Bellowhead Hip Hop

[Scots Guy in Wales]

I put Hedonism on my mp3 player and mucked about with the "equalizer" settings to see what sounded best. Turns out it was the Hip Hop setting! What's that about then?

[Anna]

Mine is the same! It seems to have better clarity for the whole range. It sounds most bizarre on the classical setting! (Incidentally, my computer thinks Faustus are rap and hip hop!!)

[Music Festival Photos]

My chosen selection is 'Disco'  when a cd is played through the speakers via the amp. Will have to see if there is a Hip Hop option but I think it may be too old for that.

[Squeezy]

Funny thing is that the Hip-hop setting is technically known as the disco smile. Because on an old fashioned graphic equaliser the bass ones are set higher than the middle ones and then the treble one are as high as the bass ones. So it looks like a smiley face.

Some people in the industry frown on listening to music that way because you lose the subtle things. But I listen to most of my music that way just because it's more exciting.

[Alex]

heh, yeah...is *kind* of an overriding of the mastering engineers choices regarding the mixing, but it's everyone's own dials, right?