Hear your part: the equalizer in Practice Player

1. Open a song and tap Controls.
2. Scroll to the bottom, where the Equalizer row is under Metronome Count-In. Its preset chips are right on the row, and once a preset is on, a small drawing of the curve appears beside Edit.
3. Tap Edit for the full editor, which opens right there on the Controls tab. Tap Done to close it.

The equalizer is free, with no upgrade needed, and with the Flat preset it is off, so every song sounds the same as before until you choose something else. Nothing changes until you do.

The row of chips is the preset list, in this order: Flat, Bass, Vocals, Speech, Small Speaker, Bass Focus and Mid Focus. Tap a chip. The song changes right away.

• Bass raises the low frequencies of the whole song.
• Bass Focus keeps the bass and cuts most of the middle and high frequencies. Use it to learn a bass line.
• Mid Focus cuts the low and high frequencies and raises the middle. Use it for a part in the middle of the range, such as a viola line or a rhythm guitar.
• Vocals makes a voice clearer.
• Speech is for spoken words, such as a recorded lesson.
• Small Speaker is for a small speaker that plays little bass.

To check that a preset helps, press and hold Hold to Compare while the song plays, and you hear the song without the equalizer until you let go. It only works while the song plays, so there is a Play button beside it. I hold it a few times before I choose a preset.

A preset is a starting point. The curve has five handles, one for each band: Bass, Low Mid, Mid, Presence and Treble.

• Drag a handle up or down to change its gain, in steps of 1 dB, from -12 dB to +12 dB.
• Drag a handle to the side to move its band to another frequency choice. You feel a small vibration at each step.
• Tap a handle to select its band, and the row under the curve shows that band's name, frequency and gain, with a slider for small changes.
• Tap the band's name in that row to open the frequency menu. For example, Bass can use 60, 80, 100, 120 or 150 Hz.

When your curve matches no preset, the Custom chip is selected.

Reset returns the curve to the Flat preset. A message says "Equalizer reset. Tap to undo." Tap it if you want your curve again.

1. Tap the + chip.
2. In Save Preset, type a name and tap Save.
3. Your preset is now a chip of its own, selected whenever a song's curve matches it, and you can tap it on any other song too.

Long-press a saved chip to Rename or Delete it.

The equalizer is saved with each song, like speed and pitch. Open the song again and its curve is still there.