PEQ talk

[WiimNoob]

Does anyone here use PowerAmp Equilizer Pro app? Their PEQ settings at minimum is 10 bands(freq). Do we need that many for this device; i dont know. EQ is a nice feature/function but diddling with it all the time i think one loses their perspective with the music.

 

[steadyshot]

If I apply the following peq settings should I set the volume limiter to 81%? (reduce by 11.4db)

Essentially adding the absolute values of the highest gain and highest cut.

All are PK.

• Band 1: 86.4 Hz, -8.5 dB, Q = 6.4
• Band 2: 190.5 Hz, -4.4 dB, Q = 4.9
• Band 3: 862.4 Hz, -1.5 dB, Q = 3.1
• Band 4: 2588 Hz, 2.9 dB, Q = 4.1

 

[onlyoneme]

Download REW, apply your PEQ settings, read the required headroom, divide it by 0.6 and you will get the minimum required percentage value to use for the volume limiter.

 

[onlyoneme]

 

[onlyoneme]

And, if someone needs a proof of having the master volume attenuated by 0.6 dB for every single percent of the volume limiter:

 

[steadyshot]

I don't doubt the 0.6db increament. So REW takes only in consideration the max gain and disregards the cuts? The rule above does not apply?

 

[onlyoneme]

So REW takes only in consideration the max gain and disregards the cuts?

No, it analyzes correlation between bands and how each of them affects others.

 

[onlyoneme]

In your case it would be equal to the max gain:



but look what happens when I change a freq of the third band:

 

[steadyshot]

Thanks for showing the difference! I have just downloaded REW and found it. For some reason it doesnt take the decimal in 862,4