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hi guys, i use the stock music player and wanted to know if anybody knows a good setting for the custom equalizer... Now i use the Rock preset and Clear audio, but maybe i could get better sound.
So, anybody?
bass
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How can I make the equalizer and effects setting to remain the same, instead of it resetting every time i close the music player?
There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to EQ. It all depends on your personal preference, the type of music you listen to, and the headphones you are using. What sounds good to me may sound horrible to you (and vice-versa).
Devhux said:
There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to EQ. It all depends on your personal preference, the type of music you listen to, and the headphones you are using. What sounds good to me may sound horrible to you (and vice-versa).
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This is absolutely accurate. Hell, it could all come down into the difference in shape of your ear canals. Realistically, if you don't know, it's probably not worth messing with.
Anyone should appreciate a -3dB reduction in the 4K area.
Agreed heygrl. Though If you want a good eq, use mixzing. Much more powerful.
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Honestly, get better earphones.
Equalizers can help with the cheapies that come with the phone or the <$50 garbage headphones that all come from the same factory in China, but the best results vary between genre or even track. If you don't want to have to mess with EQs to get good sound, you should probably invest at least $80-100 on good earphones if possible. That way you can listen to your music the way it was intended.
Just mess around with the preset ones and see what sounds best for you. Most "normal" users prefer a lot of bass, guess they think it sounds better. What you want is to get an even mix of highs, mids, and lows. But again you're the one listening to it so what ever you think sounds the best.
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jayzusfk said:
Honestly, get better earphones.
Equalizers can help with the cheapies that come with the phone or the <$50 garbage headphones that all come from the same factory in China, but the best results vary between genre or even track. If you don't want to have to mess with EQs to get good sound, you should probably invest at least $80-100 on good earphones if possible. That way you can listen to your music the way it was intended.
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Oh please, spare us the nonsense on how we shouldn't have to mess with an EQ if we had "good" headphones so we can listen to music the "way it was intended" to be heard. I would like to get my hands on some lightly compressed alternative music so I can actually get a glimpse of what it sounded like before it was compressed to **** but we can't always get or do what we want. Music today is meant to be loud/harsh and not much else, and an EQ can work extremely well to tweak out harshness regardless of what you're listening with.
samoelito said:
hi guys, i use the stock music player and wanted to know if anybody knows a good setting for the custom equalizer... Now i use the Rock preset and Clear audio, but maybe i could get better sound.
So, anybody?
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I find This pretty cool
Plz can simeine give me a link for a purexaudio mod for i9505 i know its sound is good and better than i9500 but cud be the best with this mod
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Plz can simeine give me a link for a purexaudio mod for i9505 i know its sound is good and better than i9500 but cud be the best with this mod
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fyi... the audio quality of 9500 with custom perseus kernel which includes wolfson audio enhancements is way superior than 9505 audio.
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fyi... the audio quality of 9500 with custom perseus kernel which includes wolfson audio enhancements is way superior than 9505 audio.
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Dude thats a long disscusion that we went thru thoroughly plz close it i dnt wan5 this to be an argue can u give me th3 purex mod if u knw else dnt post
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Dude thats a long disscusion that we went thru thoroughly plz close it i dnt wan5 this to be an argue can u give me th3 purex mod if u knw else dnt post
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well if you want links just ask for that and dont make claims like the below one
i know its sound is good and better than i9500 but cud be the best with this mod
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well if you want links just ask for that and dont make claims like the below one
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Here again u want to open the argue will i asked for it
firstly what the heck is a wolfson DAC it is something u invented
secondly visit this link http://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9505_galaxy_s4-5371.php
dnt say gsmarena isnt authentic and lastly
we have the same DAC manufacturer as htc one that is Yamaha and we all agree htc is best audio plus am saying stock vs stock but if u want mods the pure x mod makes the sound on i9505 rlly magnificent plz dont trash talk am not doing claims am having facts unlike u
u bought a cheaper phone just be satisfied by it dont claim it is better
Have you tried BMSound?
