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I have compiled here some mods (like Beats Audio, Clear Audio+, Acid Audio, Awesome Beats...) and kernels that include hardware level audio improvements What does this means? They are audio systems specially for (DACs (Digital-to-Analog Converter) Wolfson[/URL]. They are the following: -Voodoo Sound/Scoobydoo Sound:It's the audio system developed by supercurio for the Wolfson DAC WM8994( Included in the well known Galaxy S and Nexus S) and ported non oficially by gokhanmoral to our DAC Wolfson WM1811 present in the Exynos versionsof the SIII (GT-I9300 and GTI9305) and on Galaxy Note II. But recently has been improved by my friend googy_anas, who included Wolfson Sound features (Private mode, Mic Gain control and Headphone amp balance), and made it fully compatible with CM/AOSP roms. -Boeffla Sound: It's the audio system developed by AndiP from supercurio's work (Voodoo Sound) and from Gokhanmoral's port. Stands for including new features in the app: -5-band parametric equalizer (Hardware EQ) -Microphone gain controller -Private Mode: Deactivates the speaker when headset is plugged. More info: http://www.boeffla-kernel.de/index.p...ffla-sound-app The options are better explained in the second post. Let's start:

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-[MOD] ACID Audio Engine |v5.0| Samsung Optimised | TEAM AC!D http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2002197 (Creado por TEAM ACID ) Audio mod that compiles Beats libraries and Sony libraries in order to get best of each.

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-[MOD][GB/ICS/JB]ACID Audio Engine V7.0[Build 2802/2805]Updated..| TEAM AC!D http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1923630 (Creado por TEAM ACID ) Audio mod that compiles Beats libraries and Sony libraries in order to get best of each. Latest Version

-[MOD][ROOT]Audio Hacks and Modifications + New Insanely Loud Volume Hack!! (post 2) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1722136 (Made by Meltus) Rises up the S3 audio volume up to very high values, reaching the maximum level, without losing quality. This is Samsung Audio Interface and Voodoo Sound and its variations overrides this settings. Warning: Speaker distortion risk

-Volume boost for S3 (ROM ELK4/ELKC/ELL4/ELL5/ELLC/ELLA y Custom roms) 4.1.2 // Three modes: original, medium y extreme. http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=504121 (Spanish forum) It's a default_gain.conf file mod made by bomberillo with different settings to prevent distortion . Rises up the volume from the DAC.This is Samsung Audio Interface and Voodoo Sound and its variations overrides this settings. Warning: Speaker distortion risk

-[MOD][08/02]AwesomeBEATS v5 It's an audio mod which offers extreme basses, perfect for Rock, Heavy Metal and its variants. Original thread and Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1728391

-Beats Audio Installer https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oncoding.beats It's an Beats Audio Installer, but the effect it's lighter (Placebo?)

-ClearAudio+ It's a mod for installing with Acid Audio v7 offering a great control of the type of audio (Powerful, Clear, Brilliant y Warm). Download: http://d-h.st/ZKX

-[MOD][08/02]Fidelity 7.0 - Audio optimization script for Android devices It's an script which optimizes the audio of every Android device by improving sound performance, sound priorities, kernel tweaks... [COLOR="Indigo"][B]More details and download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2138447

-MegaBassBeats http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1945535 (Creado por D3HuM4NiZ3D ) It's a mod that boosts the volume, the clarity and bass deepness. The owner recommends it for Dubstep music.

-Viper4Android: It's an app which installs a driver (Audio Library) and does a great audio control. Highlights his Convolver function, which emulates audio systems from irs samples.

Download and OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2191223 IRS's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=41320703 // http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2308239 // http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9am1sogfq9lm31d

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Audio improvement kernels

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i9300) All the kernels had been tested before in Sammy ROMS without any damage. ALL
THESE KERNELS SOLVE THE SUDDEN DEATH AND THE EXYNOS MEM BUG. Only for roms based on stock (Sammy)

-Adam Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2189061 It's kernel created by the famous developer wanam. It contains Boeffla Sound and multiple improvements in smoothness and battery.

-AGNi pureSTOCK Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2237672 It's a kernel with Boeffla Sound and with some improvements in smoothness.

