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What music app do you guys use?

Just curious to see what everyone's running. I was using Google play Music until it started disorganizing my music a couple days ago in ABC order instead of actual tracklist order. So now I use nice player! What do you guys use?
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Testicopolicious said:
Just curious to see what everyone's running. I was using Google play Music until it started disorganizing my music a couple days ago in ABC order instead of actual tracklist order. So now I use nice player! What do you guys use?
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I mainly use google play music because I have most of my music stored on the cloud, but for local I used to use PowerAmp which was awesome and sometimes I use Maple - it has some really cool features like pitch and speed adjustment.
but I think theres already a thread on this somewhere, in the apps section so you should probably look there

I hate how Google Play music makes it so hard just to get to the All Songs list. I think it requires at least three or four button presses, which I might be doing wrong but it's annoying to do if it really is that way.

yahoowizard said:
I hate how Google Play music makes it so hard just to get to the All Songs list. I think it requires at least three or four button presses, which I might be doing wrong but it's annoying to do if it really is that way.
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I agree with this. I wish Google made the music app similar to those in TouchWiz or Sony xperias. Although I don't like the UI of Play Music, I'm kind of forced to use it due the N4's limited storage and Play's free song upload feature.

vikramkhalsa said:
but I think theres already a thread on this somewhere, in the apps section so you should probably look there
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It's either been locked or disappeared forever, like this thread will be.

Shuttle+ is the best on my opinion, design, options and functions.

There is a thread made in themes and app section for all you guys.. It will help you all for knowing yhe various Music app people use..:good:

I use power amp and think it's totally worth the money. And yeah what other people said, there's a thread about this in the themes and apps forum where you can read about it there.
I personally went with power amp because the other media players annoyed me with the wrong album art work and would display the same artwork for all songs even though the artwork was completely irrelevant
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Play Music. its simple and doesnt eat a lot of battery compare to 3rd part music apps -_-.

Play Music + Viper4android as my equalizer. Doesn't eat a lot of battery and it makes your 10 in ear earphones sound like Hi-end headphones.

I use Google Play Music now since I subscribed to All Access. But if I was using local files I'd be using PowerAmp.

More bass through earphones?

I've got my G2 for a few days now, on my previous phone, the One X, there was a mod I would flash that would add a equalizer menu to the music player.
It was great, you could choose from various presets or choose your own and one of them had insane bass that sounded amazing with DNB. Problem is I can't find any such thing, App or mod for my G2. The stock Music EQ just doesn't cut it and the equalizers I tried from the playstore don't even work for me :s

Viper4android is what you need, see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456073

D3VICE said:
I've got my G2 for a few days now, on my previous phone, the One X, there was a mod I would flash that would add a equalizer menu to the music player.
It was great, you could choose from various presets or choose your own and one of them had insane bass that sounded amazing with DNB. Problem is I can't find any such thing, App or mod for my G2. The stock Music EQ just doesn't cut it and the equalizers I tried from the playstore don't even work for me :s
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stefanpledl.beat
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Viper4android is what you need, see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456073
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Going to try right away, thanks!
EDIT: Holy ****, this unreal, thanks a lot dude!
How hard will super quality eat my battery? It said something about drain.

It's all relative, but to me it's worth having better audio at the expense of a little extra battery usage. I'm coming from a galaxy nexus so anything over 2 hours (screen on) of battery life is gravy...

Audio Effects??

I have made changes to Settings > Sound > Audio Effects for both wired and speaker and have yet to notice any difference regardless of the changes I make. Even when I make extreme changes just to see an effect I get nothing. Has anyone been able to get a noticeable change my modifying these settings?
Thanks.

Bump... Anyone?
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SENECA sogamin
It's a Motorola issue. I had a Moto X Gen 2 and the EQ settings didn't work.

PerCompLLC said:
I have made changes to Settings > Sound > Audio Effects for both wired and speaker and have yet to notice any difference regardless of the changes I make. Even when I make extreme changes just to see an effect I get nothing. Has anyone been able to get a noticeable change my modifying these settings?
Thanks.
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Disabled it using player pro

In other words just use different audio effects software?
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PerCompLLC said:
In other words just use different audio effects software?
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I always used to use viper. but sadly...

civiksi said:
I always used to use viper. but sadly...
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Yeah... Me too.
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Anyone want to recommend a couple of good equalizer apps?
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And which ones work via Bluetooth, everything I've tried no dice, really miss viper, the sound was amazing in my mazda cx5, now it's so so at best

PerCompLLC said:
Anyone want to recommend a couple of good equalizer apps?
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I've experimented with various EQ apps and the one I really like is called Equilizer FX. It doesn't switch/reset the last profile used and I like the profile settings and effects.

DJ Sandman said:
I've experimented with various EQ apps and the one I really like is called Equilizer FX. It doesn't switch/reset the last profile used and I like the profile settings and effects.
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Thanks! I'll give it a go... Update: Works perfectly! And it integrates with Settings > Sound, unlike the others I have tried. I'll test it in the car on my way home and, if I continue to like it, I'll pay the $.99 to support the dev.