As for the I9505 sound quality, it's not really that bad. It's no Wolfson, granted, but it's also not crap (as the Yamaha DAC on the S2).
My biggest issue are the earphones, or the lack of proper ones, to be true.
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Could we just stop *****ing and post links for sound mods? I've tried a few for my i9505 and haven't been overly impressed yet. If there is one that is good I would love to know about it.
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I've tried a few as well and so far Viper4Android FX is the best so far, IMO. Nice amount of tweakable options, able to drive the phone hard and clean without distortion...better than MusicFX and much better than any beats audio/ BMAudio implementation ive seen on the i9505 so far. The author seems to have a lot of plans for it as well
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Firstly i didnt say wolfsin is bad
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No, you implied they don't exist lol.
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if gsmarena was in ur favour u would say its gr8
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The problem with gsmarena is they arent consistent with their testing and as such they aren't particularly trustworth when ti comes to RMAA testing.
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Wolfson are well respected, more so for their dacs used in av amps than phones but that's only because people take less notice of what DAC a phone has, generally. That sort of stuff is reserved for us geeks I've no doubt wolfson are top of the pile here. Whether that translates in to audiable differences is a different question altogether though; I think DACs play a far lesser role in overall picture for sound quality in phones than perhaps some people like to admit. Yes we can bench the hardware with RMAA and see the numbers are better, but that doesnt always translate in to better audio quality and i really do think people concentrate on the DACs too much. I believe the rest of the hardware is far more important - the amp, for one thing. That's a different discussion however.
Wolfson best but the i9505 chip set ain't that far behind. Let stick to topic eh? In reality you would have to be running some sweet cans and have damn good ears to tell the difference between both versions of the s4 chip sets. Disagree? Blind test i9500 and 9505 yourself and see if you can tell the difference.... I have and my ears ain't good enough to differentiate between the two.
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Pretty sure that the I9505 with some future decent mods it could maybe even get better sound than with siyah (scoobydoo) sound on the sIII. This chip imo has much potential. I did a tryout with poweramp yesterday I was amazed and blown away to be honest
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I've tried a few as well and so far Viper4Android FX is the best so far, IMO. Nice amount of tweakable options, able to drive the phone hard and clean without distortion...better than MusicFX and much better than any beats audio/ BMAudio implementation ive seen on the i9505 so far. The author seems to have a lot of plans for it as well
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I'm using viper mod and bmsound atm. There is a post in the at&t themes and app forum for where someone detailed what they did. It sounds pretty good surprisingly. The OP claims that those two work well with bmsound amplifying lows and viper doing a very good job at mids and highs. I'd post the link but at work right now.
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I just installed this and it looks very cool, but it's pretty overwhelming. Any suggestions for which .IRS files work well with headset, speaker, and bluetooth headset? For bluetooth headset I've also got my regular mono one for phone calls, and I have a stereo bluetooth one from Jaybird so I'd assume they use different settings. Speaking of, what do you guys put the settings at as well.
I looked a bit at the Viper4android thread, but it's like 700 pages long.
Before you get you A$$ handed to you for not following the rules i will spare you the moment of humility and provide you with this since i was stuck in the same situation you were but simply went to google and entered "Viper4android settings" and stumbled upon this which HELPED me!!!!!
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Hope it helps you like it did me
go to bob's diner. food is great
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go to bob's diner. food is great
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Agree with you 100%!!! Tuna melt with waffle fries,cant be beat hahahahahahaha
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Agree with you 100%!!! Tuna melt with waffle fries,cant be beat hahahahahahaha
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left myself logged in. i have wise guy roommates. at least they didnt post something that would get me tossed outta here
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Before you get you A$$ handed to you for not following the rules i will spare you the moment of humility and provide you with this since i was stuck in the same situation you were but simply went to google and entered "Viper4android settings" and stumbled upon this which HELPED me!!!!!
http://vipersaudio.com/blog/
Hope it helps you like it did me
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Oh, I didn't realize I was breaking a rule. You mean we can't discuss optimal settings for an app for our phones? The only rule I see that might be loosely tied is using search, but I have searched. I have searched and am aware of the main 700 page thread, and also the English viper website, none of these have users discussing the G2 specifically. I'd rather avoid that 700+ page thread since I am specifically asking about the G2 in the G2 forums and what settings work well for others.
