Cannot find Bass boost

[apparentlyarhm]

As some of you MAY be aware that I have a prebuilt PC from HP (DC7900). It has an integrated sound card from SoundMax, and I do not use the Nvidia High definition Audio as I use a VGA monitor, and not have a HDMi-run speaker system. It has pretty decent audio quality.

The problem is, I do not seem to find a bass boost option in windows, or any kind of program/software to tweak settings. Bass is really important to me, so any help is appreciated!

Here's some more info about my PC/speakers.

Mobo: HP 3032h

Sound card: SoundMax integrated Digital HD audio

Headphones: HP H2800

Speakers: Creative SBS A120

 

PS:

1. I'm not able to hear any bass on any speakers

2. Should I stick with Microsoft's original driver?

It has bass boost with various levels

Thanks! ✌️?

[Glennieboyyy007]

to be honest, you cant even get really low bass. you can only have down to 50 Hz, you can download an equaliser to manage the sound a bit more, but got no suggestions for a specific one

[Leonard]

21 minutes ago, Muffi said:

As some of you MAY be aware that I have a prebuilt PC from HP (DC7900). It has an integrated sound card from SoundMax, and I do not use the Nvidia High definition Audio as I use a VGA monitor, and not have a HDMi-run speaker system. It has pretty decent audio quality.

The problem is, I do not seem to find a bass boost option in windows, or any kind of program/software to tweak settings. Bass is really important to me, so any help is appreciated!

Here's some more info about my PC/speakers.

Mobo: HP 3032h

Sound card: SoundMax integrated Digital HD audio

Headphones: HP H2800

Speakers: Creative SBS A120

 

PS:

1. I'm not able to hear any bass on any speakers

2. Should I stick with Microsoft's original driver?

It has bass boost with various levels

Thanks! ✌️?

Have you checked the properties of your audio device and lowered the low frequency cut off point to 20hz?....what's that?.....you don't know what that is or where is it?.....well Jimmy, you just right click the speaker in the task bar and click on playback devices then see which one has the check mark on it and make sure that i s the device you want to use then click on it and then properties on the lower left then hit Enhancements and click on Low Frequency Protection and hit settings and then make sure you see 20Hz and not say 80Hz, then click apply and ok and close off the windows you just opened and then reboot and check again.

11 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

to be honest, you cant even get really low bass. you can only have down to 50 Hz, you can download an equaliser to manage the sound a bit more, but got no suggestions for a specific one

That isn't true. Low bass depends on your source and the speakers it is played on.

[Guest]

Run speaker setup, make sure configured for full range.

[KenjiUmino]

54 minutes ago, Muffi said:

1. I'm not able to hear any bass on any speakers

2. Should I stick with Microsoft's original driver?

It has bass boost with various levels

Thanks! ✌️?

if you don't hear ANY bass at all, then either something is set up wrong in the audio configuration or your speaker system is broken. 

 

do you hear bass when you connect the speakers to your phone instead of your PC ?

[Glennieboyyy007]

1 hour ago, Leonard said:

Have you checked the properties of your audio device and lowered the low frequency cut off point to 20hz?....what's that?.....you don't know what that is or where is it?.....well Jimmy, you just right click the speaker in the task bar and click on playback devices then see which one has the check mark on it and make sure that i s the device you want to use then click on it and then properties on the lower left then hit Enhancements and click on Low Frequency Protection and hit settings and then make sure you see 20Hz and not say 80Hz, then click apply and ok and close off the windows you just opened and then reboot and check again.

That isn't true. Low bass depends on your source and the speakers it is played on.

the speakers (subwoofer itself) can only go to 50Hz, which is bass, but not the really deep kind. Some people mean by bass only the relly deep part. i didn't know if he meant that as well. you explenation is on point though, i cant do that

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

the speakers (subwoofer itself) can only go to 50Hz, which is bass, but not the really deep kind. Some people mean by bass only the relly deep part. i didn't know if he meant that as well. you explenation is on point though, i cant do that

 

50Hz is solidly into the bass frequencies. Easily within the bottom two octaves of the audible range. It's not "no bass". Clearly something is wrong with the configuration here.

[Leonard]

2 hours ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

the speakers (subwoofer itself) can only go to 50Hz, which is bass, but not the really deep kind. Some people mean by bass only the relly deep part. i didn't know if he meant that as well. you explenation is on point though, i cant do that

I know the deep bass he is talking about and wants to get, to me 50hz bass is not low bass but it is bass, low bass, to me , is like 25-35hz and the really low bass is sub 20hz. Most music wont have a sub 25hz tone unless it is just designed to do so. The things about his original post is that windows never had a "bass boost" feature, it would more be the audio codec/driver that will have that, windows only has the low frequency limiter thing.

 

There is one other thing he can check which is the default sample rate, windows is default set to 16000Hz but when you select 48000Hz or 192000Hz you get a little extra depth to the audio.

 

I think he doesn't quiet know what he can achieve with his current solution.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Leonard said:

but when you select 48000Hz or 192000Hz you get a little extra depth to the audio.

 

Not at all.

 

1 hour ago, Leonard said:

really low bass is sub 20hz

 

Do you have a sub that goes below 20Hz?

[Leonard]

8 minutes ago, SSL said:

 

Not at all.

 

 

Do you have a sub that goes below 20Hz?

Yes.... i have an SVS PB 2000, you can hear it but you can feel it.

[apparentlyarhm]

11 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

if you don't hear ANY bass at all, then either something is set up wrong in the audio configuration or your speaker system is broken. 

 

do you hear bass when you connect the speakers to your phone instead of your PC ?

Yes, I can significantly FEEL the presence of bass. Also, I do not seem to find any enhancements in 'playback devices'

I forgot to mention that.

[apparentlyarhm]

Also, There was a bass boost option in the Microsoft's driver, which I used in the past, and got pretty good results regarding bass levels., even better than my phone.

 

Should i try modded drivers? ~ I really don't care if my audio card gets broken cause my PC is quite old. ~

Nvm.

 

Ps how the fuck do I make a strike-through text?

 

[apparentlyarhm]

12 hours ago, Leonard said:

Have you checked the properties of your audio device and lowered the low frequency cut off point to 20hz?....what's that?.....you don't know what that is or where is it?.....well Jimmy, you just right click the speaker in the task bar and click on playback devices then see which one has the check mark on it and make sure that i s the device you want to use then click on it and then properties on the lower left then hit Enhancements and click on Low Frequency Protection and hit settings and then make sure you see 20Hz and not say 80Hz, then click apply and ok and close off the windows you just opened and then reboot and check again.

I know this, but there wasn't any option like this when i updated the Sound driver.

[apparentlyarhm]

Here everyone, see this.

[Leonard]

5 hours ago, Muffi said:

Here everyone, see this.

Uncheck Enable Enhancements in the first screen shot and check again.