1. Introduction
The audio quality is extremely dependent on your device and speaker system. Our equalizer uses the native Android libraries in order to have the maximum hardware optimizations.
Following are some tips in order to optimize the equalizer usage.
2. How to start
Spotiq Ten has included more than 20 professional presets, try them all to see which one comes closest to your needs. Once identified, you can try to change it by acting on the sliders.
3. Flat in one click
In our application you can find more preset curves to try but if you want to have the best you must do the curve yourself. So, start from the flat equalizer curve by tapping the zero labels.
4. Slider Fine Adjust
By tapping the slider labels that indicate the level of each band [dB] you can easily fine-adjust the sliders.
5. Limiter
Compression reduces the dynamic range of a sound. It turns down the loudest parts of the sound while bringing the quietest parts up. This makes the volume more consistent but decreases the dynamic range.
Limiter parameters
- Threshold is the point that the compressor kicks in
- Ratio determines how much the volume is reduced by
- Attack Time is how quickly the compressor engages and reduces the volume of the audio
- Release Time is how long it takes the compressor to dis-engage
- Post Gain is necessary to compensate we use the ‘make-up gain’ or ‘output gain’ control to increase the volume of the audio coming out of the compressor
Threshold and Ratio
Attack and Release time
6. Multiband Compressor
What’s the difference between a compressor and a limiter? A compressor is used for shaping the dynamic range of a signal by attenuating the loud parts and boosting the quiet parts, while a limiter is designed to catch peaks, prevent audio clipping, and preserve sonic integrity.
Multiband Compressor advantage
Multiband compressors can act differently on different frequency bands. The advantage of multiband compression over full-bandwidth compression is that problems related to a specific frequency range can be fixed without unnecessary compression in the other, unrelated frequencies. The downside is that frequency-specific compression is more complex and requires more processing capacity than full-bandwidth compression and can introduce phase issues.
SpotiQ Multiband Compressor
We have chosen a professional vintage style, inspired by the best analog compressors, with a very smooth sound.
We have 3 bands, just like the best-known traditional compressors.
1 – The first band goes from 0Hz -> Low Xover
2 – The second band goes from Low Xover -> Hight Xover
3 – The third band goes from Hight Xover -> 20Khz Low Xover
Low Xover value (Max position) = Hight Xover value (Low position) -> Two bands only
The Bypass switch temporarily excludes all the bands.
How to test and learn
1 – Start from a flat setting:
- Input gain at 0 – center position
- Output gain at 0 – center position
- Threshold Off – min position
2 – Consider and edit one band of frequency at a time
3 – Increase the compression intervention
- Try to increase the threshold (step by step)
- Try to increase the Input Gain (step by step)
4 – Compensate the compression
- Increase the output Gain
5 – Enjoy with other bands and parameters! 🙂
The songs are all fully compressed and the master, so the Multiband Compressor could be not necessary. Anyway, I suggest the following unmastered album in order to fully enjoy SpotiQ.
7. Dolby Atmos?
This feature is not present in all devices, disabling it improves audio fidelity. You can find this option in the Audio settings of your device. This choice is personal but we recommend trying without it.
