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1. #Banshee music player linux extra equalizer options how to#
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If you want to write your own, here are some instructions. You could look at popular Linux mp3 players like RhythmBox, Banshee, VLC, or even Audacity. These people typically get very upset if you then mess with their equalizer settings. They then adjust the equalizer to flatten the frequency response, thereby compensating for the acoustics of the room to give you a more pure hearing of recorded audio. Most people use graphic equalizers to boost parts of the spectrum for effect, like boosting the bass.Īudiophiles typically use a spectrum analyzer wired to a microphone (not an amplifier) to monitor the response of a room in which white noise is being played through a graphic equalizer. It does not modify the signal.Ī graphic equalizer, on the other hand, allows you to boost or attenuate the energy of the audio at various frequency bands. For most people, it is basically eye candy. It shows the instantaneous energy level at various frequency ranges across the audio spectrum. It doesn't recognize it so I use other players like VLC and Rhythmbox for audio CDs right now.I think what you are looking for is a spectrum analyzer.

#Banshee music player linux extra equalizer options how to#

P.S.: One thing I'm trying to find an answer to, is how to get foobar2000 (through WINE) to play an audio CD. I don't know how it works, but I like it because it sounds like it makes the audio more "live." Anyway don't mean to ramble too much.:popcorn: One of the DSPs I like to use is Channel Mixer, to widen the audio. I like it because my subwoofer tends to be heavy on the bass even on its lowest setting, so I like to turn it down some. I just like the many options of the program and I might be wrong with exactly how the audio process works from the program to the soundcard, but if someone thinks I mis-spoke here, please correct me with documented facts because I would like to learn, too.Īlso, it has an equalizer, and Rhythmbox doesn't have that.I was surprised. This is not meant to start a flame war over whether foobar2000 is "better" or not compared to other players (I have just seen a lot of those so that's why I say this).

So I output 192khz at 24 bits, and yes I know that very few general audio is even encoded at that level, but it does make a difference when you are using DSPs to enhance the audio to your liking, and doing it at that increased precision.īecause if I didn't set the resampler to 192khz, it would likely come from the player at the default 44.1khz or 48khz, and then the soundcard itself's hardware is responsible for upsampling it, which is not optimal, at least that's what I've read. It can output the audio at various bit-depths (8, 16, 24, 32) and there are resamplers to more accurately reproduce the capability of your sound card, if you have a higher-end one. I like it because it has technical features/options that most other players don't, and I like having that higher degree of control over the audio, processing, and output.

#Banshee music player linux extra equalizer options windows#

It became my player of preference when I was using Windows before discovering Ubuntu, and now I just play it through WINE. So if they could fix those it would be well on its way to becoming the Amarok of Ubuntu.Īnyway, sorry for the ramble. You can see your recently played tracks and top artists without going to the webpage, although a little more congifurability with regard to what you can see (top tracks/albums etc) would be good. Also the Last FM functionality is very cool. I like its clean and uncluttered layout and the way you can move between different views.

Also, I like complete control over my files so the fact that there is no way to manually remove or add album art is something of a pain. I like to generate a constant stream of tracks from my collection in the way iTunes Party Shuffle or the Amarok dynamic playlists do (Exaile also seems to have this feature). So I've been testing some of the Gnome players and at this point the one that comes closest to what I want is Banshee but it is currently missing some crucial features most important is its poor playlist functionality. Also, Amarok 2 looks bizarre from what I've seen so I want to escape before it becomes standard.

However I'm not too fond of the Amarok interface (you can't view a playlist or album in the main window without wiping out your current playlist, what the heck is that about?). I'm a refugee from Windows so MediaMonkey is the benchmark as far as I'm concerned. As it's the closest thing to MediaMonkey.