EQ is the abbreviation of equalizer. Its basic function is to adjust the sound effect by gaining or attenuating one or more frequency bands of the sound. The emergence of EQ (equalizer) has made music more colorful and more fun. The recently launched Kuwo Music Box is equipped with a professional 10-band equalizer, which allows you to easily DIY different styles of personalized sound effects to make your music more beautiful. Isn’t it interesting? Please come and experience it with me below.
Use the presets to adjust the sound effects
Open Kuwo Music Box 2009, click the "EQ" button at the bottom of the interface, the EQ control interface will pop up, click "Open" to start the EQ function , to adjust the sound effects.
Click the "Configure" button of EQ, and there are 15 different sound effects for you to choose from, including recommended, custom, rock, pop, metal, dance music, electronic music, country, jazz, and classical music. You can choose different playback sound effects according to different music styles.
DIY your own personalized sound effects
In the EQ control interface, we can see "Surround", "Balance" and many sliders. Don't underestimate these sliders. Adjustments will give you unexpected sound effects. Of course, if you want to make good use of them, you must first understand their respective functions.
"Reset" button: Set the gain or attenuation of all frequency bands to zero.
"Balance" slider: Drag the slider to adjust the ratio of left and right channels.
Surround slider: Drag the slider to adjust the surround sound effect.
"Amplifier" slider: Drag the slider to gain or attenuate the file as a whole. The boost range is -12db—12db.
"Equalizer parameter" slider: Drag the slider to adjust the gain or attenuation of the corresponding frequency band. KuWo Music Box 2009 is equipped with a professional 10-band equalizer, with frequencies ranging from low to high, from 32Hz to 16KHz. The more frequency bands, the more delicate the adjustable sound effect.
After understanding the main functions of each part, you can independently set the "balance" and "surround" effects, gain or attenuate the sound, and adjust different personalized sound effects. But one thing to note is that the transition of the curve formed by the final slider should be as smooth as possible so that the hearing is not easily fatigued. If your knowledge of sound effects is limited and you are new to EQ, then the "Reset" button will be a function you will often use. Click "Reset" and the Kuwo Music Box will automatically reset the gain or attenuation of all frequency bands to zero. Everything starts from scratch again.
Save and load sound effect settings
After adjusting the sound effects, we click the "Save to File" option in "Configuration" to save the current equalizer settings. In this way, when we use Kuwo Music Box on another computer, we can directly click the "Load from file" option to load the saved settings without resetting it. One thing that needs to be explained here is that Kuwo Music Box 2009 supports equalizer configuration files in three formats: ".feq", ".tteq_cfg" and ".eqf". It not only supports the equalizer files saved by Kuwo Music Box itself, Also supports equalizer profiles for some other music players like foobar.
Professional sound effect plug-in extensions make you even more powerful
Kuwo Music Box supports a variety of winamp sound effect plug-in extensions, which can satisfy your various whims about music and allow you to DIY The sound effect is more shocking. We first save the winamp sound effect file dsp_.dll to the "Plugin" directory of the Kuwo Music Box installation folder (CProgram FilesKWMUSICplugin), then open the Kuwo Music Box main menu - option settings, and switch to the "Sound Effect Plug-in" option. Click the "Browse" button in the "Plug-in Directory" box, navigate to the "Plugin" directory, and you will see the corresponding sound effect plug-ins in the list below. Check the corresponding plug-ins to apply them, and you can apply multiple plug-ins at the same time.
With the powerful equalizer function of Kuwo Music Box, you will be able to DIY the most personalized and shocking sound effects. What are you waiting for? Come and try it now.
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The human ear perceives sound frequencies from the lowest 20Hz to the highest 20KHz, while the frequency range of human speech is concentrated between 80Hz~12kHz This can be reflected in all equalizers, and this is the one we mainly adjust.
20Hz~50Hz part
This section is low frequency, which is what we often call bass. Proper adjustment will enhance the three-dimensional sense of the sound and highlight the thickness and intensity of the music. However, if the increase is too high, the clarity of the sound quality will be reduced, making it feel muddy and unclear, and it will also have a certain impact on hearing. This frequency band is suitable for the performance of majestic music.
60Hz~250Hz part
This section is still low frequency, suitable for expressing the timbre of percussion instruments such as drums. Boosting this section can make the sound fuller, so friends who like Bass should not miss it, but excessive boosting can also make the sound blurry. This frequency band is suitable for percussion and rock music.
250Hz~2KHz part
This section contains the low-frequency harmonics of most musical instruments and vocals, so its adjustment has a significant impact on the restoration of music and songs. . Boosting it too much will distort the sound, but setting it too low will make the background music mask the vocals. Although generally higher frequencies will make the sound have a metallic feel, since the human ear is more sensitive to this frequency band, excessive increase will cause hearing fatigue, so it is recommended that you do not set it too high.
2kHz~5KHz part
This section expresses the sense of distance in music. Increasing this frequency band will make people feel that the distance to the sound source becomes closer, and the attenuation will It makes the sound feel farther away; at the same time, it also affects the clarity of human voices and musical sounds. When adjusting, it must match the setting of the front bass, otherwise the sound quality will become very dull.
5kHz~16kHz part
This section is the legendary high frequency. Generally speaking, increasing this section will make the sound loud and full, but the clarity is not enough; when the sound is attenuated, It will become clearer, but the sound quality will be a little thin. You can set it according to your own preferences.