winamp equalizer questions

crazycanuck · 28th June 2000, 00:16

i was wondering if there was actually a site or somewhere that will tell you exactly how to tune the winamp eq to your own music and the way you like to hear it. i want to be able to know exactly what each channel does.

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 29th June 2000, 06:59

I'm not sure 'bout any sites, but I can tell you 'bout the eq. The slider to the far left is the preamp adjuster. This allows you to increase or decrease the gain over all freqs by 20 decibels. There are ten more. They control the gain of individual freqs: 60, 170, 310, 600, 1000, 3000, 6000, 12000, 14000, and 16000 hz respectively. The gain on each of these sliders is also +/- 20 decibels. If you want more bass, just raise the sliders on the left. If the treble is too high, lower the sliders on the right. It's as simple as that. Just mess with the sliders until you like the way your music sounds. Also, if you crank up the gain too much, the music will become distorted. This is called 'clipping'. As you probably know, there are lots of presets that you can choose from to adjust your sound. Once you make a setting that you like, you can save it along with all of the other presets so that you can recall it whenever you want. Hope this cleared things up a little

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28th June 2000, 00:16	#1
crazycanuck Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 4	i was wondering if there was actually a site or somewhere that will tell you exactly how to tune the winamp eq to your own music and the way you like to hear it. i want to be able to know exactly what each channel does.

29th June 2000, 06:59	#2
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	I'm not sure 'bout any sites, but I can tell you 'bout the eq. The slider to the far left is the preamp adjuster. This allows you to increase or decrease the gain over all freqs by 20 decibels. There are ten more. They control the gain of individual freqs: 60, 170, 310, 600, 1000, 3000, 6000, 12000, 14000, and 16000 hz respectively. The gain on each of these sliders is also +/- 20 decibels. If you want more bass, just raise the sliders on the left. If the treble is too high, lower the sliders on the right. It's as simple as that. Just mess with the sliders until you like the way your music sounds. Also, if you crank up the gain too much, the music will become distorted. This is called 'clipping'. As you probably know, there are lots of presets that you can choose from to adjust your sound. Once you make a setting that you like, you can save it along with all of the other presets so that you can recall it whenever you want. Hope this cleared things up a little