I use Rocket Player. It doesn't equalize all audio but it works very, very well for me when I listen to music. If you pay for the premium version you get a 12 band equalizer which is nice

I use Equalizer by Smart Android LLC. I dig the interface and like that it can auto select a preset based on the song you're listening to. If you get the paid version it can even auto select from streaming services.

Viper was the best. Wondering if any ex-Viper users have found any non root apps that they would approve of. Hopefully there's something out there that comes close to Viper.

I tried equaliser fx, liked that it replaced the stock audio effects in settings, it works ok, going to try a few more, really really miss viper!

I never really understood equalizer settings. Not sure what all the Hz's and dB's mean. Does anyone have a custom preset that would be similar to Viper's Treble Booster profile?

I get the differences loud and clear when I move it around.
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tonyf7 said:
I never really understood equalizer settings. Not sure what all the Hz's and dB's mean. Does anyone have a custom preset that would be similar to Viper's Treble Booster profile?
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It's simple. Db is decibels which associates to volume or amount you put to the frequency. Hz from lowest number is bass but once you get to the 100hz it's more mid range bass then khz is thousands of hz so like 10khz is 10,000 hz so that's treble for example

You and me both!!! Viper is/was AWESOME!

mikera67 said:
I tried equaliser fx, liked that it replaced the stock audio effects in settings, it works ok, going to try a few more, really really miss viper!
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Please check in if you find any others that are good. Equalizer FX seems pretty good, but some of the settings don't seem to stick for me. I paid the $.99 to support the dev after I tried the free version, but I think the free version actually may work better than the paid version.

Hi-Fi DAC not working with Google Play Music...

So this was a problem on my v10, too. Someone developed an app that enabled the DAC for all music apps, which was great. But ultimately, I think LG fixed the issue when they upgraded the v10 to Marshmallow.
So on my v20 I was not expecting this to be an issue...again. But I am not hearing ANY difference if listening to music through GPM with/without the DAC on. Is this just me, or can anyone else reproduce the problem?

ocelot4ark said:
So this was a problem on my v10, too. Someone developed an app that enabled the DAC for all music apps, which was great. But ultimately, I think LG fixed the issue when they upgraded the v10 to Marshmallow.
So on my v20 I was not expecting this to be an issue...again. But I am not hearing ANY difference if listening to music through GPM with/without the DAC on. Is this just me, or can anyone else reproduce the problem?
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IIRC, the quad DAC is programmed to only kick on for music above a certain quality level, otherwise it only uses one DAC. That said, Google Play Music streaming sounds infinitely better through wired headphones on this phone than it did on the Note 7. I used bluetooth headphones on the Note because it sounded better than the terrible headphone jack on that.

Yeah, I don't think it sounds BAD. I just don't think GPM sounds as good on the v20 as it did on the v10 when I had the DAC on.

I hear a difference between them so it must be working at least for me.
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Tidbits said:
I hear a difference between them so it must be working at least for me.
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Do you hear a slight pause/skip/whatever when you flip the switch on and off?

I hope this isnt the case as I use GPM as my primary source of music. I also use the headphone jack and bluetooth the listen.

I hear a short pause and the sound changes. The volume gets louder and the bass has better feel to them.
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Okay - I downloaded the "DAC fix for LGV10" from the V10 forums. It worked well for the V10, so why not? It works for the V20, too! The DAC is acting as I expected now for GPM. Hope this helps someone else. I'm going to add to the apps section, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v10/themes-apps/dac-fix-hi-fi-dac-everywhere-t3274457
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lgv10.dacfix&rdid=com.phascinate.lgv10.dacfix
edit: I should mention that I'm using the tmobile variant. Perhaps other carriers implemented better.

Did you go into settings for Google Play and change the quality?
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I did some more testing. Some songs it wouldn't work on. So I am guessing not all songs are streaming at the same quality.
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ocelot4ark said:
Okay - I downloaded the "DAC fix for LGV10" from the V10 forums. It worked well for the V10, so why not? It works for the V20, too! The DAC is acting as I expected now for GPM. Hope this helps someone else. I'm going to add to the apps section, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v10/themes-apps/dac-fix-hi-fi-dac-everywhere-t3274457
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lgv10.dacfix&rdid=com.phascinate.lgv10.dacfix
edit: I should mention that I'm using the tmobile variant. Perhaps other carriers implemented better.
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I just installed this fix. Will test now.

Best equalizer for the LG G6? (No root)

Hi guys, i just got a lg g6 and discovered it doesnt has a native equalizer. What is a good equalizer to download and use with the G6 without rooting it. I download the "equalizer pro" from google play, it looks to work (even has amp) but i wonder if there's something better.

