EQ Settings for Skyrim

Post » Tue May 08, 2012 9:00 pm

So, EQ settings, I was listening to the Skyrim theme on my Turtlebeach X11s recently to get me in the mood but I heard a few crackles/distortions in the song,
some parts didn't sound right and I just didn't feel the emotion in the song, it felt empty and thin.

So I decided to fiddle about with the EQ settings to try and create the best sound that I could and settled with a rock-ish (bear with me) type EQ:

A lot of low end/bass,
A lot of treble/high end
and not much of the mid at all.

I'm sure Skyrim will have a wide range of sounds so I'm thinking a mid-high on the bass end and keep the sliders about half way as it levels out and back off on the high end treble.
I'm not really sure what to opt for which is why I require the experience and knowledge of you wonderful people, so I just wanted to know if anyone had a good idea of an EQ setting for Skyrim because sound is one of the most important factors when trying to maintain a good level of immersion.

Thank you for reading,
Lew.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 12:03 am

You seem pretty immersed in your run on sentence there, are you sure you're finished yet? We can wait to answer if not.
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Post » Wed May 09, 2012 4:04 am

So I was listening to the Skyrim theme on my Turtlebeach X11s recently to get me in the mood but I heard a few crackles/distortions in the song so I decided to fiddle about with the EQ settings to try and create the best sound that I could but I'm no sound engineer or "music techy" of any sort for that matter and settled with a rock-ish type EQ with a lot of low end/bass and a lot of treble/high end and not much of the mids although I'm sure Skyrim will have a mix of soudns so I'm not quite sure what to opt for which is why I ask the experience and knowledge of you other wonderful people, so I just wanted to know if anyone had a good idea of an EQ setting for Skyrim because sound is one of the most important factors when trying to maintain a good level of immersion.

Thank you for reading,
Lew.

Yeah. You'll want to do what you do with any music. Turn the EQ off. Music isn't created with something lacking, something that you have to physically tweak. The way it is is the way it's supposed to be listened too. Messing with the EQ simply ruins what the artist created, as they've already tweaked it themselves before it's put out for distribution. One example I can remember is Radioheads "In Rainbows"; There was a line somewhere that specifically said not to mess with EQ.

Just my opinion, I'm a svcker for non tweaked things. :3
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