7. Results - Gazwilde/EQ-Software-For-Mixing-Audio GitHub Wiki

Test at this moment are using a stock EQ and manually creating an EQ curve from the data, Even though this is far from ideal, it gives a good indication weather further development and research would be feasible. Over all the EQ gave positive feedback from the participants. With one stating that it has totally transformed his mixes. He goes on to state that it gave more clarity in the bottom end frequencies and made it easier to hear where he problems lie and quicker to fix them. Another participant stated that he now uses it on every mix, his mixes translate onto different playback systems, computer speakers, phone and Hi-Fi in different rooms. He goes on to say that when his mixes are put onto Soundcloud or converted to MP3 at lower resolutions the quality if significantly better when compared to mixes done without the EQ. The participant finds it easier to find problems and fix them as they can hear the problems and not guessing, adjusting frequencies that don’t need adjusting causing greater problems.

Based on the participants feedback from the participants the concept works and would benefit researching greater. The participants all spoke of how it has benefited them and how it has made their mixes.

Limitations of initial research and further development

Using free software has limitations with calibration. If the software was to be released then ideally appropriate pure tone testing software would be developed and be apart of the full package. Also dedicated headphones would also be an advantage, this would keep the testing process consistent with each user.

Creating software to fully integrate into all major DAWs will also improve and validate the research. Using stock plug-ins to manually create EQ curves could be limiting as its not as precise as the software creating one. The other limitation with stock EQ is that it processes the Left and Right Channel together. Further research into weather it would be better to process each speaker individually could be an advantage as each ear had different hearing loss