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petar
2013-10-29
2013-10-30
  • petar

    petar - 2013-10-29

    ...i have downloaded Equalizer APO 0.8 beta x64 app, installed it (on my Win 7), and then i tested Preamp - everything works ok. but, the problem is that i can't see the GUI(?)

    i'm not an audiofil or some sound proffesional, i'm just trying to make my USB headset work better, since this app is the only one existing - plz help.

     
  • Jonas Dahlinger

    Jonas Dahlinger - 2013-10-29

    Equalizer APO itself has no graphical interface yet, that's why the Documentation Wiki contains instructions how to use Room EQ Wizard to create configuration files for E-APO. As E-APO is no graphic equalizer but a parametric one, it's not as easy to configure.

    For me it sounds like you actually want a graphic equalizer but your sound card driver does not provide one. Currently, there's no simple solution for that. I suggest a manual two step process:
    1. Use a graphic equalizer inside an audio player to find an equalizer setting that suits your needs.
    2. Use Room EQ Wizard to design a filter set that provides a frequency response that's close to the equalizer setting (which has the gain values that you set for the graphic equalizer at the corresponding frequencies and a smooth transition in between) and export that filter set as a text file you can load with E-APO (see the Documentation Wiki for how to do that).

     
  • petar

    petar - 2013-10-29

    thank you for the replay.
    yes, i know that but i saw this one https://sourceforge.net/p/equalizerapo/wiki/Images/attachment/RoomEQWizard.png

    so i thought...

    my sound card is integrated on the MBord and i use it for 5.1 speakers, but the headset have built in "sound card" and they work on USB cable which is completely separated from my on MBoard sound card. whatever i do in SB X-Fi, does'n apply to the headset. so i thought i would need something more "fundamental", just like Equalizer APO, since the headset (Genius HS-03U) doesn't have drivers or any GUI.

    i do use GUI in Vinamp or any other player which have it, but i can't use it for YouTube or...

    btw, definitely i'm not the only one having this problem with an USB "headset".

     
  • Jonas Dahlinger

    Jonas Dahlinger - 2013-10-29

    The screenshot you refer to is from RoomEQWizard (that's why its filename is RoomEQWizard.png). You can absolutely use that to create your filters for Equalizer APO, it's just a separate application, not contained in the Equalizer APO installation. You can get it from http://www.hometheatershack.com/roomeq/ . The Documentation Wiki contains instructions on how to use it together with Equalizer APO.

     
  • petar

    petar - 2013-10-30

    problem solved. i found perfect program for this purpose - DFX Sound Enhancer

    Equalizer APO will stay on my PC for sound level override

     
  • Jonas Dahlinger

    Jonas Dahlinger - 2013-10-30

    Nice find, I didn't know about that program. It seems to be a system-wide solution like Equalizer APO, but uses a virtual sound card to implement that.

     
  • petar

    petar - 2013-10-30

    yea, it's just standalone sound enhancer (equalizer) which manipulates all sound outputs (even USB).

     

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