Sound Quality And Effects Download
Rachel Neylon
Frequency lowering technologies offer an alternative amplification solution for severe to profound high frequency hearing losses. While frequency lowering technologies may improve audibility of high frequency sounds, the very nature of this processing can affect the perceived sound quality. This article reports the results from two studies that investigated the impact of a nonlinear frequency compression (NFC) algorithm on perceived sound quality. In the first study, the cutoff frequency and compression ratio parameters of the NFC algorithm were varied, and their effect on the speech quality was measured subjectively with 12 normal hearing adults, 12 normal hearing children, 13 hearing impaired adults, and 9 hearing impaired children. In the second study, 12 normal hearing and 8 hearing impaired adult listeners rated the quality of speech in quiet, speech in noise, and music after processing with a different set of NFC parameters. Results showed that the cutoff frequency parameter had more impact on sound quality ratings than the compression ratio, and that the hearing impaired adults were more tolerant to increased frequency compression than normal hearing adults. No statistically significant differences were found in the sound quality ratings of speech-in-noise and music stimuli processed through various NFC settings by hearing impaired listeners. These findings suggest that there may be an acceptable range of NFC settings for hearing impaired individuals where sound quality is not adversely affected. These results may assist an Audiologist in clinical NFC hearing aid fittings for achieving a balance between high frequency audibility and sound quality.
After the latest software patch verizon put out for the galaxy s6. I can no longer access sound quality and effects. Under advanced, in sounds and notifications. I can't use the equalizer or sound alive anymore when listening to my music. Its like the update deleted it. You can click on it but nothing happens. Please fix or help verizon.
The only thing you can disable is sound alive. Which is located in the sound quality and notifications menu. Which i can't even access. I tried diabling then enabling, still doesnt work. Also, sound effects and notifications isnt an app. Its in the settings of the phone.
Making sure that the sound quality is superb is what we want for you. A software update is supposed to enhance your phone, not hinder. Let's figure out a resolution for you. Thank you for the steps that you've tried. I want to step back just a bit so I fully understand the issue at hand. You are talking about the sound quality being an issue. Can you please describe what happens with the sound when listening to music? (For example; is it muffled or is it too soft?) When you are in the Settings >> Sound and Vibration >> Sound quality and effects. In this screen, what options are you able to click on?
No this issue has nothing to do with sound quality. As stated before, when going into the setting of the phone>> sound and vibrations>> then sound quality and effects, under advanced. We can't access the option, sound quality and effects, it won't even open. So i no longer have access to sound alive, the equalizer when listening to music, or the option to the high quality upscale anymore. The sound quality and effects option in the settings no longer opens. The latest update broke it.
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"Adapt Sound", "UHQ upscaler", SoundAlive+, and "Tube Amp Pro" are all audio features on Android. I'm a newbie when it comes to audio quality so I'm not sure if they are actually useful. Do any of them actually provide any significant improvement? Would you recommend not using any of them?
"Adapt Sound" seems to just make everything louder. I haven't noticed any significant difference using the "UHQ upscaler", but that could be due to my headphones and audio source. I think that the fake surround sound of "SoundAlive+" is annoying, so I don't use it. The "Tube Amp Pro" I use occasionally since otherwise my headphones have very sharp highs.
Anyone else notice the effects loop is "dull".
I run my Roland GR-55 synth through the stereo effects loop in the back, but just as an aux input.
However, I would like to use the effects loop post stack so I can toggle it on and off at 100% level to essentially kill the guitar signal and only the synth will sound for little horn parts and stabs.
It's because the loop is in fact placed before the cab in the signal flow, contrary to how one would expect, looking at the front panel. It makes sense in the real world, as an effects loop in a tube amp would be placed between the pre and power amp, before hitting the cab of course. I made a thread about this a while back. The only solution is to use the Return input as auxes, I'm afraid. It would be nice to be able to choose whether it's pre or post cab in a future firmware update, but you can't have everything, I guess...
i use a T.C. G-Force for dely and reverb. run it trough the FX-Loop. the mix have to stay at 100% if not the sounds become quacky. Its quite a big volumedrop when i use the effectloop, but input signal on the G-Force is very high! dont quite understand it. I am used to play on tubeamps with FX-Loop, and the behave a bit different.
Maby its unnessesary to use it, but i dont find that reverb and dely that i am familiar with on the Kemper! its too boxy and not as open as i want. The dely is too defined..not organic
I use the mono loop as first stompbox with my second guitar and it just sounds fine (100% mix)
I'm also interested to use the stereo loop with my keyboard, I never tried it because I don't own the TRS to 2 TS s cable. Maybe you've got something connected to the direct output that causes a weak return signal?
Bandlab is easy to use and fast so thats attractive , also it seems to have way more sounds (+ the loop packs) than cakewalk ? But if the quality is superior in cakewalk then I may need to take the time to use that instead ?
But you will need to supply most of your own sound content, as Cakewalk does not include much content by default, so the quality of that is up to you. Those links that scook provided are excellent resources for free plugins!
My question deals with a violin I have, 1880ish German. The bridge looks very old, maybe not as old as the violin. It is slightly cupped, due to the constant pressure for a few decades. It isn't of the highest quality, sparsly speckled. Is this called bridge fatigue? As to the tonal issue, what changes can I expect when fitting a good quality bridge? The violin is sweet sounding, very responsive, and has good volume. I think it would benefit with a little more sharpness/focus and possibly a little more volume. The soundpost is set about 3 mm behind the bridge.
Changing the bridge will change the sound of your violin. The hardness of the maple, the thickness of the bridge, thickness of the feet and the cut of the bridge all have influences on the sound of the instrument, but, there are other factors to consider when trying to engineer the sound of a string instrument. Today there are so many varieties of strings, and each different brand and the various products within each brand can produce a vast difference in the sound. You can spend a year and lots of money trying to find the right strings for your instrument. I once spent about a year and a half trying to find the right D string for one of my violas.
It is an opportunity to improve things. But, like with moving the soundpost around, or making a new one, if you're not confident that you can do it correctly, and make the violin at least as responsive as it was - there are people around who can, and who routinely do this, so you might want to leave the job to one of them.
To start off with, this is not the first bridge I've fit, more like #65 or so. I have the mechanics down, but want to know about tonal ramifications, or how to tweak a bridge to modulate the tonal properties. The violin in question has been freshly restored, the belly "regraduated" (I hate that term, but will use it as a common expression, should be called a refined graduation). It does sound very good to the few professional violinists who have played it.
My question may have more to do with set-up than anything else. I would like to simply get the violin to it's fullest potential. I know some basics on the soundpost and strings, and a whole lot on plate tuning, thanks to this forum and the countless hours of research, not to mention 40 something years as a spare time luthier, specificly as a guitar maker. I've been dabbling in violins the last few years, and believe me, it's addictive.
It's time for me to take it to the next level, and I was hoping to get some input on the title of this topic. It seems a harder or higher priced bridge is better for sound, going by what I've observed and heard. What are the reasons, and how does making it thinner, thicker, enlarging the kidneys, removing material from between the feet, etc effect tone? I kinda liked the old bridge, and decided to go with it. Tonight I'll be fitting a new one, so I may be able to answer some of my questions as a result.
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