Default EQCurves

This is a 'proposal' page for a default list of curves. It started as part of a Proposal for Import and Export of Equalization curves. It is now where we are catagorising ideas and firming up proposals.

You should be able to copy-paste the curves in the boxes below into your EQCurves.xml and have them appear next time you open 'Effect->Equalization...'. Alternatively load the proposed default curve, which may have been updated (but does not always follow this page).

Also see Submit your EQ Curves on the Forum for some possible curves for consideration. Probably 'in' MJS Replacement 'AM Radio' curve. Cutoffs at 50Hz and 4.5kHz, 8th-order rolloff. Limited number of points to make editing easier should a user not like it.                 <point f="315.000000000000" d="-2.245000000000"/> <point f="400.000000000000" d="-0.414000000000"/> <point f="500.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="2500.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="3150.000000000000" d="-0.874000000000"/> <point f="4000.000000000000" d="-3.992000000000"/> <point f="5000.000000000000" d="-9.993000000000"/> <point f="48000.000000000000" d="-88.117000000000"/> An easily-edited starting point for a 'walkie-talkie' sound <curve name="Walkie-talkie"> <point f="100.000000000000" d="-120.000000000000"/> <point f="101.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="2000.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="2001.000000000000" d="-120.000000000000"/> from Koz http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33824#p90963). MJS I like this as it has a reference and I can see the use. Why shelve at -40-odd dB though?  Why not go all the way down?  I suggest removing the first 4 points and replacing with <point f="20.0" d="-80.0"/>. (I've done that in the current proposed default curve but am willing to change it back if there is a good reason for it.)    <curve name="100Hz Rumble">        <point f="25.558066373145" d="-40.000000000000"/>        <point f="31.632604280524" d="-39.353843688965"/>        <point f="37.316881063924" d="-37.953842163086"/>        <point f="42.635296659786" d="-36.230766296387"/>        <point f="49.237316986327" d="-33.107692718506"/>        <point f="54.196034330446" d="-29.553844451904"/>        <point f="88.033573501041" d="-6.923076629639"/>        <point f="95.871851182279" d="-4.523078918457"/> <point f="108.957037410504" d="-1.938461303711"/> <point f="123.828171198057" d="-0.738462448120"/> <point f="149.228077614658" d="-0.092308044434"/> Paste here Gale: This one is essential. MJS: Agreed, but lets get it right. This is at 1/3rd octave intervals. <curve name="RIAA"> <point f="20.000" d="19.274"/> <point f="25.000" d="18.954"/> <point f="31.000" d="18.516"/> <point f="40.000" d="17.792"/> <point f="50.000" d="16.946"/> <point f="63.000" d="15.852"/> <point f="80.000" d="14.506"/> <point f="100.000" d="13.088"/> <point f="125.000" d="11.563"/> <point f="160.000" d="9.809"/> <point f="200.000" d="8.219"/> <point f="250.000" d="6.677"/> <point f="315.000" d="5.179"/> <point f="400.000" d="3.784"/> <point f="500.000" d="2.648"/> <point f="630.000" d="1.642"/> <point f="800.000" d="0.751"/> <point f="1000.000" d="0.000"/> <point f="1250.000" d="-0.744"/> <point f="1600.000" d="-1.643"/> <point f="2000.000" d="-2.589"/> <point f="2500.000" d="-3.700"/> <point f="3150.000" d="-5.038"/> <point f="4000.000" d="-6.605"/> <point f="5000.000" d="-8.210"/> <point f="6300.000" d="-9.980"/> <point f="8000.000" d="-11.894"/> <point f="10000.000" d="-13.734"/> <point f="12500.000" d="-15.609"/> <point f="16000.000" d="-17.708"/> <point f="20000.000" d="-19.620"/> <point f="25000.000" d="-21.542"/> <point f="48000.000" d="-27.187"/>
 * AM Radio
 * Telephone - 300Hz-3.8kHz, 4th Order roll-offs. Done from a spreadsheet.
 * Walkie-talkie
 * 100Hz Rumble
 * loudness
 * RIAA

