tempist Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Another feature that would be really helpful and often gets left out of player controls is the ability to control the stereo mix. My brother can't hear out of one ear so whenever he listens to headphones, he only gets half of the mix. Would it be possible to work a balance or pan control into the EQ settings? Or to make an option to combine the stereo channels into a mono mix?Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks for the request.I'll be looking into adding this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempist Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenq Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I second the request. It is perhaps understandable that this is often overlooked as an important feature for anyone with unequal hearing between left and right ears. It is especially important in mp3 players (most don't have it I believe) and music player apps for phones. My hearing loss in my right ear is getting to be just enough that when I listen to music through my earbuds, the sound seems a little off center biased to the left. Maybe from those years of playing guitar standing in front of an amp in the 70's I know I'm not the only one. A balance control would make Poweramp so much more usable by people with asymmetric hearing and even make it the preferred choice. If you add this feature, you should emphasize it in the features list. Us poor boomers are entering the years where slight hearing imbalance can make earbud listening much less enjoyable unless it can be compensated for with a balance control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalQ Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Also requesting this. As far as I'm concerned, this is a necessity for a powerful media player. Would definitely come in handy in correcting imbalanced headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonykiedis Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I made a request similar to this one. Being able to control the channels of each song. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=693 ---- thereThere's a program called audacity that I use to manipulate the tracks by splitting the mp3 into two parts than on the bottom half, invert the audio and switch both from stereo to mono, to cut out the lead vocals and some bass. Really cool and great for creating instrumentals out of the original tracks, depending on the song. Some songs work and others sound scratchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inferno350z Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I definitely would like this feature to, i like to share ear buds before football games or just listen with one ear so i can hear surroundings, so mono would be an awsome feature. can't wait til it's implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben.harris Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'd also find this feature really useful. I use Poweramp to listen to music at work, but just plug one earphone so I can hear if anyone's talking to me, or my (desk) phone rings. If I could set the sound from the earphones to be mono, that would perfect! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yes, there will be additional round knob in equ settings soon. It's just can't be added quickly as some layout changes are required (there will be also gapless and crossfade controls).Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Is it possible to add channel balance? It would be great for me;) It is the only one thing missing to say, it is 100% perfect program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=438#p4222 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtcom Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 As a person with zero hearing in my left ear, I would love this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckBevitt Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Loaded your trial. Great product, didn't have the ONE thing I was looking for: a left / right balance control. I have a special need, I sing 4 part harmony and learn my parts from learning MP3s that have my part (baritone) on the left and the other 3 parts on the right. In the process of learning, I start with the balance control to the left and gradually move it to the right. However a balance control is a feature that many people with unbalanced hearing have been asking Apple to put in the iPod for years.Please email me when this feature becomes available!Thanks much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton79ru Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Dear developers,Further to previous discussions, allow me to input a small comment. To be perfectly frank, people with unbalanced hearing account for slightly less than 100% of the population of our planet. Most earphones available are not entirely balanced either. The problem is that for the majority of uses who notice that, only a minuscule adjustment is needed. Moreover, in most cases this adjustment needs to be done once and forever.This is why I believe that a circular knob is (1) unnecessary, because it is supposed to be used extremely rarely; (2) not accurate enough due to the relative roughness of finger motions combined with the screen response tolerance. I suggest that a menu item be added to allow the user to input a numerical value, say, -100 to 100. The greater the range, the better. This solution will save screen space too.I strongle hope you will find my suggestion useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomorten Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Me too on the balance control. Half deaf in my right ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloanx Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Yes!This would be a welcome feature for all audiophiles, as all professional sound systems for the home has this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton79ru Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Dear Maxmpz, it's been two months since you said "soon" - and we don't have any sign it's in progress or scheduled for any reasonable time. By no means am I trying to pressure you, but I just feel I need to re-emphasize the importance of this issue, because it's related to the very basic function of the player, which is listening to music.I hope for your understanding of the fact that we experience this problem each and every day, every single time we turn the music on. The inconvenience is physical. And it's really hard to keep on waiting without knowing when or if this is going to be resolved.Thanks, mate. You're doing an exceptional job anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisneo Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 any update on the balance control? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gecko Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Hi, I'd also like to request that it be possible to swap l and r channels for people, such as myself, who sometimes have to wear their earphones backwards (for using the mic), or for other people who have their heads on backwards (we all know people like that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burtcom Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 A mono switch and balance control are now in Poweramp 2.0 -- my one working ear thanks you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syoung640 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 The balance control is a good start, and is the reason I downloaded this app, but I need it to completely cut out traffic from the left channel when it's cranked all the way to the right, and vice versa. That's how my stereo works, that's how my car works, etc. I need it, as many others do, for some acappella learning tracks. Language tracks also often use the L-R tracks discretely.The guy who said to enable mono after balance (I.e, play only the right track via both channels) would also be a killer feature!Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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