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I'm a sound engineer by trade, and I just wanted to point out that you might have used more time than necessary by naming a preset for each of your songs.Īlbums are mastered with a very expensive set of speakers and given an EQ 'preset' before they are pressed to CD for shipping.

"I did this with almost every song, but a lot of songs in my library are similar in style, so I just used one setting on those." This article is linked on our links pages, but I thought it worth a mention here, too.]

It also offers some good general advice on the use of the equalizer. If you're interested in the operation of the iTunes equalizer in general, has a great article, written by Rich Tozzoli, Senior Editor of Surround Professional Magazine, that explains each of the sliders in detail. I've been using the above settings for a week or so now, and I must say that my music now sounds better - it may be less "true" to the original, but it sounds better to my admittedly untrained ear. However, due to the varying quality of computer speakers, signal loss due to MP3/AAC encoding, and non-ideal speaker setups, you might find that your music does sound better to you using a non-flat equalizer setting. I further realize that the use of any equalizer setting other than "flat" means that you're no longer listening to the music as recorded on the master. [ robg adds: I realize that there's no such thing as a 'perfect' equalizer setting, hence the use of quotes in the title. My home computer speakers are ablaze with sound now. These settings produce absolutely the best balance I've ever heard. Make sure you check the "On" box to activate the equalizer, too. The image to the left ( full-size image) shows about what it should look like when you're done. Open the equalizer, and from the pop-up menu, select "Make Preset." Call it "Perfect," because it is, and set the following levels, from left to right (skip the Preamp section):ĭb +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db There are a number of pre-defined settings, but the MacFormat tip contained a different set of suggested levels. It was submitted by an anonymous user.Īre you somewhat disappointed with the output from iTunes? If so, you might try using the equalizer (Command-2, or the third button from right at the bottom of the main window) to modify the output levels at various frequencies. It's important to note that AU Lab must be running in order for the equalizer to have an effect, keeping it running will consume a small amount of CPU resources but it's much less process hungry than some of the third party alternatives available on the market.This hint is really only for iTunes, and I found it in MacFormat's September 2004 Issue.

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Optional final step: If you want the EQ settings to load on every Mac OS X boot, right-click on the AU Lab icon, go to Options, and select "Open at Login". trak EQ file you saved in the previous step.

Now open AU Lab preferences from the AU Lab menu, click on the "Document" tab and click the radiobox next to "Open a specific document", selecting the.

When satisfied with the EQ settings, hit Cmd-S to save the EQ settings file and put it somewhere easy to find, like the Documents folder.

Changes here will impact all audio output on the Mac.

This is your new system-wide equalizer, set it how you see fit.

At the next screen, look for "Output 1" column and click the "Effects" dropdown, selecting "AUGraphicEQ".

Click the "Create Document" button at the bottom of the screen.

From the "Audio Input Device" pulldown menu, select "Soundflower (2ch)", and then from "Audio Output Device" menu select "Stereo In/Stereo Out".

Now launch AU Lab, found in /Applications/Utilities/.

Select "Soundflower (2ch)" from the Output list.

Open System Preferences from the  Apple menu and select the "Sound" panel, followed by the "Output" tab.Set System Volume to the maximum level, do this either through the menu bar or by hitting the Volume Up key repeatedly.

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Once rebooted, follow along with the instructions below: Set Up a Universal Audio Equalizer for Mac OS X

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AU Lab – free download from Apple Developers (requires free Apple Dev ID)ĭownload and install both Soundflower and AU Lab, you will then need to restart your Mac to have full access to the audio components.

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Soundflower – free download from Google Code.

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We'll show you how to do both by creating your own universal EQ using two free tools, follow along: Requirements Ever wish you had a system wide equalizer to adjust all audio output in Mac OS X and not just in iTunes? Maybe you want to adjust the way all audio output sounds or maybe you just want to boost the output volume of the built-in Mac speakers.