Just to repeat, I'm not looking on how to get the program to run or install it, I am looking for other G2 owners feedback on which particular modes worked well for them. I thought it might be a nice discussion.
If I'm breaking the rules please delete my thread then, my apologies.
Moving on..
I don't use the bluetooth headset so I can't help you on that.
But for the headset, I realised that using the xHifi setting under clarity gives quite a little whitenoise. But not using makes your music sound muffled , so I guess it's a trade off(unless you know how to configure the IRS files). I am using my mid range sennheiser CX-300II without any IRS filters, cos none of them work well. You could try loading everything into the folder and going through them 1 by 1, or even making the file which is rather tedious. I couldn't be bothered, the playbackgain control and dynamic system is enough for me.
If you plug your phone into powerful speakers (I have a bose 321 but damn those things make the windows shake) you MUST turn off the VIPER bass and reduce the dynamic bass to ~15%. Differential surround(Haas effect) makes the sound sound off center on speakers so avoid it.
I noticed G2 doesn't have music effect setting, am i suppose to assume that viper is on?
No it's not that simple. What I did was:
1. Install the drivers
2. Backup build.prop then change the lines specified in the main thread for Viper
3. Install google play(doesn't work on stock LG player for me)
3b. (unsure if really necessary) Disable stock LG player
4. Reboot
5. Wait for boot to complete and see all the superSU permission flashing...
6. Play something, then go into viper, enable the first option on the speaker tab and check the "driver status". It should say that it is installed/normal, that it is enabled and that it is processing. To really be sure go play around with the settings but be careful with the gain (don't ramp it sky high and drop your phone in shock)
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I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset
check out the V4A audio profiles... it gives a great shares from people on settings... try them and check out the one you prefer
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I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset
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Yeah I don't know how happy I am with this app yet. I can get stuff louder, but I hear more distortion, but I have to play around a bit. One odd thing is that different things have different volumes after installing this. For example, my speaker phone when in a call is nice and loud, but when checking voicemail it is very quiet, kind of odd and I can't figure out how to selectively fix these things so I may be forced to uninstall.
EniGmA1987 said:
I just installed the app and it does all the necessary things for you. But still, Viper4Android sucks for our phone. The driver it installs significantly lowers the audio quality. With a huge amount of tweaking you can finally get the quality back up to where the G2 is at stock. Everyone is better off not using this mod for the G2 unless the author gets a much better audio driver designed for our chipset
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Yeah I don't know how happy I am with this app yet. I can get stuff louder, but I hear more distortion, but I have to play around a bit. One odd thing is that different things have different volumes after installing this. For example, my speaker phone when in a call is nice and loud, but when checking voicemail it is very quiet, kind of odd and I can't figure out how to selectively fix these things so I may be forced to uninstall.
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I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.
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I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.
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Think what you want but the drivers this uses noticeably took away from clarity in all aspects of the sound. Every speaker setup can sound different so maybe this type of sound just works better for you, my high end systems though it definitely takes a lot away from the audio
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I think you guys really don't know what you're taking about. The clarity viper adds to the sound on both my stereo and my headphones is absolutely unreal. After having set up viper, I think the biggest flaw of a stock g2 might be the dull und muffled sound it transfers to proper speakers.
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That's good news to me. Can you post up exactly what settings, .irs files,etc you have? I'd be most interested in phone-speaker settings, but I wouldn't mind just piggybacking off you since you say you have such stellar results.
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Think what you want but the drivers this uses noticeably took away from clarity in all aspects of the sound. Every speaker setup can sound different so maybe this type of sound just works better for you, but high end sound systems will notice the quality reduction.
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neither am I nore do I have a high end soundsystem so I don't notice the difference to the worse. Who listens to anything on a high end soundsystem through a phone?
On my dynavoice speakers and my b&w headphones my music gets several different new dimensions using viper, regardless of the code of the driver.
