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Foobar2000 Dolby Headphone config - Comment & discuss!

Jul 12, 2011 at 9:56 PM Post #136 of 868
Updated the default EQ preset very slightly to make it a bit less veiled sounding.
 
Jul 15, 2011 at 1:00 AM Post #138 of 868
RPGWiZaRD,
 
I am so totally impressed with this implementation of the Dolby Headphone plugin. It has really taken the "2D" edge off of my music completely. I use a few headphones, and I really like what it does with every one of them (Ultrasone Proline 750s, Skull Candy Titan, Sennheiser PXC 250).
 
All I can say is, WOW! It really makes electronica amazing (especially psytrance), and gives a ton of space and depth/spaciousness to all kinds of program material. Quite versatile! Thank you for taking the pains to adjust-out the deficiencies of the Dolby Headphone plugin to EQ it into behaving! This is really a remarkable accomplishment. I enjoy everything much more this way. It is just such a more interesting experience!
 
Thanks again!
 
Terry
 
Jul 15, 2011 at 4:22 AM Post #139 of 868
It's nice to hear you're enjoying it! Thanks for the kind words.
 
I added a new just slightly tweaked preset of the default: Genre: Balanced (More Bass) which has about 1dB stronger bass response compared to the default preset as well as some minor adjustments in the treblerange and it sounds nice with my hardstyle music and may be a better "balanced" setting to use for some headphones and electronica especially. The new dsp chain preset as well as the usual full package and all presets etc can be downloaded from 
 
https://skydrive.live.com/#!/?cid=87ed83e2c9fd453c&sc=documents&uc=1&id=87ED83E2C9FD453C%21272
 
I also added two examples of dolby headphone recorded tracks to OP.
 
Jul 15, 2011 at 9:02 AM Post #140 of 868
Love the new preset: Genre:Balanced (More Bass) - it doesn't overkill at all, definitely well balanced with good "air" on the top end. This is going to receive recommendations from me all over the place!
 
Terry
 
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rpgwizard said:
It's nice to hear you're enjoying it! Thanks for the kind words.
 
I added a new just slightly tweaked preset of the default: Genre: Balanced (More Bass) which has about 1dB stronger bass response compared to the default preset as well as some minor adjustments in the treblerange and it sounds nice with my hardstyle music and may be a better "balanced" setting to use for some headphones and electronica especially. The new dsp chain preset as well as the usual full package and all presets etc can be downloaded from 
 
https://skydrive.live.com/#!/?cid=87ed83e2c9fd453c&sc=documents&uc=1&id=87ED83E2C9FD453C%21272
 
I also added two examples of dolby headphone recorded tracks to OP.
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Jul 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM Post #141 of 868
That's good to hear! Unfortunately I noticed some very gentle distortion in some of my hot recorded hardstyle tracks that will distort as soon as you use EQ to make it even tiiiiiny bit hotter (louder) than default (during the heavy bass part) so adjusted the gain a little to take care of that and reuploaded the files like a few mins ago. Shouldn't lead to any noticable change in sound though as I didn't have to adjust it a lot at all.
 
I wonder if there's any audible difference having the Electri-Q 3rd as opposed to first in the active dsp list, I configured it like this for this preset but switching back n forth I don't seem to hear any kind of difference really but you could try it on your end as well and see what you think in case the equipment here plays a role.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 6:24 AM Post #142 of 868
Well I've heavily concidered making this the new default balanced EQ preset and make the previous default preset into Balanced (Less Bass) and also keep the Balanced (More Bass) preset. This new setting has bass that's in-between the two, a -1.5dB or so bass reduction compared to -2dB and -1dB in these others and also has less of a bass colorisation, the bass is more evenly reduced so there's not any overemphasized ~30Hz or so bass compared to 50~100Hz or so range which results in a slightly more punchy bass. I know there's not a huge difference but the difference is audible enough for me to care about it and when I compare to the stock foobar2000 setting this new with -1.5dB sounds pretty much identical when it comes to bass output.
 
Tell me what you think: foobar2000.EQ.Balanced.(Default)-RPGWiZaRD
 

 
EDIT: Well I updated the rest of the files as well as I like this so much as the new default preset and by far the best default preset provided so far so don't see any reason to wait.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 2:54 PM Post #143 of 868
Is it normal if songs sound louder in the right can? 
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 2:57 PM Post #144 of 868
Some songs may be recorded that way but shouldn't be that many. For example some of the tracks by Mike Oldfield are like that.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 3:06 PM Post #145 of 868
All of my songs sound that way. Anyways, I switched to two channels and it sounds much better now. :)
 
Jul 21, 2011 at 8:53 AM Post #146 of 868
I adjusted some of the presets a little and lowered the bass in some of them (electronica preset the most). I would be still curious to hear about what you think about the newest EQ default preset as I think it sounds very close to the stock foobar2000 now in terms of frequency response balance.
 
Jul 27, 2011 at 3:19 PM Post #147 of 868
I uploaded 2 new DH demo vids today
 

 
Suggestions of songs that might work really well, maybe some live performances?
 
 
Jul 30, 2011 at 6:49 PM Post #148 of 868
RPGWizard, thanks for the guide and settings.  There's not enough center channel information for most of my classical music recordings, as I really want the orchestra out in front of me, rather than playing at my sides, but it is overall a great improvement. I've noticed that Dolby adds some kind of wavering reverberation which kind of breaks the deal for me.  It's very noticeable on a long sine wave sweep or even many pop songs, especially those with male vocals (I first noticed it on She's Leaving Home from Sgt. Pepper's).  Without Dolby, this artifact is gone and the sound is much more accurate to my ears.  So I was wondering if anyone else has tried using the Channel Mixer (upmixed in "Surround") without Dolby.  It eliminates the wavering effect and drastically decreases the amount of rear channel information, too much of which I think compromises musical realism.  When you remove Dolby from the chain, you'll have to make major adjustments to your current Channel Mixer settings to get a full, realistic sound.  I had to increase stereo width, rear volume and some other settings.  Most recordings sound much more realistic to my ears without Dolby: less coloration, greater forward projection, no wavering reverberations.  Not perfect yet, but I'm still experimenting.  Any thoughts?
 
Jul 31, 2011 at 12:27 AM Post #149 of 868
This sounds quite impressive (Only could listen to the Cash piece in USA).
I'm having lots of fun with all your latest presets - thanks for all your work and your commitment to this very worthwhile project.
Terry
 
Jul 31, 2011 at 3:05 AM Post #150 of 868
What do you think about them though, is there too heavy bass/too little treble present in most of them? They were tweaked for a flat headphone in mind which I don't have so it's a bit difficult to say. 
 
I also made a video for the disaster in Japan because I thought this vocaloid song was very fitting for such purpose (Dolby Headphone isn't doing that much for this song in particular).

(finally a video with no copyright claims xD)
 
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