Equalizer

Each player provides a 10-band graphical equalizer, which can be used to optimize sound quality or to produce various effects:

In general, equalizers are used to modify the relative volume of higher pitched or lower pitched parts of the audio, respectively. Each band of the equalizer, here represented as a vertical slider, represents a range of frequencies (i.e. of pitches). Setting a slider to a higher value makes the corresponding audio louder, setting it to a lower value makes it quieter. If you want to increase bass, for example, set the sliders in the left area to higher values. The numbers left-side the sliders give the relative volumes in dB (decibel).
The overall sound volume can be adjusted using the preamplifier, which you can decrease for example if the sound becomes too loud or distorted.

You can also start with a pre-configured setting, by selecting one from the presets menu. It contains settings that may sound well for specific genres of music. The equalizer on/off check box can be used to turn the entire equalizer on or off.

Overlay Curves

DynamDJ provides the possibility to create equalizer curves in a more convenient way: If you click and hold the right mouse button (or click while holding the ctrl-key) in any place on the equalizer band sliders, a curve will appear which "pulls" the current slider positions vertically towards the mouse cursor, the stronger the nearer each slider is to it. This curve overlays the current equalizer setting. When you release the mouse button, it will be applied to it. By default, the effect of this overlay curve can already be heard while dragging the mouse, you can adjust this in the preferences.

You can generate a phaser-like effect using these equalizers by right-clicking and holding the mouse near the top-right-corner and slowly moving it towards the left.