Stereo Tool

There's already a preset for what you seem to be wanting... Try "Laza - Warm & Smooth". You can follow that and change to have less bass and more mids...as you seem to not like much bass, and you seem to also like extra mids.

I went through the default presets and I didnt like any of them to actually permanently use it, so I decided to make my own.

My preset runs on systems with the frequencies around 40Hz and 15kHz highly emphasized and around 690Hz highly reduced, with loudness enabled. So if someone has already set the equalizer of his stereo system to a warm/clear sound with bass and treble up and midst down for everydays music from various sources like TV, DVD, CD, Vinyl, Radio or Tape, my preset doesn't interfere with that. WinAmp with the various MP3 files (and its various recording quality) fits smoothly into there then now with my preset (at least that's my goal).

But I am still not completly pleased, so the preset is going to be tweaked the next days.

Okay, I added the latest version to the first posting.

I created an update (for download go to the first posting):
[edit] 9:22 pm - Uploaded a little finetuned update (a little further enhanced dynamics within the the sound).

New version (see first post for download):

New version (s. first post for upload):
[edit] Also changed Preset "Wet" in todays version.

I've been downloading these, but not commenting, until now...

I picked this quote, because I had initially commented about the "monster-compressor" preset. The direction you've taken since then has been moving closer and closer to the sound profile of presets from me, Bojcha, achecz, and others. Most of the difference now between this and mine is yours does not have as much bass, which is ok, since not everyone likes as much bass. Odds are, yours has more dynamic range too, as you're not using loudness.

Anyway, the most recent stuff is vastly different from what you originally posted. I would say it's vastly better, but I suppose we'd still go back to different tastes...

Well, when I play my presets on my stereo equipments, I have a lot of bass. But I prefer the warm bass frequencies around 40Hz and not the more "plastic", "hollow" sounding frequencies around 90Hz. I also decrease the frequencies around 10kHz, as they make a sharp hissing sound, that almost hurt in my ears, but I put more emphazis on the 15kHz frequencies, as they make the sound clear and detailed. The frequencies from 340Hz to 5.5kHz I try to keep as down as possible, since I find the midst make the music sound "metallic" and 5.5kHz make it sound "cold", but I see the problem of loudness and vocals, when they are too much down. It's all pretty much reflected here:



And the sound of my presets runs at my home through a graphic equalizer setting almost like this one:
http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/storag ... -35-02.JPG

That explains a lot... That's the traditional "smiley face" equalizer setting. It goes negative in the vocal range of the mids, which is likely why you don't think the mids in "monster-compressor" were too much, because your EQ setting attenuates them.

You should take a look at the frequency chart here:

http://www.independentrecording.net/irn ... isplay.htm

Well, since it's a popular setting, it's not so bad to align the preset to it.