What excatly does Sound Enhancer do?

I was going though all of the settings and noticed I had Sound Enhancer turned off. What excatly does Sound Enhancer do? Do most people use it?

When i tried it out many years ago, I found it just made everything sound like C-R-A-P so I never touched it again after that.
Patrick

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Does Sound Enhancer effect the sound on iPod?

Does the Sound Enhancer effect in iTunes effect the sound on iPod?
(sorry if this obvious...)

Thanks for the info!
Please tell me more about setting the equalizer and sound check settings on the iPod...
Tmp

Itunes 'Sound Enhancer' questions.

Will turning this option off revert the sound to exactly as it was before or does Sound Enhancer permanently alter/change the file itself, even in the slightest most miniscule way?

Sound Enhancer does not modify the .mp3 or .wav file or any other file for that matter. If you are talking about the one in the playback preference pannel, it only modifies playback sound which can be compared to an equalizer. The exact impact of the output sound is still unclear (how they get the sound that comes out I mean) but the file is 100% unchanged and unchecking the box will bring back playback to normal. Think of it as an equalizer but with better functions and better effects. Like I said, people still don't seem to know what effects the Enhancer modifies on output.
Feel free to try it its 100% reversible.

What is Sound Enhancer?

What is it? I'm a bit of an audiophile, and I prefer hearing music as it was on the CD (as the artist intended). I've played with Sound Enhancer and there's a diffirence (I can't say if it's good or bad), but what does it do? Is this some kind of equalizer setting, volume changer, or what? I'm not comfortable with a setting that claims to magically making things sound "better".

Martin
from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304711
iTunes "enhances" the sound of your audio files by increasing the treble and bass response, depending on how you set the slider. Think of it kind of like the "Loudness" button found on an old home stereo system, but adjustable. If you move the slider toward the "high" end, iTunes boosts more of the equalization, meaning things will generally sound punchier and crisper. If you move it towards the "low" end, iTunes will decrease the same frequencies.
Regards
TD

"Sound Enhancer" What is it?

What is it and how much better when set to High? Default is mid. Is it new to iTunes 8?
- Preference/Playback/Sound Enhancer

http://forums.dealmac.com/read.php?4,2611622
"Apple says it is similar to a loudness control:
[www.apple.com]
"If you select the "Sound Enhancer" checkbox, iTunes "enhances" the sound of your audio files by increasing the treble and bass response, depending on how you set the slider. Think of it kind of like the "Loudness" button found on an old home stereo system, but adjustable. If you move the slider toward the "high" end, iTunes boosts more of the equalization, meaning things will generally sound punchier and crisper. If you move it towards the "low" end, iTunes will decrease the same frequencies."
Others claim that there's more to it than that:
[en.wikipedia.org]
"iTunes includes sound processing features, namely an equalizing section, and its "sound enhancer", which in some languages is translated into "sound improver". The enhancer works by inserting out-of-phase components of the signal into the opposite stereo channel, a technique often used on elements in music production."
[www.logicprohelp.com]
(blueintheface):
"What iTunes does in this respect is the same as the 'Wide' button found on ghetto blasters in days of yore - some high frequencies from each channel are phase-inverted and fed to the opposite channel. This makes the stereo-width apparently greater - but comes at the expense of any real definition of placement. It might be instantly appealing in its queasy-making phasey-ness, but in reality the whole stereo image is smeared. It's an effect that destroys any spatial naturalism to any recording, and so wouldn't be suitable for use on any 'realistic' recordings say of an orchestra or a jazz band. I'm not saying it doesn't have its place - because someone will probably have a hit with the most artifically widend track next week - just to be aware of what you're doing, and sometimes what is instantly appealing ends up ultimately fatiguing. "
Some say it is a close relative of Arboretum's Realizer that combines:
[www.arboretum.com]
"Bass Maximizer * The same effect found in Hyperprism offers an incredible assortment of bass enhancement and maximization effects, ranging from subtle bass enhancement to extreme bass generation. Increase the perceived amount of bass, even on low end systems with poor bass frequency response, by harmonics which fool the brain into hearing lower frequencies.
"Harmonic Exciter * Have you ever had an audio track that sounded dull and boring, which no amount of EQ could fix? Instead of simply boosting frequencies already present, as occurs withEQ, the Harmonic Exciter generates new high frequency harmonics, thereby extending the bandwidth and increasing the liveliness of the original audio.
"Stereo Enhancement * Expands the stereo spectrum.""

What is Crossfade Playback&Sound Enhancer &should equalizer be on or off?

