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why is there no multi band equalizer for windows 7?
Yes I understand that you can change the settings in media player to change the equalizer, but this is useless for example when listening to online material, this is a step backwards !. I cannot find any compatible programmes that can allow me this, which has always been available on previous windows.
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What kind of audio chip do you have?
The AC97 (most common) comes with a nice utility to do all this. It's only 10-band but hey ...
The utility (called Sound Effect Manager) is installed into the control panel by default.
Failing that, try Control Panel>Sound then select your speakers and click Properties>EnhancementsOne of those options is an EQ of sorts with some presets down below.
VP Tech Services
So? That means nothing. All other versions prior to now had to deal with less diversity, less advanced features and less bundled drivers to start working just after installation. How many cd's of drivers did you had to install in XP for everything just working? One for the sound card, another for the graphic card, another for the motherboard, for the bluetooth dongle, for the printer... and so on, and of course, a lot of restarting after each hw install. In W7 you just had to install the OS and everything was already working, but sure, if you're looking for some fancy stuff you should then install the drivers from the hw manufacturer, and if they don't have then complain to them, who are the responsible for that, not MS.
And btw, I'm not related to MS in any way, just in case, I just wanted to point out that you're complaining to the wrong guys.
Christopher 1
You couldn't say it better, nobody knows why MS did such a thing.
Maybe they got carried away with the "simplicity" they wanted for Win Vista/7 but it's actually a lot more complicated.
AHEM!.. This is just a very simple issue.. just go to CONTROL PANEL>HARDWARE AND SOUND> and click IDT Audio Control Panel.. there goes the equalizer, just click it at the 4th row.... Cheers!!!
How can I add an equalizer to the Control Panel -> Sound -> Playback -> (Audio Device selected) -> Properties -> Enhancements?
We should be able to do this independent of what audio hardware we have - I want "Windows" generic graphic EQ that works with whatever sound hardware, I thought there WAS one, now I don't see it. Didn't XP have one? It should be there!
I have four items listed under Enhancements, they are: "Bass Boost", "Virutal Surround", "Room Correction" and "Loudness Equalization" (different than a multi-band EQ).
The "Provider" of each of those is "Microsoft". Why no Microsoft Graphic Equalizer???
