Feature: allow to persist EQ settings on a per-song basis

[spotlesscoder]

Feature Description

Some songs definitely need some EQ tweaking to sound good. I want to be able to persist EQ settings I made to a song to save time during performing so I have more time to interact with the audience.

Therefore I want a save button for the EQ settings when a track is loaded to any deck

[ronso0]

Are you using Mixxx wirh keyboard and mouse only?

With controllers, auto-eq will definitely create potentially troublesome situations.

[spotlesscoder]

Well as it would be optional that would only affect those who use this feature. Maybe the loading of the persisted EQ settings could also be optional so it has to be actively triggered for every time a new song is loaded to a deck?

[atskler]

@ronso0 maybe this feature could be implemented as cloning and saving the current eq with its settings as a pre-eq.

[ronso0]

@atskler I'm not sure what you mean, please elaborate.

[atskler]

@ronso0

Current setup:

---GAIN---STD-EQ---FILTER---FADER---

With additional PRE-EQ:

---GAIN---PRE-EQ---STD-EQ---FILTER---FADER---

The PRE-EQ and the STD-EQ are the same type, 3 band EQ.

When there is a desired EQ setting for a track that should be copied from the STD-EQ to the PRE-EQ and the STD-EQ should be reset.

Now probably additional buttons are required to do this.

• show the PRE-EQ/STD-EQ values
• save the STD-EQ to the PRE-EQ
• reset the PRE-EQ
• a feedback light that the PRE-EQ is active

Potential problems:

• the EQ positions are stored for a track, but in the meanwhile the EQ types/frequencies are changed in the preferences

(On my part I would say that the tracks that require this kind of pre-equalization should be adjusted and rendered in a DAW as new masters.)