What exactly do both of these do? I still have mine I think on the default settings though I have turned off the Crosfade playback a few times while importing cds.Also seen the equalizer on iTunes is on with it on flat and wondering if should turn it off on iTunes because I keep the equalizer off my Ipod most off the time .Thank-You

Crossfade Playback overlaps the currently playing track with the next track. The time setting indicates how long an overlap you get at the end of the currently playing track. It basically fades the currently playing track out, and fades the next track in. This setting has no effect on importing CDs.
Sound Enhancer makes changes to the sound during playback to make the sound 'better' for small or low powered speakers that you get with computers or laptops.
The equalizer on iTunes also affects playback in iTunes only, not your iPod. Your iPod equalizer applies to all tunes played back on your iPod only. But if you have assigned a specific Equalizer Preset to a song in iTunes, your iPod will play according to that setting if your iPod Equalizer is set to Off.

Does Itunes sound enhancer affect Ipod sound?

I just purchased a Ipod video. And I think the sound quality has too much of a 'surround' sound. My EQ is off. Will adjusting the sound enhancer in itunes help minimize the 'surround' sound on my Ipod?

No, it's for iTunes only.

SRS premium sound enhancements not working!!!!!

Two weeks back I installed Windows 8. Now I have Win 7 & Win 8 on dual boot. But SRS premium sound enhancement does not improve the sound quality in windows 8 as it does in windows 7. I mean it does nothing when I slide the audio enhancement slides. The sound is same whether the srs audio enhancement is enabled or not. But the equalizer works fine, only the audio enhancements not working.....my laptop HP G6 1202tx i3 4gb ram 500gb hdd 1gb radeon. Everything is okay in windows 7 but what happened to windows 8?

You could try to install the Windows 7 driver in compatibility mode:
Visit HP Support and get the Windows 7 drivers for the hardware you'd like to try.
Download the driver to your desktop.
Allow the extraction to complete but close the installation process when it comes up.
Navigate to the C:\swsetup\ folder. You will see your driver listed here. They usually have a name like "sp56349". Navigate to this folder.
Within your driver's folder you will see a "setup.exe" file. Right click this file and select Properties.
Navigate to the "Compatibility" tab.
Click the box that says "Run this program in Compatibility mode for..." and also select Windows 7 from the drop down menu.
Check the box which says "Run this program as administrator" at the bottom.
Save these changes and double-click the "setup.exe" to begin the install.
Once the install completes reboot your PC and verify the functionality of the piece of hardware.
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Sound Enhancer and Graphic Equalizer

Can someone explain to me what Sound Enhancer actually does? is it like the pre-amp in the older versions of iTunes's equalizer? Speaking of which, is there no longer a graphic equalizer in itunes?

I don't have Equalizer in my "View" menu. Just:
as List
as Grid
as Coverflow
View Options
Show Current TV Show
Hide Browser
Hide Genius Sidebar
Show Artwork Column
Video Size
Visualizer
Show Visualizer
I guess it doesn't matter since I found it. But if you have an "Equalizer option in View and I don't, I'm wondering what other features I am missing. I'm using iTunes 8.1

I can't find how to apply sound enhancements (EQ) for the podcasts now with iOS 6.0 update

Dears at Apple:
I can't find how to apply sound enhancements (EQ) for the podcasts now with iOS 6.0 update on any of my devices(iPhone 4s, iPhone Touch (4th Gen), iPad (3rd Gen). Most of the "Podcasts" I listen to are music content based and wanted to apply sound enhancements(EQ) like before when integrated with ipod function. Can you consider to "fix" this issue?
Many Thanks!

OK Emanuel I found a solution! I dowloaded and installed "Denon Audio" app from the iTunes store & it works great! It has an EQ you can set curves on manually or use the (few) built in pre-sets. It is a player like the Music app that comes with the iPhone, etc. but restores the EQ functionality so we can adjust the audio of PODCASTS:-) Until Apple fixes this what I consider a bug I will be using the Denon app as my default music player!

What exactly does Classic do on the Mac computers?

Hello,
I migrated from a lovely old iMac g4 a while back and now have an iMac running 10.6.8.
At some point after migrating everything over for some silly reason I decided I no longer needed Classic on this newer computer (I know, terribly foolish of me). Anyway I deleted it. Initially I had problems, mostly internet-related but also with a couple of special fonts that I use mostly for work in Quark XPress and Illustrator.
Fast-forwarding to now (about 8 months after the foolhardy act) things seem mostly ok (or I have just gotten used to them) but I've increasingly had problems printing Word docs (I am running an ancient version – Word X that came with Office X). Not only can I not print .docx files that others send to me, but now I don't seem to be able to print Word files that I have newly created (I can print the old ones however).
Just wondering if any of this has to do with deleting Classic. I realise now that I do not understand what it does.
As an aside, if anyone has a suggestion about what I can do to remedy the problem in Word, I would be most grateful (and yes, I have resaved the files with a .doc extension but with no luck) for the sage advice from the wider world.
Cheers

