[linux-audio-user] EQ settings for enhanced presence

[Chris McCormick]

Hi Ismael,

Sounds like you want to increase the 'loudness' without increasing the
peak of the waves beyond their maximum. I am definately no expert in
audio but when I want to make drums sound louder without increasing their
overall waveform amplitude, I use a Puredata patch to do waveshaping. This
distorts the waveform, stretching it upwards so that there is more
power/energy under the wave but the peaks of the wave are the same. I
think that this is actually a form of compression, but as I said, I'm
no expert.

Chris.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:41:55PM +0100, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> I'd like to use a song as the ringtone for my mobile. The song is
> "Moonriver" by Henry Mancini as sang by Audrey Hepburn herself in one
> of the sequences of that lovely "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
> 
> But it's not certainly a noisy song so to make sure I can hear
> somebody calling in more or less noisy environments, I am trying to
> use Audacity in order to equalize the sound so it has enhanced
> presence.
> 
> Usually preset sounds in mobile phones are heavily equalized so they
> stand out in a noisy environment when the phone rings.
> 
> I've enhanced a bit the 200-400 Hz band supposing there's the "body"
> of the vocal sound. Then I've enhanced 3 KHz to give a bit more
> clarity and 8 KHz so voice sounds a bit "hotter". Result is more or
> less ok, but I wonder...
> 
> What EQ settings would you use to enhance presence of music/voices in
> order to use a sound as a ringtone?
> 
> Cordially, Ismael
> -- 
> Ismael Valladolid Torres
> 
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> 
> 
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