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Any application software that boosts volume a tiny bit?
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Thought you guys were [H]ard, come on!
I'm watching mostly Windows Media Player movies using a Realtek soundcard.
I'm aware of the Audio Switcher Volume boost in MPC there has to be something like that because it helps alot, but in a windows application form.
I'm watching mostly Windows Media Player movies using a Realtek soundcard.
I'm aware of the Audio Switcher Volume boost in MPC there has to be something like that because it helps alot, but in a windows application form.
No, not really. You can't do anything in software because the max level is the max level. You need to move to hardware. Get a better amplifier for your phones. My guess is they are high impedance and thus need more voltage to get loud. There isn't a software solution to that, no matter how much you might want there to be.
In terms of perceived volume you can use a look ahead peak limiter, but I know of no way to apply such a thing system wide, and it does so at a cost to dynamics (and with limits to what it can do).
If you want more volume you need more power output. Hardware problem, not software.
In terms of perceived volume you can use a look ahead peak limiter, but I know of no way to apply such a thing system wide, and it does so at a cost to dynamics (and with limits to what it can do).
If you want more volume you need more power output. Hardware problem, not software.
The Rad Hatter
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Get an inline amplifier for your headphones. Or, ball so hard and buy a receiver and run your headphones through that.
Sure you can. You just need to use an app that has gain adjustment. You can permanently adjust gain of MP3s with MP3Gain, foobar, Winamp etc. or you can use a media player that has a gain setting, like 1by1. You can't adjust gain too much though or else it will cause clipping.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/1by1-small-lightweight-portable-music-player-dropbox-windows/
Should have said in 1by1 it is called amp but is the same thing, amp gain is what it is.
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dragonhawke
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Why don't you just use VLC?
That only helps for things not already normalized, ad in at the max level. 0dBFS is just all there is in a digital system. You can't go past it, no matter what. Given that most music these days isn't just normalized, but brick wall limited, increasing the gain will just clip the shit out of it.
With today's music recordings it is already recorded hot to the max and has clipping already so you are correct. Most older music recordings though I can increase gain with no clipping quite a bit.
VLC media player lets you boost the volume beyond 100%. You'll probably get some gnarly distortion using software volume though.
If you are using a sound card and plugging your headphones directly into the line output that's why the level is so low. And the bass on your headphones is noticeably lower because of the high impedance. Get yourself a headphone amp.
You will probably be disappointed with Chinese knockoffs and other cheap stuff. I got a cheap $40 headphone amp off of eBay and I think I'll be disappointed with it (it'll arrive in the next few days). Get one of these. You need to get an AC adapter for it, or you might already have one.
http://www.jdslabs.com/item.php?fetchitem=cMoyBB203
EDIT the HiFiMan HM-101 is a bit more affordable, you can control the volume with Windows. You have to use USB, it doesn't have any other input.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...935l3694l0l3806l14l14l0l9l9l0l121l454l4.1l5l0
If you are using a sound card and plugging your headphones directly into the line output that's why the level is so low. And the bass on your headphones is noticeably lower because of the high impedance. Get yourself a headphone amp.
You will probably be disappointed with Chinese knockoffs and other cheap stuff. I got a cheap $40 headphone amp off of eBay and I think I'll be disappointed with it (it'll arrive in the next few days). Get one of these. You need to get an AC adapter for it, or you might already have one.
http://www.jdslabs.com/item.php?fetchitem=cMoyBB203
EDIT the HiFiMan HM-101 is a bit more affordable, you can control the volume with Windows. You have to use USB, it doesn't have any other input.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...935l3694l0l3806l14l14l0l9l9l0l121l454l4.1l5l0
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Almost every media player has a setting somewhere to apply digital gain. Not sure about your specific MPC-HC configuration but when I used to use MPC with AC3Filter there was a setting in the AC3Filter settings to do this either on the entire stream or on individual channels, along with a billion other settings that let you perform all sorts of molestation.
Formula.350
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MPC-HC is the same as MPC, and so it has Gain adjustment.
Open MPC
Hit "O" (or goto Options)
Click + next to Internal Filters
Click Audio Switcher
Adjust the slider next to "Boost"
But, as mentioned, you can only get away with so much before it starts clipping and sounding like arse. Unless you're using a really old Realtek codec (pre-HD), it shouldn't have problems with even up to 200Ohm impedance. For shits-n-giggles I plugged the 150Ohm Sennheiser PC350 into the laptop to see how bad it sounded, and while it might not have been awesome, it wasn't god awful. More importantly though, it has NO problems driving them (albeit a tad lacking on the lows).
I suggest getting the Xonar U3 USB sound card, since it has a built-in Headphone amp capable of driving up to 600Ohm loads (as per the chip's datasheet). You're not only getting a headphone amp, but a much better sound chip then Realtek's, but also digital-optical output, all in a much smaller package. It ends up being the same price as something like a CMoy as well. Though there are alternatives if you aren't needing or wanting something that has the potential to be portable, like from Behringer. The MA400 you can find on ebay for $22 new, which uses 12V wall-wart, and uses OpAmps as well if you felt so inclined to mod it for better audio.
Open MPC
Hit "O" (or goto Options)
Click + next to Internal Filters
Click Audio Switcher
Adjust the slider next to "Boost"
But, as mentioned, you can only get away with so much before it starts clipping and sounding like arse. Unless you're using a really old Realtek codec (pre-HD), it shouldn't have problems with even up to 200Ohm impedance. For shits-n-giggles I plugged the 150Ohm Sennheiser PC350 into the laptop to see how bad it sounded, and while it might not have been awesome, it wasn't god awful. More importantly though, it has NO problems driving them (albeit a tad lacking on the lows).
I suggest getting the Xonar U3 USB sound card, since it has a built-in Headphone amp capable of driving up to 600Ohm loads (as per the chip's datasheet). You're not only getting a headphone amp, but a much better sound chip then Realtek's, but also digital-optical output, all in a much smaller package. It ends up being the same price as something like a CMoy as well. Though there are alternatives if you aren't needing or wanting something that has the potential to be portable, like from Behringer. The MA400 you can find on ebay for $22 new, which uses 12V wall-wart, and uses OpAmps as well if you felt so inclined to mod it for better audio.