Soundcard Bass Booster

Pete · Fri 14 May, 2004 18.18

Right then. I've recently had my speakers replaced by Tech Support. Now these new ones are fab, they are a lovely black, the on button works properly, the headphones socket works and they're a nice shape.

However they don't have a bass boost button like my old ones. Now what I'm after is a bass booster that is "server side" in the sense that it isn't just the equaliser in WMP. I want it to also boost the bass in the recycle bin and stuff.

Anyone know of a free (or paid with crack/serial) proggie that can do this?

Big Brother · Fri 14 May, 2004 18.27

Hymagumba wrote:Right then. I've recently had my speakers replaced by Tech Support. Now these new ones are fab, they are a lovely black, the on button works properly, the headphones socket works and they're a nice shape.

However they don't have a bass boost button like my old ones. Now what I'm after is a bass booster that is "server side" in the sense that it isn't just the equaliser in WMP. I want it to also boost the bass in the recycle bin and stuff.

Anyone know of a free (or paid with crack/serial) proggie that can do this?

Boost the bass in the Recycle bin?

Have you tried Windows Volume control for your bass?

Neil Jones · Fri 14 May, 2004 18.41

Hymagumba wrote:Right then. I've recently had my speakers replaced by Tech Support. Now these new ones are fab, they are a lovely black, the on button works properly, the headphones socket works and they're a nice shape.

However they don't have a bass boost button like my old ones. Now what I'm after is a bass booster that is "server side" in the sense that it isn't just the equaliser in WMP. I want it to also boost the bass in the recycle bin and stuff.

Anyone know of a free (or paid with crack/serial) proggie that can do this?

"boost the bass in the recycle bin"?

Do you mean the sound effect?

Could always load the individual sound files into something like Goldwave and run the equaliser on it to boost bass and save them back. Sound files live in C:\windows\media folder.

Apart from that, I really can't imagine what else you can possibly do to "boost the bass in the recycle bin".

Pete · Fri 14 May, 2004 19.07

Well I don't have a bass control in my volume control.

I used the recycle.wav sound as an example of a sound not being played by something like Windows Media Player.

Big Brother · Fri 14 May, 2004 21.05

Hymagumba wrote:Well I don't have a bass control in my volume control.

I used the recycle.wav sound as an example of a sound not being played by something like Windows Media Player.

Are you sure? On the Advanced Tab?

Everysound card I've had always had that enabled - have you got your whatever card installed correctly? Perhaps it comes with it's own software?

Pete · Fri 14 May, 2004 21.27

Big Brother wrote:Are you sure? On the Advanced Tab?

Everysound card I've had always had that enabled - have you got your whatever card installed correctly? Perhaps it comes with it's own software?

I haven't came across one yet. Which advanced tab do you mean?

Neil Jones · Fri 14 May, 2004 21.37

Big Brother wrote:
Hymagumba wrote:Well I don't have a bass control in my volume control.

I used the recycle.wav sound as an example of a sound not being played by something like Windows Media Player.
Are you sure? On the Advanced Tab?

Everysound card I've had always had that enabled - have you got your whatever card installed correctly? Perhaps it comes with it's own software?

My current sound card doesn't have Bass Control either. In fact the bass on this system is controlled by a twiddly knob on the back of the monitor, as when I rebuilt the system I was too tight to get a decent monitor so I'm using this one with the speakers on the side of the monitor. Fiddle the knob on the back to alter the bass.

Me thinks therefore that Bass Boost was a feature in the original speakers and its usually controlled from the speakers. The only other way really that I can think of is to either use some software that comes with the soundcard (although I doubt it would make a difference as it would still be tied to the Windows Volume Control which as you say doesn't allow bass to be altered) or find some 3rd part software from somewhere that intercepts the sound--playing elements of Windows. Kind of like how Trayclock works. Although I'm not aware of any program ever that even alters the bass in this way let alone intercepting various elements of the Operating System.

msdn.microsoft.com, from a quick google, makes mention to turning bass boost on or off from a programming point of view although I would have thought that again, it's tied to the Volume Control as to whether it can be used or not.