see there's a big boost at around 60Hz. I keep this in mind. Screenshot: Link
Next I go to Effect -> Equalization, and I create a curve that somewhat compensates for the boost. Screenshot: Link
Effect -> Normalize to 0dB.
I export by going to File -> Export -> Export as WAV, and save it in the "WAV (Microsoft) 32-bit float PCM" format. I rename it to a .irs extension, move it to my phone's /sdcard/Viper4Android/Kernel/ directory, and test it out in my car.
If any part of this guide is wrong, or you have something to add, please let me know so I can correct it (and learn :laugh!
Amazing guide
Is Convolver affect INPUT?
If convolver affect input (microphone), please guide how to create voice morphing IRs. Voice morphing is a voice changer. For example, if some unknown number is calling, we can answer the call with big male voice or monster alien voice. For privacy purpose.
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how make new own irs/wav file
how to start.
underrated thread
nice work!
Hi. How can I make an irs that slightly increases the gain on the right channel of my in-ear monitor. I just noticed that my right hearing is slightly lower than my left. I read that custom convolver/irs can do what I wanted (increasing gain on the right channel) this but I have no idea how to start. I am using v4a on my android and it works well. I am also using the ViPER-DCC. I load my customed .vdc file to equalize my KZ ZS10 Pro iem. I read this guide and it seems it needs loading an IRS and then modify it. But I just want to slightly increase the volume on my right channel. I don't want to change anything else.
Oh wow, even though this Thread is pretty old i just found it and it helped me a lot, since i was never able to use Impulse / Convolution files within APO Equalizer on a windows machine because of that 48k / 44.1k thing..
Now i can easily transform files. Thats awesome, ViPER with convolution has become a major part in how i listen to music (on my rooted android).
So yea i just created an account to say THANK YOU!
have a good one,
Cheers Don
Thanks for the detailed guide that helped me out today.
hey there.
i got some strange behavior with Viper in my car radio.
it will apply some IRS files and some not. first i thought it might be the sample rate, but it isn´t.
what else can corrupt viper to apply .irs in convolver ?
EDIT: IT WORKS!! just exported the wrong way.
THANKS!
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In the AAS forums, I've been asked to elaborate on how HE-AAC v2 (eAAC+, HE-AAC2 etc.) files can be created. HE-AAC v2 is the latest and without doubt the BEST sound encoding technology (if you want to store HUGE amounts of songs using as little storage as possible). Audio files encoded with HE-AAC v2 at 48 kbps sound equally good as MP3's at 128+ kbps and Ogg Vorbis / WMA files at around 96 kbps.
As has already been explained in my related article, few Windows Mobile / Symbian / Palm OS players support the format, but their number is continuously increasing.
Probably the best and fastest way of converting files to the HE-AAC v2 is as follows:
1. Get the free (it’ll suffice – no need for the commercial, Pro one), Full version of WinAMP.
2. Mass-select the songs you’d like to convert in the upper right corner of the window (that is, the individual song list), right-click and go to Send To: / Format converter:
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Make sure you double-check you set “Channel mode” to Parametric Stereo so that version 2 of HE-AAC will be used, not just the plain version 1. Also, instead of 32 kbps, you might also want to go for 48 kbps for slightly increased sound quality. But no more: over 48 kbps, HE-AAC v2 will revert to v1 (Parametric Stereo won’t be used any more).
After this, you can easily start the mass-conversion by pressing OK. The results (.AAC files), by default, will be stored in the directory specified in the uppermost text input field. They can be directly played back by Music Player in newer N-series Nokias natively supporting the format (the N95, N81, N82 etc.), the free (!) TCPMP on Windows Mobile and Pocket Tunes on Palm OS.
Note that the above tutorial is about encoding standalone files. As far as transcoding live radio streams into HE-AAC v2 is concerned, I'll VERY soon (hopefully tomorrow) publish the Audio Stream Transcoding Bible, which will be a god-send for everyone that can't listen to certain radio stations on his/her handset and/or want to minimize data usage.
