Btw, I was amazed with MusicBee (thank you very much Steven). Using ASIO as sound device in MB and enabling resampling of 48k in preferences, MB excels in sound in every player i tried in Windows system. Now, having tried and using two free VST plugins, ReaXcomp (multiband compressor from cockos) and TDR VOS SlickEQ (3-band parametric equalizer from Tokyo Dawn Lab), MB even pushed further with customizable sound enhancer to your own taste, be it just a multi media speaker system or a powerful audio system at your home. Great piece of software !!!
Here are the links of that plugins:
ReaXcomp -
http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/ (just download the 32bit version of ReaPlugs Vst and uncheck all other plugins except ReaXcomp when installing. After installation, go to C:\Program Files(x86)\VstPlugins, copy the "ReaPlugs" folder to MusicBee plugins folder.
SlickEQ -
http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq/ (just download the Windows (no intaller) package and extract it to MusicBee plugins folder.
As I posted above, if it is the first time you are putting plugins in MB, then you must change the preference path of its plugins as in my case to "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Plugins". (Apply)
MY SETTINGS:
Important: The position in MB’s DSP window of these two plugins, ReaXcomp must be over SlickEQ (or ReaXcomp first then SlickEQ). The 2 plugins must be active with no other DSP turned-on or the MB’s default EQ.
For ReaXcomp:
(In my case, moving the slider control of ReaXcomp crashes MB, so I just input values numerically).
If no values indicated, leave other config as it is.
Band/Frequency/Threshold/Ratio/Attack/Release/Gain
Band1/80Hz/-18/2.5/1.0/200/6
Band2/250Hz/-16/2.0/1.0/200/3
Band3/6000Hz/-3/1.0/10/100/0
Band4/12899/-3/1.0/10/100/1.5
You can increase bass boost by decreasing threshold to -3 if it is too weak for you.
For SlickEQ:
LOW: 80Hz, gain 4.0dB, curve is V or A (red-lit indicator)
MID: 144Hz, gain 1.7dB
HIGH: 6.5kHz, gain 3.5dB, curve S 0r Z (blue-lit indicator)
Click “AUTO” button (blue-lit indicator will turn off) so as not to activate auto-gain.
Increase OUT GAIN to 2.4dB if desired.
You can increase or decrease gains in frequencies in to your liking to compensate sound produced by your amplifier.
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Some modification to my previous ReaXcomp settings: (for 6000Hz & 12899Hz)
Band/Frequency/Threshold/Ratio/Attack/Release/Gain
Band3/6000Hz/0/2.0/1/200/0Band4/12899/0/2.0/1/200/0Changing values of threshold, ratio, and attack same as that of low ranges make these two frequencies more active I think, especially by increasing the threshold to negative values.**********************Here's another modification to my settings, and I think it improve much the function of the compressor (ReaXcomp);- I gave values to "knees" and made changes to frequencies of mid and high.band/freq/threshold/ratio/KNEE/attack/release/gain1/80Hz/-16/5/2/3/160/62/250Hz/-16/5/2/3/160/1.73/1000Hz/-1.5/2/4/50/100/04/6000Hz/-1.5/2/6/50/100/0I made changes also to SlickEQ;LOW: 80Hz, gain = 0.2 (or increase if weak)MED: 1260Hz, gain = 1.2HIGH: 6.5kHz, gain = 2.0 (or increase if weak)Try also to enable auto gain.