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post #1 of 20
4/18/11 at 9:27pm
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Okay so I know that music should sound as its intended to be without the addition of a equalizer preset, but to me, it sounds better with equalizer presets.

 

So I just switched to Foobar with Wasapi, and I really like Foobar better, but the only thing I don't like is a feature iTunes offers.  iTunes offers you the choice to set a certain EQ preset for each individual song in your library, which is a good thing to have if you don't want to switch the EQ preset in Foobar everytime a different genre plays.

 

I was wondering if theres any to set an EQ preset to a certain song, artist, album, anything.  

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post #2 of 20
4/18/11 at 9:50pm
I don't think that is possible, but you can save some presets..
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post #3 of 20
4/18/11 at 11:27pm
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Is there actually a big difference between iTunes and Foobar? I like Foobar because

 

1. Wasapi

2. Can play FLAC

3. Can customize its appearance (made it look very nice compared to iTunes' plain layout)

 

Or is there any way to change iTunes layout?

 

OR are there any other good music players? I've tried Winamp but prefer Foobar or iTunes over it.

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post #4 of 20
4/19/11 at 4:01pm

iTunes sucks for playback.  =\

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post #5 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:03pm
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for some reason music sounds sooo much better with EQ presets for me.  Without them they sound muffled and muddy...

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post #6 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:12pm

keep foobar.

get the vst plugin

download the free version of electri-q

it is a much better equalizer and you can save as many presets as you want.

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post #7 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:15pm
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links? :D

 

I googled "foobar vst plugin" and the responses varied..

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post #8 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:36pm

http://www.yohng.com/software/foobarvst.html

 

http://www.aixcoustic.com/index.php/Electri-Q-posihfopit/30/0/

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post #9 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:45pm
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How do I use VST? I know how to install it into Foobar, but do I do anything else? I'm not sure what it is haha

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post #10 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:50pm
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LOL okay I'm really bad at this stuff...I installed Electri-Q...now what? how do I use it or whatever... sorry x)

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post #11 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by jbl772 View Post

How do I use VST? I know how to install it into Foobar, but do I do anything else? I'm not sure what it is haha



 

first enable it in the foobar preferences under playback/dsp

you'll need to install electri-q as its instructions as well.. which im pretty sure is the same as the vst, which is dropping the dll file into your components folder

 

then go to your task/tray bar thing inn the lower right corner of your screen, and right click on the littl VST logo...

and navigate to enabling electri-q..

 

thats the uber simple version.. any more than that and you're gonna have to ask someone else...  its been too long since i've set all that up to remember.. and I'm lazy...

 

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post #12 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:57pm
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LOL i installed vst...but when I downloaded Electri-Q it was a setup file, and it installed to C:\Program Files (x86)/ blah blah and the only thing in its folder was a manual and uninstallation... no dll

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post #13 of 20
4/19/11 at 8:59pm
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nvm found it x)

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post #14 of 20
4/20/11 at 3:38am

You should use this VST component instead http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=84947 . It is newer and better implemented IMO.

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post #15 of 20
4/20/11 at 3:06pm
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Originally Posted by thuantran View Post

You should use this VST component instead http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=84947 . It is newer and better implemented IMO.



Agreed.

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