I dunno... I've experimented a lot with AAC v2 (HE-AAC) but imo ogg still sound better... the bass is more defined in AAC v2 at 48kbps but the rest doesn't sound really natural.
The middle frequencies sound much better in ogg and overall the music sound warmer and more natural even att the same kbps. I think one thing that really helps ogg vorbis in lower frequencies is the variable bitrate option. Without selecting variable bitrate the HE-AAC tune will sound better though...
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I dunno... I've experimented a lot with AAC v2 (HE-AAC) but imo ogg still sound better... the bass is more defined in AAC v2 at 48kbps but the rest doesn't sound really natural.
The middle frequencies sound much better in ogg and overall the music sound warmer and more natural even att the same kbps. I think one thing that really helps ogg vorbis in lower frequencies is the variable bitrate option. Without selecting variable bitrate the HE-AAC tune will sound better though...
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Thanks for your comments.
In general, now that you can get storage for really cheap, I recommend AAC+v2 mostly for radio stream (trans)coding for GPRS or other, heavily bandwidth-constrained clients - at it, it's just unbeatable. I've directly compared it at 24...32 kbps to that of OGG - there is just no comparison.
This is why I've emphasized "only if you really need to save storage" in the article.
Hi, i just wanna share a little for all of you in this community especially those who use Atom Life. This trick can be applied for other phone too. Feedback are always needed. So here's the Tips & Trick :
Music & PDA Let's mix it!
There's two audio output component in your PDA, headset jack and speaker. Most of all time to reach a good SQ (Sound Quality) many of PDA user apply different setting for each output. Example : if you use the earphone then u change the EQ, SRSWow setting even the player setting itself to reach the quality you want. But after u switch to speaker (in case your friend want to know what are you hear), the sound is disaster and you have to switch it again to match the quality for the speaker.
So how about if i can give you a little trick to set the optimum setting for both speaker and earphone? It would be great...
I have do some research and of course testing to find the perfect optimum set for both.
1st Rule in music : A good music need a good player to show it's potential sound. And what player do you use? WMP is bad and suck we all know that, so what the other choice that good? I recommended you to use Nitrogen check it here. Why? Coz it's deliver a superd audio quality and better than core player. It's only use minimum ram than core player (tested on mine running Nitrogen on standby use only bout 65% while Core suck 75%). There's plugin for FLAC playback (audio lover like it ). Also it's support skin too. Make your phone more music friendly. For qvga device you view here.
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2nd Rule : You have a good music, and a good player. What's next? An optimized setting for your audio output both speaker/earphone. Where it can be done? Check out your equalizer panel (Atom life O2 Software). Disable the build in equalizer, turn it off. Now move to the WOW HD Settings (enable this). Set this :
SRS 3D Effect : 50%
SRS Center Effect : 80% (on earphone if you feel that it's not balanced you can adjust it. set it as you like 50% or more, coz everyone ear is different and unique)
SRS Focus Level : 80%
SRS Definition Level : 20%
SRS TruBass : 80%
On nitrogen set EQ to flat (or don't turn on).
This setting combined with nitrogen will give you a great audio quality gain. With large frequency range to hear more through speaker/earphone. And also a superb bass quality deep but not overpress other sound channel. Making your music more great (feel the difference test it with your favorite song).
3rd Rule and the important once if you use earphone : Buy yourself a good quality jack converter from 2,5 to 3,5mm.
So you can use a good quality earphone to listen your music.
Here's what i use MD E945 BY MDISK
Impedance : 32ohm
Speaker : 13,5mm
Sensitivity : 106db @ 1Khz
Frequency range : 10 - 25.000Hz
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHEN SELECTING A EARPHONE IS THE CAPABILITY OF THIS PHONE TO DRIVE THE SIGNAL. (Example : you bought a high end set or earphone but it have a high impedance and therefor your phone cannot drive it signal coz there's not enought power. So it's useless.)
