Equalizer Auto Save

[Craze]

I don't know if this is a bug or if my thinking of how this should work is wrong?

The Auto Save function of the Equalizer works well for saving EQ settings and overall volume settings. I often use this for decreasing the levels of my loudest files by decreasing the EQ Boost and Auto Save. It works well.

However, the EQ Boost does not return to its former setting (where most files play without redlining VU's) after playing one of these saved files. Rather, the entire collection remains at the level and EQ settings of the Auto Saved files.

Is this how it is supposed to work?
I'm thinking that once the Auto Saved file plays that the EQ would return to my normal settings. Thanks.
Craze

Edited: Middle paragraph should've read "The EQ settings do not return to their former settings after playing one of these saved files.

[xoas]

Re: Equalizer Auto Save

Craze-
I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about.
Are you talking about the EQ (which appears to stay in one setting until you reset it) or the Auto Volume Boost (which I have thought to be a track by track function) or about a different feature (which I have heretofore overlooked)?

Best wishes,
Bill

[Craze]

Re: Equalizer Auto Save

Hi Bill,

This is in reference to dAP's Equalizer SAVE button on the latest Beta release, r3beta6, although this option may have been introduced earlier. The idea is for dAP to be able to recall EQ settings any time a saved file is played. In that regard, it should be very helpful in normalizing the volume that everyone has posted about.

If you click on the EQ Save button, you will have two options.
"Save" or "Auto Equalizer".
The Auto Equalizer has four options of saving.
"Save for Current Track, Artist, Album, or Genre".

I am using the 20-Band EQ exclusively. I usually have the EQ Boost slide set around two-thirds of maximum which plays most of my collection without redlining VU's. I have also created my own presets w/ boost and cut at various frequencies. So I would consider these settings to be normal for my use, and collection.

Now let's play any file and press the EQ "Reset" button while it's playing.
This will reset all sliders to "0dB". The Boost slider will go to Maximum, or +20dB.
Now press the EQ "Save" button and point to Auto Equalizer, and Save for Current Track. (Save this track's settings).

Now press EQ "Load" and load in a preset,...or just change the settings manually to something besides the reset values. dAP will play at these settings until it encounters one of the EQ Saved files, at which time it will remember your 'saved' settings and play accordingly.

Now replay the song you just saved and the equalizer will return to those saved settings. In this case, to the reset position. Any file played after this point will retain the 'reset' values instead of returning to your normal settings. This would indicate a bug, to me. Otherwise, why have the option?

I would think that the next song to play (which has received no EQ Save command) would return to your normal settings. I noticed this when the option first came out.
Hope this is helpful.
Thanks.

[xoas]

Re: Equalizer Auto Save

I see.
Checking this out this feature lacks an "intelligent re-set."
I saved EQ setting for a particular track will be remembered whenever that track is played. However, the saved EQ setting will be carried over for every other track you hear until or unless you come across a track with a different EQ assigned to it OR until you manually re-set the EQ.
So to save an EQ setting to a track is really most useful if you have assigned special EQ settings to each track.

However, you can do that by selecting and saving the neutral EQ setting for each genre and then individual tracks with special EQ settings for individual tracks will be saved. However, you will need to do this for each genre if you want to avoid having the special EQ setting applied accidentally to a song in some other genre that happens to come up right after one of the tracks with a special preset.

Still, it would be nicer if dAP either assumed that all tracks have neutral setting unless otherwise specified or if there was a button that allowed you to do so.

Thanks for the insight.

Best wishes,
Bill