iPod Will iPod nano import custom EQ settings from iTunes?

[music251]

Hi.

Well, the title pretty much says it all.
I bought the iPod Shuffle a couple of months ago, but I just got some new canalphones. Unfortunately these need some serious EQ'ing to sound great.
I've read that the iPods doesn't have a customisable EQ internally, but can the iPod nano import your custom EQ settings saved in iTunes? I basically need one custom EQ setting for all my music (when using the nano). Is this possible?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! 🙂

 

[music251]

Anyone? 🙂
I know this isn't a standard feature, but I read something about a way around to get your custom eq setting into the ipod. Maybe I misunderstood something, possibly someone here could shed a light on this? It would be appreciated. If this isn't possible, then I'll just hold out for the next generation of iPods, hoping they will have a real EQ.
thanks.

 

[Mike Teezie]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think your best bet is selecting the songs you want to EQ, then picking a EQ preset in Options.

I'm pretty sure that will encode into the ID3 tag, which will carry over to your iPod.

 

[BrianKonarsMac]

yes, everything in the tag carries over (embedded album art, volume levels, tags, and custom set EQ's) you cannot however customize the EQ for all songs...hence u would need to customize it on every song, tedious and long winded. If you depend on a full featured EQ in the iPod it will surely dissapoint, it is very basic.

 

[music251]

Wow, that's great! Basically I just need one custom EQ (the same setting) setting for all my tracks to make up for certain frequency boosts in my canalphones.
So all I have to do is mark all my songs in iTunes, then press @+I and select my own made EQ setting. Then this will be transferred into my iPod Nano, keeping my custom EQ setting intact?
Just clarifying... It would be a bum to actually buy the iPod Nano, when I just got the shuffle a few months ago, and then find out the EQ thing didn't work..

Thanks! 🙂

 

[dr.shrunkel]

Wait a second!

It's quite possible choose a built-in EQ-preset in iTunes and make your iPod play songs using the same preset. But as far as I know, it's NOT possible to transfer a custom EQ-setting to an iPod using only Apples software. By "custom" I mean a preset you have defined yourself by manually adjusting the frequency-band sliders. And that seems to be exactly what music251 is looking for (if you don't happen to be really lucky, and one of the pre-defined presets provides exactly the "serious EQ'ing" needed for those headphones).

From the article "iPod: About the Equalizer" on Apples website:

1. iPod does not use custom equalizer settings made in iTunes.
2. You can't create custom equalizer settings on iPod, or transfer custom settings to iPod.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61567

I came across one piece of software which could help you out, an open-source project called Rockbox. http://www.rockbox.org/
But it involves changing the firmware of your iPod. (I haven't tried it myself.)

Comparison of features, Rockbox/Apple firmware:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/FeatureComparison#Apple

Screenshots:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ScreenShots16bpp