Another way to increase is to buy an small earphone amplifier for your phone (but it's not practical, so don't suggest it).
Also when you have a nice set of earphone, don't forget to burn in before to optimize the quality of the speaker. All About Burn in view here. And if you want to burn in your earphone download burn in wave here and view my burn in playlist.
That's all i can share, waiting for your feedback. Perhaps you can share your setting too here or audio player you use. Thanks.
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Android allows for customization of 8 bands of sound, each with individual values for gain, frequency range, type and qf. The EQ settings is disabled per default in our X10s, and this and more information is stored in a file called AudioFilter.csv (/system/etc/).
I wrote a handy little JAR-application that helps you edit this file and save a new copy on your PC. With our new found root privileges, this can then be pushed to device and overwrite the existing settings, modifying your X10's sound levels as you see fit.
As the /system/ parition is mounted as read-only filesystem, we can't simply push files straight to /system/etc. Therefore we will push the file to the /sdcard/ and, remount the partition as read-write, and then use the superuser privileges to copy the file over and replace the existing one.
Start by editing the AudioFilter.csv. Here is a copy of the original X10 settings file (Download: MegaUpload, MediaFire). Open it in the app, and edit it to your liking. Then save it as a new copy and follow the instructions below on how to replace the current settings. To enable the EQ, set "Enabled" value to 'FFFF', and then play with the bands' individual values. When you have the EQ set, move on to the step by step instructions:
1. PC: "adb push AudioFilter.csv /sdcard/
2. PC: "adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system"
3. X10: "su"
4. X10: "cp /sdcard/AudioFilter.csv /system/etc/"
5. X10: "reboot"
And there you go, your settings should be changed after boot. I am new to Android, so please correct me if I am completely lost on the matter.
This is not yet working, so no need to download yet - if you don't want to help out of course!
Download: MegaUpload, MediaFire
Please do not redistribute or mirror this application without my concent.
Reserved for future usage.
Looks like good work.
You know Java, we have root, why not making an android app to do just that?
What's the point of running commands when you can do it directly from an app?
oh, it's geat idea to put EQ into X10 !! But has anyone tested?? Plz do android app and clear tutorial how to .....
tuxStyle said:
You know Java, we have root, why not making an android app to do just that?
What's the point of running commands when you can do it directly from an app?
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Yes, that would naturally be the next step. I just wanted to see if people found this useful at all first..?
If there were an app for this, i would be the first to DL it
Has anyone tried this yet. I'd love to try it, but not sure how the values work, within the program :/
It maybe worth listing what each of the bands do and also what codes to use to increase the volume or decrease the volume.
This may also be useful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517745
This is F****in pro!! Thank you , and this is very useful, an app would be even better but I'm happy as is
Edit: Do you have a link to explain the freq codes?
I don't understand instruction how to apply the equalizer, I havent also my x10 rooted but I will do.... could anyone do instructions how to instal the eq, step by step?????
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
@karooluss
Download both links, Mr Rusch's csv, and x10 EQ. Open eq, hit open file, find csv you downloaded. To apply follow the script on the first page.
AndyD777 said:
It maybe worth listing what each of the bands do and also what codes to use to increase the volume or decrease the volume.
This may also be useful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517745
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If I may assume this works like any other normal EQ: The bands themselves are not controlling different things as someone said here before, but rather different frequency ranges. So basically, per the default settings - band1 are the very lowest of frequencies (most probably rumbling "bass" sounds), and band8 are the highest (sounds we can probably not even hear). I will try to explain it part by part..
Gain: This is volume increase/decrease, normally measured in dB.
Freq. (Frequency Range): This is the peak of the frequency range, which together with Type and QF determines the effect on the sound curve.
Type: This is the type of filter used on this frequency range. I believe 1 represents a lowpass filter, 2 a highpass filter, and 3 a notch filter. There may be more types, I don't know.
QF (Quality Factor): This is, simply put, the width of the curve in this frequency range. A low QF usually affects a wide frequency range, and a high QF usually a narrow one.
