My iTunes audio player on my iBook has a nifty graphic equalizer that lets me adjust the tone of the music it plays. I can do this manually, or I can select from a list of presets like “Latin” and “Pop”.
It’s surprising to me (an audio amateur, if that) how much better I can make music sound if I adjust the EQ to the genre. For example, right now I’m listening to Radio Free Tiny Pineapple playing Bachelor No. 2 by Aimee Mann. If I set the EQ to “Rock” the song sounds rich and full-bodied whereas if I set the EQ to “Acoustic” it sounds more reserved and barren.
What I’m wondering is this: is anyone working on hooking up the meta-data stored in MP3 files to the EQ settings in an audio player, so that I can say, for example “if genre equals bluegrass the set EQ to lots of treble.” Or whatever?
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Any idea what the different
Any idea what the different genre settings are doing to the EQ and how they differ? I’ve never heard of genre-specific EQ.
Winamp will save your EQ
Winamp will save your EQ settings for each song and load them when the song plays. Mind you, you need to do all the EQ settings yourself, and I don’t believe they transfer with the file, but its still can be a somewhat useful feature.
20 years!
20 years!
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