Does anyone use "Peace" with EQ APO?

[LIΟN]

Peace Equalizer, interface Equalizer APO

Download Peace Equalizer, interface Equalizer APO for free. System-wide PC Audio Equalizer and Effects app for Windows 7 to 11. Peace equalizer is a Windows PC interface for Equalizer APO http://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo. Besides an system-wide audio equalizer on your Windows PC...

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It's a sort of extension of EQ APO and its developer is very responsive and enthusiastic about feedback.
I know they're adding Mid/Side EQ with channel mixing to the panel as well, and there's quite a few other niceties. (Upmix, Crossfeed, EQ, Virtual Channel Mix .. etc)



Are there any features you wish you had or things you didn't like about using "Peace plugin"? I'm just curious. (I'm not a developer, Just User. and he doesn't do ASR or other communities, but he likes to hear feedback, so I'm posting on his behalf.

 

[staticV3]

I've used Peace for quite a while when when I started out using headphone EQ.

After some time though, I stopped one-click applying presets and instead put more work into creating presets, experimenting with different configs, etc.

For that purpose, Peace felt really restrictive, so I went back to EQApo's stock GUI.

There, I can put the EQ and Preamp into separate blocks, then toggle just the EQ On/Off for A/Bing w/o a change in volume:


I can use variable band GEQ when needed, and stack different presets on top of each other (e.g. one preset folder for different bass curves, another for different mids+treble targets, then just mix and match).

Actually, Peace's inability to toggle just the EQ On/Off without changing the Preamp is why I usually recommend stock EQApo, even to beginners.

I find being able to test EQ On vs Off really important, so that's one feature I'd recommend the Peace developer to add.

 

[LIΟN]

I've used Peace for quite a while when when I started out using headphone EQ.

After some time though, I stopped one-click applying presets and instead put more work into creating presets, experimenting with different configs, etc.

For that purpose, Peace felt really restrictive, so I went back to EQApo's stock GUI.

There, I can put the EQ and Preamp into separate blocks, then toggle just the EQ On/Off for A/Bing w/o a change in volume:
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I can use variable band GEQ when needed, and stack different presets on top of each other (e.g. one preset folder for different bass curves, another for different mids+treble targets, then just mix and match).

Actually, Peace's inability to toggle just the EQ On/Off without changing the Preamp is why I usually recommend stock EQApo, even to beginners.

I find being able to test EQ On vs Off really important, so that's one feature I'd recommend the Peace developer to add.

That makes good sense. Thank you for sharing your experience!
I always thought that it would be nice to turn off simple EQs at once and have a button for A/B blind test.

 

[Doodski]

Are there any features you wish you had or things you didn't like about using "Peace plugin"?

Yes, I found that Peace loses settings after a auto-update and that disables the PEQ. So disable the auto-updates for the most stable operation.

 

[kemmler3D]

I use the stock EQAPO interface but I'd like to use Peace.

My main problem is that it doesn't seem to have a good interface for PEQ. Once you get used to PEQ, GEQ is more like trying to chop onions with safety scissors, just a non-starter for me.

I have seen a few good interfaces for PEQ where you click and drag points on the curve to adjust frequency and gain, and use the mouse scroll wheel to adjust Q. Double click on the curve to add filters, right click a point to remove a filter.

You can see the Fruity Parametric EQ 2 (in FL Studio, free demo) for an example of a really decent EQ interface that is similar to this.

In fact, there used to be a similar GUI front-end for EQAPO that worked this way, but I don't remember what it was called and I haven't been able to find it in years, maybe the author took it down... but I got a lot of use out of it at my job.

 

[Doodski]

I use the stock EQAPO interface but I'd like to use Peace.

My main problem is that it doesn't seem to have a good interface for PEQ. Once you get used to PEQ, GEQ is more like trying to chop onions with safety scissors, just a non-starter for me.

I have seen a few good interfaces for PEQ where you click and drag points on the curve to adjust frequency and gain, and use the mouse scroll wheel to adjust Q. Double click on the curve to add filters, right click a point to remove a filter.

You can see the Fruity Parametric EQ 2 (in FL Studio, free demo) for an example of a really decent EQ interface that is similar to this.