As for the values used, these are all half a byte of hexadecimal. 0 is zero, or null. FFFF is max, and would in decimal represent 65535. So, the frequency values used by standard (from band1 through 8) are 400, 500, 2000, 4000, 5000, 8000, 9000, 18000 in decimal, and probably actually a Hz value.
So, the values you enter have to be in HEX. Use a decimal to hexadecimal converter if HEX values are completely foreign to you.
app please! great job man
Have you tested this on your own handset?
AndyD777 said:
Have you tested this on your own handset?
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Of course, wouldn't post it here otherwise. Haven't had time to find good levels yet tho. Maybe you guys can help out.
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Yes, that would naturally be the next step. I just wanted to see if people found this useful at all first..?
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You are kidding?
How many audio players out there have an EQ?
This one would help a lot.
@mrrusch
Thanks for the update on how to use but one more question (it may be dumb) does changing the number in enable have any effect? I also turned the qf to 500. It seems like mp3s are a bit clearer but i cant hear a difference in wav files. Im using westone 3s no amp
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@mrrusch
Thanks for the update on how to use but one more question (it may be dumb) does changing the number in enable have any effect? I also turned the qf to 500. It seems like mp3s are a bit clearer but i cant hear a difference in wav files. Im using westone 3s no amp
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Enable needs to be set to either 0 or FFFF (0 = off, FFFF = on). This toggles whether to use the EQ or not.
When opening the original enable is set to 0. Therefore its turrned off. If we turn it on and save it. Would we ntice any difference?
[APP & GUIDE]: Volume+ - Increasing your music gain & quality through your headset
Hello guys and let us begin!
During my cohabitation with my beloved Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 , I had always one complain.
The bootloader was locked , battery life was awfull , there was no incall volume , camera gave too noisy pictures , the stock ROM was laggy , we didn't have fps uncaped...
...no seriously just one complain. I could never enjoy music being played on my headset using my mobile phone.
At this point many negative people may say that Android is not a music/multimedia platform and the hardware provided (headset etc.) is not of the best quality. Agreed! But I will answer we will have to work with what's being given.
So after using several custom ROMs equiped with DSP Manager I wasn't exactly getting the result I wanted. I had several undesired results such as:
The first few seconds of the song being played didn't actually play.
The bass was off the hook resulting in my headset playing a farty noise in my ears whenever there was a song that demanded deep bass.
I had generaly low volume resulting to not being able to listen to my favourite music while on my 3 hour bus travel every day to my university...
After some search around market and xda-developers forum I found the Volume+ application which is descent in it's free version BUT performs wonders as a paid version.
Now what I'm about to say onwards is about the paid version which in my humble opinion deserves its money.
AS THE DEVELOPER SAYS , I REPEAT TOO... THIS APP CAN GO -VERY- LOUD. I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE IF BY YOUR OWN MISTAKE YOU DAMAGE PERMANENTLY THE SPEAKER OF YOUR DEVICE.
First of we begin by setting any other equalizer stock or non stock to OFF. And if there is no disable option then we select the "FLAT" preset (that goes for stock Music player that can't disable its equalizer).
1.Then run Volume+ and chose Headset Settings.
2. Tick Speaker Modifications under Settings to Enable it.
Do not enable Virtual Room Effect. It's all about distortion imho.
3. Do -NOT- touch Basic Settings at all.
Basic Settings give some pre-made presets and none of them is good enough for x10. They all lack something and francly I've never been satisfied.
4. Tick Speaker Modifications under Advanced Settings.
That's for enabling the advanced equalizer to allow us to set each frequency channel independently.
5. Apply the following values.
Now these are the settings I use and I'm so much satisfied with them. They give me a rich overall volume , with correct frequencies.
At this point I want to say that if any other user has settings that believes are better than mine, feel free to post , share and explain!
