System wide EQ?

[3 Minute Reviewer]

So I am currently using my m40x's with the angled HM5 pads and I feel like I could just use a little bit of EQ to bring up the bass to really make these headphones awesome. I really love the highs that these have but I just need a little more bass/punch on kick drums (I like a lot of metal/rock music). I use Foobar2000 to listen to my FLAC files and the EQ in there seemed to do the trick but I want to be able to use an EQ when I listen to my tunes on spotify as well. Any ideas here?

[oskarha]

If you are using onboard audio with a realtek chipset you should be able to set a EQ in the realtek control panel.

[Guest]

Either the above solution or these:

 

https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/peace-equalizer-apo-extension/

[3 Minute Reviewer]

1 minute ago, oskarha said:

If you are using onboard audio with a realtek chipset you should be able to set a EQ in the realtek control panel.

This is my system and the MOBO I'm working with - where would I be able to tell if I have Realtek? I'm not currently on that PC so I can't check atm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R6ykWX

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, kmathieu2220 said:

This is my system and the MOBO I'm working with - where would I be able to tell if I have Realtek? I'm not currently on that PC so I can't check atm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R6ykWX

Check the website for specifications: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html

[3 Minute Reviewer]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Check the website for specifications: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-GAMING-M5.html

 

7 minutes ago, oskarha said:

If you are using onboard audio with a realtek chipset you should be able to set a EQ in the realtek control panel.

So this is what it says on the product page - where would I go from here to access the EQ on my PC?

Audio
- Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output

[oskarha]

You could try searching "realtek" (without quotation marks) in the start menu. That works for me on my P9X79 Deluxe.

[seduce_me]

Equalizer APO + Peace GUI 

[KenjiUmino]

21 minutes ago, kmathieu2220 said:

I really love the highs that these have but I just need a little more bass/punch on kick drums 

if all you want is a little more extra bass, you don't need a full EQ. windows has a bass boost setting built into it's own audio settings - and those apply system wide

 

[3 Minute Reviewer]

1 minute ago, KenjiUmino said:

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Yeah I've tried that - it works fine but not as detailed as I want. Good place to start though so thanks

[3 Minute Reviewer]

4 minutes ago, seduce_me said:

Equalizer APO + Peace GUI 

Are those two different programs? Easy enough to use?

[seduce_me]

Nope. Peace GUI is just an extension to the program. They should be easy enough to use. Check out the links in @Legendarypoet's post above.

[3 Minute Reviewer]

1 minute ago, seduce_me said:

Nope. Peace GUI is just an extension to the program. They should be easy enough to use. Check out the links in @Legendarypoet's post above.

Awesome - thank you sir!

[KenjiUmino]

2 minutes ago, kmathieu2220 said:

Yeah I've tried that - it works fine but not as detailed as I want. Good place to start though so thanks

well, most equalizers that come with the audio driver also have only 8 to 10 bands so that's not very detailed either

 

[anothertom]

6 minutes ago, seduce_me said:

Nope. Peace GUI is just an extension to the program. They should be easy enough to use. Check out the links in @Legendarypoet's post above.

I think the GUI is included as part of the default install, rather than needing to download it separately.

[kirashi]

You can also use something like VB-Audio Banana which has a fully editable built-in EQ. http://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/banana.htm