IMPORTANT, THE AUDIO DECK IS THE MAIN THING

Okay so my DJ friend gave me some expert tips on producing back when I started a few years ago but he also gave me some tips on how to make my music sound amazing (not my produced music I mean the stuff that comes from your speakers folks)

So this is gonna be a semi-long tutorial, not really.

To get started you need iTunes. I find iTunes has the best equalizer out of every music player and it can be LOUD which we all like, obviously with the loudness war going on in music.

Once you have iTunes go View in the top left and click 'Show Equalizer', once there you should see this:



First play Heavy Metal Lover by Gaga for like 30 seconds, Well now turn it on and change it to this:



(ignore the preset name, lol) Now play Heavy Metal Lover by Lady Gaga (it's gonna be loud so turn it down a bit)

Now that's basically it, but not really, if you guys have an Audio Deck (which pretty much every computer does, I've only encountered 1 out of the 30 people I've done this with that doesn't)you can edit IT'S equalizer to look like this:




BTW, Your Audio Deck probably, and most likely will, look much different than mine, if you need help finding it just message me on here I'll be able to find it for you most likely. Mines and HD audio card, which leads me to my next little thing

BUY AND AUDIO CARD.

They aren't overly expensive, mine was 50 bucks, and it's pretty amazing.

Always get UNCOMPRESSED music, they usually come in flac files.iTunes doesn't support flac so convert them to ALAC/Wav files if need be, this is really only for audiophiles, but just so you know iTunes quality (if you buy the song from iTunes) sucks.

Now I don't know much about speakers but if you wanna get headphones, Dr. Dre sucks, don't buy them, but anything from this company:


http://www.sennheiserusa.com/home

And that's pretty much all, if you have any questions you can ask me~

(This should be stickied cause I worked hard on it )

Flop thread but idc y'all missing out

Btw, the Audio Deck is what really does it.

Originally posted by Peep Show LOL no don't mess around with the equalizer, producers & audio engineers have already used EQ in the mixing & mastering process so it will make the music sound over-compressed. Also humans can barely hear the difference between wav and m4a (iTunes) it's just a waste of space.

I know they have, but this simply boost the power of the bass and treble making it much better, a bit over the top but you could easily move the sliders down a bit/turn the music down. And Humans CAN hear the difference between uncompressed files and compressed files, although it is slight, but you can. You just need the right equipment and good ears

Originally posted by Haus Lots of detail I don't use digital EQ though, I use a good pair of headphones (I recommend/use Denon AH-D2000's) and a headphone amp, such as the Digizoid ZO2 (one of the best rated amps) which will sound better than any digital EQ you could set up, but that also comes with a hefty price tag (a good amp is ~$100 and up, along with good headphones begin ~$200 and up). For most people digital EQ is fine though.

I need a headphone amp tbh, but my headphones are amazing HD Pro's 280. But the 700's are so expensive.

Originally posted by Lil Misty Flop thread but idc y'all missing out Btw, the Audio Deck is what really does it.

I'm amazed I'd get any negative feedback from this. I posted the iTunes only thing on tumblr and it got so many notes I was so proud

All my friends I worked on liked the new sound they got. It is bit overbearing but I like really loud music, some people don't though.

Originally posted by Bibliotheque There was a thread like this a while ago. I think those iTunes settings are pre-set under 'Perfect'.

Mine's more detailed and my equalizer setting's are much different and (imo) better. Just some helpful hints :

Originally posted by Lil Misty I know they have, but this simply boost the power of the bass and treble making it much better, a bit over the top but you could easily move the sliders down a bit/turn the music down. And Humans CAN hear the difference between uncompressed files and compressed files, although it is slight, but you can. You just need the right equipment and good ears

Originally posted by Lil Misty I need a headphone amp tbh, but my headphones are amazing HD Pro's 280. But the 700's are so expensive.

Originally posted by Lil Misty I know they have, but this simply boost the power of the bass and treble making it much better, a bit over the top but you could easily move the sliders down a bit/turn the music down. And Humans CAN hear the difference between uncompressed files and compressed files, although it is slight, but you can. You just need the right equipment and good ears

Originally posted by Haus Exactly. I mean you aint gonna hear a difference if you're using iPod headphones but if you use at least decent headphones, especially NOT earbuds, you'll notice a difference. I was considering Sennheiser but they're so ugly imo a lot of people on Head-Fi were telling me to get the Denon's so I did amazing build quality and sound quality, I love em. And to think I used to swear by Beats thank god those things broke

Beats aren't bad...I guess..they're just OVERPRICED as hell. I got the HD 280's cause they're mastering headphones so it helps with my music producing

Originally posted by TSDMusicND This one >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Not really, you gotta do the audio deck too in my process to get the sound I'm telling y'all about, not just the iTunes equalizer, tbh the iTunes equalizer is just a pinch of it, the audio deck is the main thing. The mid EQ's shouldn't be touched, they'll make your sound really static-y

Originally posted by Lil Misty I'm amazed I'd get any negative feedback from this. I posted the iTunes only thing on tumblr and it got so many notes I was so proud All my friends I worked on liked the new sound they got. It is bit overbearing but I like really loud music, some people don't though.

Originally posted by Lil Misty Beats aren't bad...I guess..they're just OVERPRICED as hell. I got the HD 280's cause they're mastering headphones so it helps with my music producing

Originally posted by Peep Show As if today's music isn't already loud enough.

It's never loud enough

I sometimes change back to flat tbh, sometime's it's overbearing like I said for the 50th time. The Audio Deck is the main thing though y'all ignoring it

Originally posted by Lil Misty Beats aren't bad...I guess..they're just OVERPRICED as hell. I got the HD 280's cause they're mastering headphones so it helps with my music producing