Code:
Low: 100
Low/Mid: 120
Mid: 105
Mid/High: 100
High: 95
Volume Level: 7
Bass Boost: 8
Echo/Delay Level: 4
6. Although this application claims not to need a restart of device I strongly DISAGREE!
Reboot your device after you are done and under no reason should you kill the Volume+ service in case you are using a task killer/manager. Just add it to exceptions/white list.
So once you are done your settings must look exactly like this:
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How/Why:
In case you liked the result you can go on reading.
Those settings were not copied or found around the internet although I'm pretty sure anyone can Google and find something similar.
Those settings came from me and took quite a lot of my time since the whole process of "perfecting" them was listening to a bunch of different favourite songs (each song has its strengths and weaknesses) tweaking , restarting and again from the beggining. That's the best way to work with this application and needs quite a lot of patience but produces a neat result.
That being said , I want to say that my thing about music is that I'm a mainstream freak. So the songs I used to make my configuration are limited to certain kinds such as House , Electro , RnB/Hip-Hop , Pop , some slow Ballads. So for hardcore (Psy) Trance , (Death/Black) Metal , Opera listeners out there ... well guys , don't expect miracles!
Sample of songs used:
(Youtube quality has no relevance I just wanted a way to present them to you. I have those songs in full quality in my SDcard ofcourse.)
1. Claydee & Dimension-X - Call Me
(Pop with great vocals and hints of electro sounds and steady beat)
2. Alexunder Base ft. Mirela - Feelings (Club Version)
(Nice deep vocals and smooth bass. Also deep steady beat)
3. Fly Project - Goodbye
(Pop - High pitched tones during the reffrain natural and distorted guitar notes included)
4. Ela Rose ft. David Deejay - Lovely Words
(Nice deep bass , deep vocals , ambient sounds at the beginning)
5. MIMS - Move (If You Wanna)
(RnB - Very deep strong bass , human speech , harsh mid sounds like percussion)
...and about 20 others!
Regards!
Reserved for future use and because I can!
It can damage speaker if you play song via speaker,but if we play it via headset,possibility can damage out headset too ?
sory bad englsih
hiddenfr said:
It can damage speaker if you play song via speaker,but if we play it via headset,possibility can damage out headset too ?
sory bad englsih
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Not likely unless you do something incredibly thoughtless which again I can't be sure because headset and speaker are far different in technology.
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Awesome stuff, I have to say this has my westone 4s spitting out sounds I have not previously heard in my music. Haven't stopped listening to my collection since.
Before I start, this is not a app for Poweramp. This is a equalizer value for the app.
Credit for PA-CEQ
@San_X for the Balanced Settings back in 2014 concept linked here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674303.
JohnRTitor for testing PA-CEQ 3.0.
PA-CEQ or Poweramp Community Equalizer is a community driven equalizer for Poweramp, Poweramp Equalizer (not a app) and other devices which that improves audio fidelity of songs.
I am aware that this has been posted 5 years ago on the XDA forums. I actually used that preset before making PA-CEQ but felt something off about it. PA-CEQ is actually based on the same preset with some changes made to it.
How do you install PA-CEQ?
1. Go to Releases linked on Github and download the latest PA-CEQ.zip file in there. Select the version of PA-CEQ to use, choose either the Normal or Apple DAC option and copy the equalizer prefix to Poweramp/your device.
2. Copy the values within the screenshot to Poweramp or your device or import the equalizer file inside the For Poweramp Equalizer folder to Poweramp Equalizer.
Reserved for any needed added info. Not a bump.
For anyone wanting to compare or find a estimate equalizer to San_X's settings, here is a link to it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQmyyIsFs6ax9ba0FMYMqdh4kgziSIdP/view?usp=drivesdk
Import in power amp and not eq preset is loaded just the one I had previously up.... Doesn't change anything.
nikothebarber said:
Import in power amp and not eq preset is loaded just the one I had previously up.... Doesn't change anything.
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Sorry for the lateness. Had a job and university courses to focus on at the time. Are you sure you put the file from Github to the right folder location being Android/data/_com.maxmp.poweramp.audioplayer?
