![]() ![]() You will know you have the right value with the "Peak gain" is no longer red, or at least reads 0 dB. Simply add a preamp and turn down the gain by as much as the largest boost you want to achieve. Since both of those options are terrible, thankfully it's easy to manually direct it to go with option 3. The built in Windows EQ, if present, has always used method 2 as well in my experience. The fact is you can't boost above maximum volume, so the way you achieve this is to turn down everything else in software, and then turn up your actual volume to compensate, be that the Windows volume or the volume on your amp, etc.īy default, Equalizer APO used to use method 1 but it now uses method 2. This creates an annoying volume pulsing effect, hence my name for it. Basically, if the treble in the signal you are playing is quiet enough that you can stay within range despite the amplification, it will play exactly what you want, but if the treble gets loud enough that it would have to clip, it will instead drop the volume of everything to "make room". This simply caps or clips off what would have been the amplified sound wave, and creates a very annoying "ear rape" effect (distortion). Therefore, one of three things must happen if you want to increase the treble (or any frequency):Ĭlipping. Just as you can't have a pixel be brighter than white, you can't have sound be louder than the maximum representable volume. Just as every subpixel in an (8 bit) image can only be some integer between 0 and 255, a "sample", or sound wave's amplitude, can only be between zero, and the maximum value. But here we are working within the digital range. ![]() If you were using an analog EQ, (for all intents and purposes) this wouldn't happen - it would simply amplify the treble more. Here I have inserted a "high shelf" filter. Mind the separate playback and capture tabs if you intend to use it for input devices as well. Obviously my list of devices may vary from yours. Once it is installed and ready to be configured, you'll see this screen asking which audio devices you want to be able to use Equalizer APO on. Note that I will not be guiding you to a single complete setup but rather giving you the knowledge necessary to make your own configs as needed. Hopefully by the end of this you will be able to setup whatever is needed to make it not only listenable but truly pleasant. If you've ever been watching a video and wanted to complain about the audio, this guide is for you. I will be using Equalizer APO for this task. This guide will cover everything you should need to take full control over your system audio, including but not limited to setting an EQ, compressor, VST plugin, or other effects on either an input or output. ![]()
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