Slazyel said:
Hi guys, i just got a lg g6 and discovered it doesnt has a native equalizer. What is a good equalizer to download and use with the G6 without rooting it. I download the "equalizer pro" from google play, it looks to work (even has amp) but i wonder if there's something better.
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I'm in the same boat. It's disappointing LG doesn't' include a native or global equalizer. It's hit or miss trying to find one that works and not cutting out and quit working. I have troubles with them on my Nexus 7 and the HTC One M7 i used to have. The 3rd party one's aren't always reliable. and definitely don't sound as good as poweramp. I cam from a Galaxy S7 and it had a nice EQ app on it. It's a shame samsung has all curved screens. I would go back to Samsung because of the EQ, great selection of themes for the native theme app, and a more reliable camera.

railfan-eric said:
I'm in the same boat. It's disappointing LG doesn't' include a native or global equalizer. It's hit or miss trying to find one that works and not cutting out and quit working. I have troubles with them on my Nexus 7 and the HTC One M7 i used to have. The 3rd party one's aren't always reliable. and definitely don't sound as good as poweramp. I cam from a Galaxy S7 and it had a nice EQ app on it. It's a shame samsung has all curved screens. I would go back to Samsung because of the EQ, great selection of themes for the native theme app, and a more reliable camera.
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Try the Equalizer from the "Smart Android Apps, LLC". It's on the google play. It looks to work well here. Buy the unlocked version and try out. If you don't like, just refund it. Come back later with the results. I'm enjoying it

Slazyel said:
Try the Equalizer from the "Smart Android Apps, LLC". It's on the google play. It looks to work well here. Buy the unlocked version and try out. If you don't like, just refund it. Come back later with the results. I'm enjoying it
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That's the one of ones that won't work on my Nexus 7 anymore. When I used it on the one m7 it only worked half the time. I didn't bother with it on the G6.
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Try bassbooster pro
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i use Equalizer FX, even bought Pro version, it's simple and works well

barcode99 said:
i use Equalizer FX, even bought Pro version, it's simple and works well
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That's what I have now on my tablet. I haven't played streaming music lately so I can't remember if it works. I got the pro version free in the store. Usually pro versions aren't free.
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barcode99 said:
i use Equalizer FX, even bought Pro version, it's simple and works well
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From dvednua?

I switched recently from VLC to Poweramp pro. Well worth the $3.99 imho. That is, if you want a media player as well. The equalizer is ten band and has a powerful preamp and bass/treble boost . The sound over bluetooth with the built in aptX HD is excellent, I thought VLC was good but Poweramp blows it away. Plus it doesn't have much of an impact on the battery when playing music in the car.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer.unlock

SPFCCMT said:
I switched recently from VLC to Poweramp pro. Well worth the $3.99 imho. That is, if you want a media player as well. The equalizer is ten band and has a powerful preamp and bass/treble boost . The sound over bluetooth with the built in aptX HD is excellent, I thought VLC was good but Poweramp blows it away. Plus it doesn't have much of an impact on the battery when playing music in the car.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer.unlock
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Problem is i cant use poweramp with Spotfy =/

Slazyel said:
Problem is i cant use poweramp with Spotfy =/
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Exactly! Lots of people in the past reccomended me use poweramp which I do use, but that won't work for spotify, etc.
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Slazyel said:
Problem is i cant use poweramp with Spotfy =/
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Try this out, found after a little research, it installed fine on my G6...
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Direct download:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xonl4jha2e4vez1/ViPER4Android_FX_v2505.zip

SPFCCMT said:
Try this out, found after a little research, it installed fine on my G6...
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Direct download:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xonl4jha2e4vez1/ViPER4Android_FX_v2505.zip
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How were you able to install this with no root? This is the one app that I want desperately

gizmosears said:
How were you able to install this with no root? This is the one app that I want desperately
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I second this post on both accounts.

The V4A driver won't install without root.

Slazyel said:
From dvednua?
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Yes

barcode99 said:
Yes
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Works also for me and has no always on notification (only during playing music). I needed to disable "Global audio output mix" to get it running after reboot.
I'm still hesitate to root to install Viper4Android (that I usually use on my other devices). Except I want to know before if root disable the OTA of the system.

Best so far with no root
Try this app... Works system wide... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiseschematics.reeq01

gizmosears said:
How were you able to install this with no root? This is the one app that I want desperately
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I just downloaded the app from mediafire and unzipped the file. It installed then automatically updated the app. I have a Verizon G6, so maybe that is the difference. I also have my developer options turned on. I wish I could give you more information, but I am not that technically proficient with Android.
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Tried it again and it would not update without root access. The program loads but doesn't work. Sorry, should have tried before posting.

Just stumbled across this, i dont know if you're still looking for it, but I've found that the Cyanogen Audio FX works just fine for most applications. You can get it without root via the Appstore, there's an app called "Cyanogen Apps", which offers you every Cyanogen Specific app to download and install. It is 100% safe and I've used it on many phones so far without root. One downside however is that it sometimes takes a while to catch up if you switch songs manually. Also, you will need to fiddle a bit with your battery saver settings as they are likely to kill the app when it is idle for a short amount of time (which happens after switching manually). It offers great bass boost settings as well as a virtualizer (which im not a fan of) and basic controls, i. E. 5 frequency settings, similar to the built in equalizer which only works for the native music app. Sound quality stays similar and unless you are using 600 dollar studio equipment, you will not hear a drop in quality.