Just wondering if any of this has to do with deleting Classic.
Almost certainly it does not. Reason - Classic can not be used in Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), nor on any machine with an Intel processor.
I realise now that I do not understand what it does.
Classic is a specific install of OS 9 used when the machine is booted to some versions of OS X. As Classic, it is used as a program rather than as an Operating System, in order to provide a software environment in which many OS 9-only programs can be run. Classic can be used only in OS X 10.0 through 10.4, and only on PowerPC-processor machines.
It's purpose was to facilitate the use of pre-OS X programs. It did not enhance the usability or functionality of OS X itself.
So, not retaining Classic in migrating stuff to your newer computer was not foolhardy; it would not have been usable ata all.
Re using Word, I can't help with that. Perhaps someone else will post in with advice in that regard.
However, if you happen to have Pages installed on that machine, you might try opening one of the problematic Word files with it, then see if it prints.

What exactly does a new poster have to do to get permission to post images?

Recently there was a forum update that disabled new posters to add images
(AND links?) Supposedly this was to reduce spam. So far so good.
Not surprisingly, immediately after the update we have numerous posts in the Forums Issues forum complaining about this feature and no doubt plenty of users just submitting to this policy in silence.
This whole feature is a SEVERE (that's right. bold AND in caps) hindrance. I don't have the stats, but I'm sure a considerable percentage of
(non spam) original posts are from new users with no previous forum activity. Pictures are especially important in the Chart Control forum as visualization is what charting is all about.
(This is the forum I frequent. So yes, I'm biased.)
Ofcourse, I'm sure the forum developers have weighed the pros and cons and studied the stats and then decided what to do after serious consideration...
The question is: What exactly does a new poster have to do to get permission to post images? Wait for how long? Reply to a confirmation email? "Participate" more?
(Say it ain't so.) How much more?
If there really is a workaround by adding an image tag with the edit html button, I don't want to hear it. It's as silly a way to add images as in the before times, the long long ago.
(Also, if this is possible, this whole restriction feature is actually worse than useless. Spammers will exploit this sooner than later. (A very good point made by our dear friend Quincy in a post that has since been deleted it
seems.))

I believe answering that question defeats the purpose of having the "feature".
I suspected as much.
I was hoping to add some explanation to the chart forum FAQ, I guess "Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify your account."
(if this really is the only message new posters get) will have to do.
I still feel this is more of a hindrance to the quality of the forums than not. As confirmed it seems by Naomi, spammers already have a workaround.
Sipla, it sounds like we should add this FAQ to this article:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7359.forums-help-faq-en-us.aspx
What do you suggest?
What does the message say to the user who cannot post links and images yet? We should map to that language.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog,
Twitter,
Wiki)
It says "Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify your account."
If this means you will get a verify email, then you should get a verify email. The message infers that either action will be taken by the forum mods that will be apparent to the user or that the user needs to take some sort of action.
If this is not the case, the wording needs to be changed; it should not mislead you. This is an incredibly vague status message.
I do not have any record of a verify email in my inbox history. All I have is an email this morning from MSDN Site Support (I also posted a request yesterday in MSDN Site Feedback) asking me which account I needed verified. I only have one account.
Almost immediately after I replied, I was able to post links and photos. Honestly I do not know which came first though, the "verification" or my reply to the email or someone noticing the thread about compaining about it a month after signing up.

Can anyone explain in detail the option: "sound enhancer"?

Can anyone explain in detail the option: "sound enhancer"?

On what level should I put the slider (middle, maxim, disable or else)?
Whatever sounds best for you.
o the stereo sepparation will make what ? The centralpoint of the voice will be wider?
Yes. Seems to add a bit of 3D/reverb.

What specifically does the "I/O Safety Buffer" do?

In Logic 8, in the preferences under audio there is a new box you can check that says I/O Safety buffer. It seems to enable use of logic at lower buffer rates. Whats it doing and how? the manual says nothing about this feature. It must have been added after the manual. I can get the buffer down to 32 when its checked. but if I strum my guitar over and over, after about 30 seconds there is a dropout, not a pop or click, but all sound stopping for a second then everything is fine again. Is this the down side of using this new feature?
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Burr

noeqplease wrote:
Hi,
This is what it does:
When you set the buffer to, for example, 11 milliseconds maximum latency, then any track that has plugins inserted in it, who have a total latency of LESS than 11 mS, operate NORMALLY.
Any track that has plugins that add up to MORE than 11 mS, then Logic automatically turns OFF some of the plugins, until it reaches the 11 mS or less maximum latency.
This is so that when you are playing live recording into Logic, you do not get a large latency that can throw off your playing.
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i understand what this does.
return(password);
but what exactly does this do?
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got it thanks.
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What excatly does Sound Enhancer do?

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