'Generic' boost/cut curves MJS: Just give users an idea of what these might look like. We don't have agreed definitions of 'boost' or 'cut' or 'treble' of 'bass' so give easily-modified (few points) prototypes? BW: The bass and treble boost are good - as you say, generic and easily modified. I think the cut versions should be the inverse of the boosts. MJS: I did it like this to indicate that big cuts are 'safer' than big boosts, clipping-wise. Not a big lesson but just to give users an indication of what they might like to sensibly do. BW: I think of these as the equivalent of the "tone" controls on a stereo. The effect of the cut curves as presented could just as easily be achieved with the Low Pass and High Pass Filter effects, with less fiddling. MJS: True the LPF and HPF are probably better done with the nyquist effects, and I'm guessing that these are IIR filters that more accuratly match 'real' filters in amps. EQ allows a much greater degree of control though, and users should use it if they need that. An education issue that should somehow be addressed. <curve name="Bass Boost"> <point f="100.000000000000" d="9.000000000000"/> <point f="500.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <curve name="Bass Cut"> <point f="150.000000000000" d="-50.000000000000"/> <point f="300.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <curve name="Treble Boost"> <point f="4000.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="5000.000000000000" d="9.000000000000"/> <curve name="Treble Cut"> <point f="6000.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="10000.000000000000" d="-110.000000000000"/> Proposals, undiscussed here Paste here MJS: Do we need this in addition to '100Hz Rumble'? Paste here Proposed and under discussion <curve name="60Hz notch"> <point f="49.4" d="0"/> <point f="60" d="-120"/> <point f="71.3" d="0"/> Probably out <point f="50" d="-20"/> <point f="70" d="4.400000095367"/> <point f="100" d="3.299999952316"/> <point f="125" d="2.5"/> <point f="200" d="1.700000047684"/> <point f="3000" d="-1.5"/> <point f="4000" d="-2.5"/> <point f="5000" d="-3.299999952316"/> <point f="6000" d="-4"/> <point f="7000" d="-4.5"/> <point f="8000" d="-5"/> <point f="9000" d="-10"/> <point f="10000" d="-15"/> <point f="15000" d="-20"/> <curve name="Inverse RIAA"> <point f="30.000000000000" d="-18.600000381470"/> <point f="31.000000000000" d="-18.500000000000"/> <point f="50.000000000000" d="-16.899999618530"/> <point f="63.000000000000" d="-15.899999618530"/> <point f="70.000000000000" d="-15.300000190735"/> <point f="100.000000000000" d="-13.100000381470"/> <point f="125.000000000000" d="-11.600000381470"/> <point f="200.000000000000" d="-8.199999809265"/> <point f="250.000000000000" d="-6.699999809265"/> <point f="300.000000000000" d="-5.500000000000"/> <point f="400.000000000000" d="-3.799999952316"/> <point f="500.000000000000" d="-2.599999904633"/> <point f="600.000000000000" d="-1.799999952316"/> <point f="700.000000000000" d="-1.200000047684"/> <point f="800.000000000000" d="-0.800000011921"/> <point f="900.000000000000" d="-0.300000011921"/> <point f="1000.000000000000" d="0.000000000000"/> <point f="2000.000000000000" d="2.599999904633"/> <point f="3000.000000000000" d="4.699999809265"/> <point f="4000.000000000000" d="6.599999904633"/> <point f="5000.000000000000" d="8.199999809265"/> <point f="6000.000000000000" d="9.600000381470"/> <point f="7000.000000000000" d="10.800000190735"/> <point f="8000.000000000000" d="11.899999618530"/> <point f="9000.000000000000" d="12.899999618530"/> <point f="10000.000000000000" d="13.699999809265"/> <point f="15000.000000000000" d="17.200000762939"/> <point f="16000.000000000000" d="17.700000762939"/>
 * Bass Boost
 * Bass Cut
 * Treble Boost
 * Treble Cut
 * others that should be in the default list
 * rumble filter
 * 60 Hz notch - Gale: We are going to distribute notch.ny with Audacity which can cut a much deeper notch, so we probably don't need this. Additional parameters have been proposed for this (curve length="8192" category="default" draw="yes" log="yes") but filter length can't be set this way yet.
 * acoustic - Gale: generic acoustic 78 rpm curve. In reality there are hundreds of 78 rpm curves.
 * MJS: Who says 'acoustic' is a 'generic acoustic 78 rpm curve'? I've never seen that before.  I always wondered what it was!  It looks very crude and not very useful to me.
 * Gale: Good job you queried it. I'm sure from comments I've seen before that it was "intended" as some kind of "very early" curve, but on reflection the huge cut in the lowest frequencies makes little sense. In any case from now casting around in articles on the web e.g. http://www.shellac.org/wams/wequal.html it's clear that acoustic 78 rpms were not recorded with any EQ; the idea only started in the electrical era. So I also think this curve isn't useful.
 * Inverse RIAA  Gale: This is a convenience included in 1.3.12 release, but not mandatory as you can use the button to invert the RIAA curve.
 * MJS: This is outdated by the improved RIAA curve below. I suggest that it is not included in the default EQCurves for the reason given just above.
 * Gale: Agreed it's marginal, though no doubt some would like it/may not figure you can invert the RIAA curve. I don't mind updating it against the new RIAA curve if others think we want it. If not, it can go.