In fact, there used to be a similar GUI front-end for EQAPO that worked this way, but I don't remember what it was called and I haven't been able to find it in years, maybe the author took it down... but I got a lot of use out of it at my job.

If you find or remember good EQ/PEQ software let me know and I'll add it to the EQ/PEQ ASR webpage.

EQ Software for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS/iPadOS and Android.

Any suggestions are welcome. Post suggestions here. I will gather the details and add them. Thanks. :D This will be organized as results come in. @sweetchaos made a guide for PEQ filter data input and operation. For crossover software go here. Windows: AutoEQ four easy steps to make your...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[kemmler3D]

If you find or remember good EQ/PEQ software let me know and I'll add it to the EQ/PEQ ASR webpage.

EQ Software for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS/iPadOS and Android.

Any suggestions are welcome. Post suggestions here. I will gather the details and add them. Thanks. :D This will be organized as results come in. @sweetchaos made a guide for PEQ filter data input and operation. For crossover software go here. Windows: AutoEQ four easy steps to make your...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Believe me, I've looked... if I find it I'll let you know.

There are lots of VST EQs out there that people could try, but they would all run through EQAPO anyway...

 

[LIΟN]

Yes, I found that Peace loses settings after a auto-update and that disables the PEQ. So disable the auto-updates for the most stable operation.

I probably turned it off. But I didn't know the PEQ was lost when it was on. Interesting.
(I've seen that even if some beta version Peace files are replaced and installed, the existing settings remain the same)

My main problem is that it doesn't seem to have a good interface for PEQ. Once you get used to PEQ, GEQ is more like trying to chop onions with safety scissors, just a non-starter for me.

I have seen a few good interfaces for PEQ where you click and drag points on the curve to adjust frequency and gain, and use the mouse scroll wheel to adjust Q. Double click on the curve to add filters, right click a point to remove a filter.

I also inquired about the GUI, and the developer said no sooner, but I heard that EQ APO's functions are also considered to be provided so that users can configure their own panels.
Custom Plug-in to help you customize as you want

Personally, I'm most comfortable with REW's UI (because I use REW the most)
The shape of the Minisp Console is also pretty good.
When I look at this, I think I like simple things.
In particular, windows that control the frequency domain, gain, and Q value seem to prefer to have a narrow or horizontal spacing as much as possible.

 

[soyabeaner]

I used to use Peace as the main GUI, but now have it uninstalled. I still re-install it temporarily whenever I play around with EQ filters for new devices like my bluetooth earbuds, but mainly for its peak meter to settle on the preamp's dB level to combat Windows's CAudioLimiter. I would play my songs with the worst digital clipping and monitor them.

 

[bloodshoteyed]

Yes, I found that Peace loses settings after a auto-update and that disables the PEQ. So disable the auto-updates for the most stable operation.

yeah, i'm constantly loosing the outputs it's assigned to, which is a real PITA especially since it requires a system restart after checking all the boxes for the outputs

 

[Tell]

I've used Peace for quite a while when when I started out using headphone EQ.

After some time though, I stopped one-click applying presets and instead put more work into creating presets, experimenting with different configs, etc.

For that purpose, Peace felt really restrictive, so I went back to EQApo's stock GUI.

There, I can put the EQ and Preamp into separate blocks, then toggle just the EQ On/Off for A/Bing w/o a change in volume:
View attachment 380548

I can use variable band GEQ when needed, and stack different presets on top of each other (e.g. one preset folder for different bass curves, another for different mids+treble targets, then just mix and match).

Actually, Peace's inability to toggle just the EQ On/Off without changing the Preamp is why I usually recommend stock EQApo, even to beginners.

I find being able to test EQ On vs Off really important, so that's one feature I'd recommend the Peace developer to add.

Yeah same, I've looked at Peace once but it feels kind of limited even though it looked fast and easy at first glance.
Stock can be a bit confusing at first though, especially this thing where you choose a device and everything below it will be applied to just that one until you put another device, and also that if you do other configs you must save that and then Include it into the base config.txt for it to even work. But once you get the hang of it it gets quite handy.