An Android music player with a real equalizer

Shuttle Music has a 10-band equalizer built into the player, so you can shape the sound of the music on your phone and of the music you stream from your own server, in one place. I make it on my own, and it has no ads.

Using it

1. Install Shuttle Music from Google Play and start a song.
2. Open the equalizer from the player's menu.
3. Pick a preset, or drag the ten band sliders to your own curve.
4. Watch the response graph update as you move a band, and use the preamp to leave headroom if you boost.

The preamp matters more than it looks. Every boosted band raises the loudest peaks, and past a point they clip and distort. Pull the preamp down by roughly what you boosted and the same curve sounds cleaner. The graph shows the overall shape, so you can see at a glance whether a preset leans towards bass or treble before you commit to it.

What you get

• Ten frequency bands, with presets as a starting point.
• A preamp control to avoid clipping when you boost.
• A frequency response graph of the curve you've set.
• ReplayGain by track or by album, so records mastered loud and quiet play at a steady level.
• Gapless playback, a sleep timer and a reorderable queue.
• FLAC and Opus through built-in decoders, plus streaming from Jellyfin, Emby and Plex.

Questions

Does the equalizer apply to streamed music?

Yes. It works on everything Shuttle Music plays, whether the song is a file on your phone or streams from your server.

What is the preamp for?

Boosting bands can cause clipping. Lowering the preamp gives the boost some headroom.

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