Bug 463946

Summary:	Amarok equalizer - usability suggestions
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	PMR <pawel.radziszewski>
Component:	Tools/Equalizer	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	tuomas
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.9.71
Target Milestone:	kf5
Platform:	Other
OS:	All
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/commit/1b9885cd6c3587399043513d1790f877815e94b3	Version Fixed In:
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Description PMR 2023-01-06 22:20:30 UTC

EXPECTED RESULT

In my opinion three modifications would increase Amarok's usability:

1. Modifying labels from band numbers to frequencies.
2. Adding a discretization to sliders' positions (e.g. 1.0 or 0.5 dB)
3. Decreasing amplification range from +-18.0 to +-12.0 dB - like it is common in the majority of equalizers.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
All

Comment 1 Tuomas Nurmi 2024-06-20 07:24:21 UTC

Just a short take on the points:
1. is a bug in unmaintained phonon-gstreamer, related report here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350735 - wontfix, unfortunately

2. No opinion here (yet?)

3. Had a quick look through image search results. Seems like there is more variation within equalizers in computer software, but actual physical hardware devices indeed very often seem to have a range of +-12.0 dB.
Smaller range would probably make handling slider positions nicer, too; I think I'll try something before 3.0.2.

Comment 2 Tuomas Nurmi 2025-06-22 15:17:30 UTC

Git commit 1b9885cd6c3587399043513d1790f877815e94b3 by Tuomas Nurmi.
Committed on 22/06/2025 at 14:10.
Pushed by nurmi into branch 'master'.

Implement equalizer for the new gstreamer backend
Related: bug 486342

M  +1    -0    src/EngineController.cpp
M  +45   -11   src/EngineGstPipeline.cpp
M  +2    -0    src/EngineGstPipeline.h
M  +25   -95   src/playback/EqualizerController.cpp
M  +3    -7    src/playback/EqualizerController.h

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok/-/commit/1b9885cd6c3587399043513d1790f877815e94b3