[vlc-devel] Suggestions for audio enhancements to VLC Media Player/Standalone audio processor

[Paul Johnston]

Hello and greetings from a fan -

I am a nearly 45-year veteran of the Audio and HiFi business and a massive
music fanatic. I've worked in retail, for manufacturers, at Microsoft as an
Audio Visual Tech and now in semi-retirement doing business as a speaker
repair and restoration shop. The player is already superb. My suggestion
pertains to the audio section, mainly the compressor section.

For many years, I have used variants of the dbx 3BX and 4BX dynamic range
expanders to give older analog recordings and some modern dynamically
"dead" recordings more dynamic punch and impact. I have also used variants
of the dbx 120 subharmonic synthesizer and the Waves Maxx Bass 102 to
recover missing or weak bass. I have used these signal enhancers with vinyl
records, CDs  and streaming from a variety of sources, mainly Tidal,
YouTube and Spotify.

It has occurred to me that having these tools either as part of the VLC
Media Player would be extremely useful when streaming music. Even better
would be to have a standalone app with a suite of tools that could be
utilized as a global processor for ALL audio on PC/tablet/iOS devices. The
fact that VLC already has a compressor and an EQ is a good indicator that
this would be possible.

Thoughts?

Please contact me if you have any questions, and know that I would love to
be involved in the conceptual part of development (my coding chops are
non-existent) and perhaps GUI design.

Thanks for your consideration.

Best Regards,

Paul Johnston
President and Chief Loudspeaker Biologist
RJM Audio Group, LLC
RJM Audio Lab/The LoudSpeaker Store
206.409.4724
www.theloudspeakerstore.com
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