Including a system-wide pulseaudio equalizer

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 11 May 2010 09:20, Luke Yelavich <themuso at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:15:30AM CEST, Chandru wrote:
>> The default media players in Ubuntu, though quite capable do not have
>> graphical equalizers.  Rather than including an equalizer in every
>> application, having a system wide equalizer can be very handy especially
>> when playing online videos.
>
> I personally think that users will get confused with an EQ. If they find it, adjust something, and find sound is not as good, they will file bugs regarding sound problems that they have caused.
>

Yeah I'm Engineering Major and have no clue which slider to move to
hear what i want =)

But with every music player I use I've always went into the equaliser,
was choosing between preset options. Finding the one I like best and
always increased the pre-amplifier to get louder music.

I would find it extremely useful to do that just once for all apps
that produce sound.

As for bugs I was annoyed that speakers on my laptop were quieter
under ubuntu until I was told to use EQ to crank the speakers higher
without getting distortion when the sound is maxed out.

> I personally think we need to think very very carefully about how we implement EQ, and whether it is needed by the vast majority of people.
>

Why can't the EQ be inside the sound properties the one you get to
from current VolumeIndicator -> Preferences?

That would be Hidden enough yet Findable enough =)

> Luke
>