Should be loading it up.
Thanks!
I tried it with Samsung S8 & JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker...I prefer little more bass...is there a possibility to have a newer file?
Not working for me. Preset was not loaded. Help me please
xalaros10 said:
I tried it with Samsung S8 & JBL Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker...I prefer little more bass...is there a possibility to have a newer file?
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There is a bass mode option which is based off the old preset by the original dev I think on Github, else I can maybe see it? I normally don't use bass on music myself since I feel it ruins the original punch but at min you can do like 45% Bass manualy?
tamilkhadar01 said:
Not working for me. Preset was not loaded. Help me please
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Did you download the right preset? Alternatively you can go on Github and look at the equalizer screenshots and do the preset from there.
AndroidOSDeveloper said:
There is a bass mode option which is based off the old preset by the original dev I think on Github, else I can maybe see it? I normally don't use bass on music myself since I feel it ruins the original punch but at min you can do like 45% Bass manualy?
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Where is this bass mode option and what exactly adjust for 45% Bass manualy?
xalaros10 said:
Where is this bass mode option and what exactly adjust for 45% Bass manualy?
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If you select the button that looks like 3 dials that go up and down, you get this
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Turn on Tone and then adjust the bass dial to around 45% for the original preset or to your liking.
AndroidOSDeveloper said:
If you select the button that looks like 3 dials that go up and down, you get this
Turn on Tone and then adjust the bass dial to around 45% for the original preset or to your liking.
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I can't seem to get the import to work. If you don't mind could you please a screenshot for the entire eq so I can copy it manually
Edit : nevermind. I found the screenshot.
80s Baby said:
I can't seem to get the import to work. If you don't mind could you please a screenshot for the entire eq so I can copy it manually
Edit : nevermind. I found the screenshot.
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Yeah I should have originally posted the screenshots here with a loaded preset 2nd. I think I might have to update how it plays a bit since some devices have a bit of issues with high low frequencies in BT like cars or Apple's Dongle DAC. I do have a preset set for that one soon though.
AndroidOSDeveloper said:
If you select the button that looks like 3 dials that go up and down, you get this
Turn on Tone and then adjust the bass dial to around 45% for the original preset or to your liking.
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Thank you for this. Sound output improves a lot. Also there's a slight difference regarding "Hi-Res Output 16 BIT 48 KHZ" mine say "Hi-Res Output 24 bit 192 khz"? Is it correct or not? Thank you
Edit: The App keeps restarting from time to time removing the imported settings?
PA-CEQ 2.0 Release
PA-CEQ 2.0 is released after months. Decided to test the prefix more and sounds a bit of a improvement to PA-CEQ 1. Looking for feedback on this since this is new and more different from the original.
Now with screenshots instead of .poweramp file in a ZIP container in Github and below. http:///github.com/GanstaKingofSA/PA-CEQ/releases/tag/2.0
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Hi-Res bitrate and hertz don't matter but it is suggested for music to stay at 44.1kHz. Sorry for a long response. Been so busy in life. Try just using the preset bars in the screenshots than the .poweramp-settings file or try PA-CEQ 2 for some experimentation
Released PA-CEQ 2.1 now.
I used the 31 band preset to calibrate the standard 10 band preset that normally anyone uses for their devices and is a tad improved on 2.0 with fixed bass/vocals. https://github.com/GanstaKingofSA/PA-CEQ/releases/tag/2.1
PA-CEQ 3.0 is now released with a massive improvement to the dB preset and support for Parametric EQ, includes a Poweramp Equalizer Import File, and less gain aggressiveness as the last few revisions. This also should get rid of audio distortion that was present in the past revisions of PA-CEQ. If you wanna learn more or want to try it out, you may do so by going here: https://github.com/GanstaKingofSA/PA-CEQ/releases/tag/3.0
I highly recommend all using PA-CEQ to try it and those that haven't or have but didn't like the last few to try it out and see for yourself.