Edit: of course every setup and every set of ears gets different subjective results. But it's so obvious that the sound is so much better with viper
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neither am I nore do I have a high end soundsystem so I don't notice the difference to the worse. Who listens to anything on a high end soundsystem through a phone?
On my dynavoice speakers and my b&w headphones my music gets several different new dimensions using viper, regardless of the code of the driver.
Edit: of course every setup and every set of ears gets different subjective results. But it's so obvious that the sound is so much better with viper
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So can you post up your settings or no?
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So can you post up your settings or no?
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You got a pm right after you asked me yesterday.
Edit: no you didn't. Must have gone wrong, is coming soon.
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So can you post up your settings or no?
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This is my headphones profile. I haven't set up one for the phone speakers. It's a modified copy of something I found somewhere on xda. I guess you can just create a headphone profile yourself and then copy in the following text instead of what it says in your backed up profile. But I'm not sure if that will work or if it will destroy your phone and kill your family. You will find your profiles (once they are backed up) under storage/emulated/0/viper4android/profile. This works on my headphones and with my ears, that doesn't mean it will work for you. Here it goes:
# ViPER4Android audio effect profile !
# Created 2013-10-21 12:15:33
profile_name=piggyback
viper4android.headphonefx.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.speakerfx.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.convolver.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.diffsurr.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.vhs.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.tube=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.enable=boolean=true
viper4android.headphonefx.cure.enable=boolean=false
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.ratio=string=50
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.maxscaler=string=200
viper4android.headphonefx.playbackgain.volume=string=80
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq=string=4.5;4.5;2.75;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;-0.5;2.75;4.0;
viper4android.headphonefx.fireq.custom=string=4.5;4.5;2.75;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0;-0.5;2.75;4.0;
viper4android.headphonefx.convolver.kernel=string=/storage/emulated/0/ViPER4Android/Kernel/B&W Stereo Core.irs
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.coeffs=string=120;200
viper4android.headphonefx.colorfulmusic.midimage=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.diffsurr.delay=string=500
viper4android.headphonefx.vhs.qual=string=3
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.roomsize=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.roomwidth=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.damp=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.wet=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.reverb.dry=string=50
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.coeffs=string=180;5800;55;80;10;70
viper4android.headphonefx.dynamicsystem.bass=string=5
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.mode=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.freq=string=100
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.bass.gain=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.mode=string=2
viper4android.headphonefx.fidelity.clarity.gain=string=150
viper4android.headphonefx.cure.crossfeed=string=0
viper4android.headphonefx.outvol=string=100
viper4android.headphonefx.channelpan=string=20
viper4android.headphonefx.limiter=string=100
viper4android.speakerfx.limiter=string=100
TY much, I'll give it a shot!!!
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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In other words just use different audio effects software?
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I always used to use viper. but sadly...
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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!
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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.
Hello everybody. I can't ask on the proper profile request thread because I haven't reached enough post so I'll ask here:
I have the cloudy g2 3.3 on my G2, which comes with the great app Viper4android. I love music but I haven't enough experience to set a so complicated app. I listen to electronic music, principally dubstep.
So: please can somebody post here a viper4android expert profile for my LG G2 phone speaker and a profile for the headsets which you have when you buy a lg g2 (Quadbeats 2)?
Thank you
Everyone's taste is different and settings has a lot to do with the kernel you are using and whether you have changed your sound profile or not. best to try it out for your self and judge which sound is best for you.
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Everyone's taste is different and settings has a lot to do with the kernel you are using and whether you have changed your sound profile or not. best to try it out for your self and judge which sound is best for you.
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I haven't changed the kernel since i flashed cloudy g2.
And yes I know that, but I am not an audiophile enough to understand all those settings in this application
This is someones settings ..... maybe you can pattern yours from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8x469AgX10
I can definitively recommend you my setup - you will be amazed!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/sound-mod-ultimate-quadbeat-t3274005
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I can definitively recommend you my setup - you will be amazed!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/sound-mod-ultimate-quadbeat-t3274005
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Your setup is really good, Thank you!