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SockMan!
Is there a way that I can equalize each channel independently of each other in Foobar? I have a bit of asymmetrical hearing loss and I would like to 'balance' the sound as much as possible to compensate.
Canar
I'd like to second a request for a multi-channel equalization component. Yeah, its use is somewhat suspect, but you never know when it could come in handy, like for allowing calibration of each individual speaker.
SockMan!
I take it that there's no way of doing it.

Well then, is there any equalizer plug-in that's more advanced than the one included with Foobar (more bands)?
Garf
Convolver with stereo impulse would do the trick.
gringo
QUOTE(Garf @ May 18 2005, 01:05 PM)
Convolver with stereo impulse would do the trick.
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I'm not sure it is what you are searching, but there are two plugins, Crossover and Channel Divider that give independent control of the speakers.
-G.
SockMan!
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I'm not sure it is what you are searching, but there are two plugins, Crossover and Channel Divider that give independent control of the speakers.
-G.


Those plug-ins don't seem to do what I'm looking for. I just want to equalize the left and right channels of a stereo input independently from each other. Nothing more. Multi-channel seperation doesn't help me since I'm using headphones.
gringo
Those plug-ins don't seem to do what I'm looking for. I just want to equalize the left and right channels of a stereo input independently from each other. Nothing more. Multi-channel seperation doesn't help me since I'm using headphones.
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Maybe with the KX drivers you could fin a DSP solution.
Yours,
Gringo
Garf
2nd and last time: the convolver can do exactly this
SockMan!
Thanks, I'll take a look into convolver.
Mr_Rabid_Teddybear
QUOTE(Garf @ May 18 2005, 12:07 PM)
2nd and last time: the convolver can do exactly this
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Hmmm... I guess it won't be obvious for all how to do this...

Infact, it's not obvious for me either, so I'm taking a guess (and please bear over with me, I don't have fb2k where I'm currently at, so I'm guessing from memory). Please correct me if I'm wrong. OK, here's my guess:

You have foo_convolver, foo_dsp_extra and foo_diskwrite in components directory. Now download impulses (or here).
Add Unitpulse2K.wav to your playlist.
Now clear your DSP chain. Load equalizer DSP only. Play some music and find the settings you'd like for your right channel. Now diskwrite (convert) Unitpulse2K.wav to fixed-point wav with "use DSP" enabled. Name this file impulse_eq_r.wav.
Then play some music and find the settings you'd like for your left channel. Now diskwrite (convert) Unitpulse2K.wav to fixed-point wav with "use DSP" enabled. Name this file impulse_eq_l.wav.
Now kick equalizer DSP out of DSP chain and restore things to normal.

Open a waveeditor like Audacity, Cool Edit, SoundForge, whatever, and load impulse_eq_r.wav and impulse_eq_l.wav. Make a third (empty) stereo wav file with the same samplerate and bitdepth. Now copy & paste the right channel from impulse_eq_r.wav into the right channel of the new wav file. Then copy & paste the left channel from impulse_eq_l.wav into the left channel of the new wav file.
Save the new wav file down as impulse_eq_l+r.wav.

Now load convolver DSP into DSP chain. Then load impulse_eq_l+r.wav into convolver DSP. Play music.

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