Although not many know about this, the Windows 10 Mobile OS offers a built-in audio frequency equalizer. In this article, we’ll show you how to use the audio EQ on the
Microsoft Lumia 950 and
Lumia 950 XL, the current Windows flagship handsets, but the same principle applies to all Windows 10-based smartphones.
Before detailing how to use the EQ, we’d like you to bear in mind that there’s more you can do with an EQ besides boosting the bass all the way up to distortion. Below, we’ve attached a (simplistic) chart that shows how popular instruments sit in the frequency spectrum. Bear in mind that boosting EQ bands associated with these instruments will make them appear to be louder in the mix while cutting the EQ bands will make them more subtle.
One essential detail to bear in mind is that each music genre has its own spectrum fingerprint, which is heavily determined by the instruments usually pertaining to a certain genre. In essence, this means that one EQ setting might work well for Jazz music, but not as well for bass-heavy genres.
Now that we know what the EQ can do for us, it’s time to put it to good use on the Microsoft Lumia 950 or Lumia 950 XL. Note that the same steps apply for most other Windows 10 Mobile Lumias:
Step 1. Go to Settings->Extras.
Step 2. Go to Equalizer
Step 3. Select each one of the 6 included presets and listen to how the music changes.
Step 4. Select the preset you like the most.
Step 5 (Optional). If you want to manually tweak the EQ, create a custom preset. The chart that we’ve included above will come in handy at this point.
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The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL offer a built-in sound equalizer with 14 presets. If that’s not enough, you can use the custom setting to satisfy your needs. The equalizer page isn’t very obvious to find unless you’ve used a Lumia device before. We’ll show you how to find it and what you can do with it.
- Go to Settings > Extras
- Tap Equalizer
- Select a preset from the drop-down list.
You can use the presets to help make things sound a little better. The best thing to do is to select each preset with the music on, close your eyes, and listen. Keep the preset that sounds better to your ears. I prefer to use the Bass Boost preset.
If you have more time, you can play around with the custom setting. You can drag individual frequencies up or down. There’s currently only one slot available for a custom setting.
This might not be obvious, too, but the equalizer settings for the speakers and headphones are different. Plug in your favorite headset and the equalizer settings page automatically change from speakers to headphones.
Which equalizer preset do you normally use on your Lumia 950 or 950 XL? Let us know in the comments!
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Audio Equalizer 1.4.0.0 XAP File for Windows Phone
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You are downloading the XAP package file for Audio Equalizer v1.4.0.0 on Windows Phone. Audio Equalizer is a free Music App: !!!!!!!Very important: NO LUMIA 520, 525, 526…52X, 630, 635 PLEASE!!!!!!!Do you want to find a shortcut for equalizer settings?Come over … You can now download the offline XAP package file to install & try it.
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Updated: September 3, 2016
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When testing Lumia 535 for music, I discovered a setting which I haven’t, and still don’t see on my other Lumias Running Windows Phone 8.1. It is now possible to change equaliser settings when listening to music on speakers instead of earphones. I have a Lumia 1020 which is still on CYAN and it does not have this settings enabled and asks me to use earphones. When I researches across multiple forums, many are still looking for this feature to get enabled even though the Cyan Change log had this feature mentioned.
How to check if this setting is enabled on your phone?
- Go to Settings > Audio
- Unplug any headphones, if any.
- See if you can change the audio setting by tapping on the drop down or on the graphics equalizer.
This should be possible on all Windows Phone with CYAN update, but it seems Microsoft needed something else to flick the switch. As of now, its only working on Lumia 730, 535 and even on 830 ( Thanks Aleem to confirm on this) which are all new devices coming with Lumia Denim update. Quite possible that Microsoft has flicked the switch in its recent update to make it work.
Can you see the same for your device ? If yes let us know which phone and update you are running on in the comments.
Note: I am not running developer preview on any of the phones.
A die-hard fan of Windows, PC Gaming, and Xbox. He is a seasoned content writer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He is a specialist in writing about Windows, software reviews, troubleshooting Windows, and automation.
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I’m thinking the sound processor chip would need this capability. Would appreciate if this was able to be made. I would make the app if I knew what I was doing.
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I was possible on Windows Mobile and I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible on Windows Phone which is more sophisticated.
WP7 API is too limited (comparing with WM/native WinCE), so it simple not possible for regular developers. But manufacturers can do, definitely (as HTC did). Or you may ask ROM cooks to embed any open source equalizer for WinCE (if any exists) to their custom ROM’s.
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My next phone is HTC One X… i think, this is a really good development from HTC. It will be my 25th smartphone/ pocket PC… the best until now was the HTC HD2. But the prettiest was the Dell Venue Pro (i know — it´s my personal taste).
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I made this quick concept of what it might look like using Gimp, not the best mock up but it’s just an idea of what a Windows Phone version might look like.
I know Windows Phones are locked down and restricted but look at the Home Screen (World Time) Clock; most of us thought it wouldn’t work because of how the home tiles refreshed and how most of us also thought that only phone carries were the only ones that could make wide tiles. There is a bunch of talent here on XDA, another exsample is the Lock Screen Widgets.
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HTC had a sound enhancer app that was available for their phones. It was good enough. It must have since been taken down, cause since my phone crashed about a month ago, i cannot find the app at all…sucks
Here you go, hope it works for you.
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Here you go, hope it works for you.
i got this error while deploying on my fully unlocked htc hd7
«error-instalation of application failed.XAP package signature is not valid or the wp file is invalid.»
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I got the working sound enhancer……………..click below to download it………..
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I got the working sound enhancer……………..click below to download it………..
Already have it, it’s the second link in my post…
But now I’m waiting for new version from HTC!!!
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That´s the reason, why windows phone will die… too much unnecessary limitations and no chance for an individual style…just the ability for changing the neon colors and to move the tiles around. Too less for user with experience… and the hacks also are not satisfying. I see no future for these phones. I´ve bought after one year without WP7 again one, but after three weeks i´m so disappointed about the changes and the slow development. MS has no interest in this system, because WP8 is on the start. And it will be again a new episode of hopes without getting really improvements for users with more wishes. The concept is for older people and very boring, if you use it longer than a few months — the desk style is for teenagers… a little bit «Kindergarden». There have been concepts like transparence effects for the tiles with background pictures… much more elegant….nothing was realized, too much limitations. No Folders in the long start menu and so on. Also this thing here… no equalizer app… that´s not a modern phone.
My next phone is HTC One X… i think, this is a really good development from HTC. It will be my 25th smartphone/ pocket PC… the best until now was the HTC HD2. But the prettiest was the Dell Venue Pro (i know — it´s my personal taste).
Have you noticed that nobody else has stated that this platform would die? Or that they’re going to Android? This has absolutely zero to do with the original topic, and honestly, nobody really cares if you’re going to Android. If you think the platform will die, then stop posting here and giving it attention. I thought we had gotten past all of these nonsense posts. And for the record, your opinion isn’t fact — it’s actually far from it, and you sound ignorant stating it as though it’s a factual future.
Anyway, I have the HTC Sound Enhancer app, but find myself rarely using it. I’m pretty sure it’s currently disabled. I remember it causing crashes a few months ago as well.
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HTC had a sound enhancer app that was available for their phones. It was good enough. It must have since been taken down, cause since my phone crashed about a month ago, i cannot find the app at all…sucks
goto the marketplace,download an app named reinstaller,sign in with your live ID ,look for sound enhanced in the list and hit download . That’s what I did to get it on my HD7 for the first time today since I bought it on eBay back in November.