-Boeffla Kernel It's a kernel with Boeffla Sound (It has the same options than voodoo sound) an much more tweaks including ExFat support. Boeffla Sound app maker explains what consists here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...o#post36884832 http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1964572

-Devil Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2240832 It's a kernel based on Perseus kernel alpha 35 with multiple improvements. Uses Voodoo Sound as audio interface. It's compiled with Linaro Toolchain 4.7.3.

-Googy Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2242325 It's a kernel made by my friend @googy_anas, which offers very good battery drain and smoothness, and has Boeffla Sound. Compiled with Linaro Toolchain 4.7.3. (Improvements in smoothness and energy eficiency)

-Googy-Max Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2270158 It's a kernel made by my friend @googy_anas, based on Siyah kernel 1.9.1 but with more options in STweaks (Adaptative Body Biasing, Touch To Wake, zRAM(Updated LZ4compression), Read Ahead Buffer...), with smoothness improvements [Linaro Toolchain 4.7.3 and optimized governors (pegasusQ) ] and in Scoobydoo Sound options. Also includes a new EQ preset (Googy-Max) Very recommended, as his other kernel.

-HydRx kernel http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=513631 Closed thread Downloads: http://www.c0urier.net/services/down...eophyte_extras It's a kernel made by NeoPhyTe which improves considerably the battery draining and performance, in addition of having Voodoo Sound. It supports UV but not ExFat. Nowadays is unupdated but is still a good kernel.

-Lonas Kernel http://www.esp-desarrolladores.com/s...ead.php?t=1087 It's a kernel made by the spanish developer Javilonas, which highlights by his extreme undervolt, achieving the best battery life, in addition of having REM Sound (Boeffla Sound based)

-Perseus Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=169140 (Made by andreilux)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=169140 (Made by andreilux) http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=530040 It's a kernel with his own audio system, with new features (Based on Scoobydoo Sound and on Boeffla Sound) made by andreilux. It also has a screen calibration tool. Nice for experts.

-Sapec Kernel (NO ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT) http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=536908 (Spanish forum) It's a kernel with Voodoo Sound, init.d support, ExFat support, optimized busybox and bootanimation support. It has UV, bigger read ahead buffer (256kb), modified OOM and MDNie Sharpness Fix.

-Shark Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2168812 It's a kernel with Boeffla Sound and a lot of improvements. It's compiled with con Linaro Toolchain 4.7.3. (Smoothness and battery drain improvements)

-Siyah Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1709686 It's the great kernel made by Gokhanmoral with OC, UV, a lot of tweaks, Scoobydoo sound (Voodoo Sound port from Galaxy S) and Dual Boot

Downloads: http://gokhanmoral.com

-Yank555.lu kernel It's a kernel made by Yank555 with an Aroma Installer and with a lot of options, mainly for performance/battery (zRAM, zCache, OC) but hasn't ExFat support. Uses Boeffla Sound (Voodoo Sound based) Download: http://yank555-lu.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2 (Requires to be registered)

Apps and Music Players

-DSP Manager: It's the default musicfx in CM and it's the base for much more audio mods, like Awesome Beats.

-Google Play Music : It's a free music player from Google, with easy interface and online store. Very good adapted to Jelly Bean, as PowerAmp. Also has online playing. Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id.music&hl=es

-Neutron Music Player : It's a music player with high quality audio, with tons of options but with a non-intuitive interface. RECOMMENDED FOR EXPERTS -Evaluation version https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roncode.mpeval -Paid Version https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...neutroncode.mp

-Noozxoide EIZO-rewire PRO: It's an app which offers a great EQ, improvements in sound clarity and emulates the effect of a Vacuum Valve. Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eizo.rewirepro

-Player Pro It's a music player which highlights by his themes and widgets. It has a very complete equalizer if you install "DSP Pack".

Download: -7 Days Free License: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=search_result -Full License 3.95 https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...from_developer -DSP Pack

-DSP Pack https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...from_developer

-Poweramp: It's a music player which has an expanded EQ, intuitive interface, and higher volume compared to stock player. Its audio managing makes it incompatible with other audio mods. But if you go to \PA settings\Advanced Tweaks and Turn off Direct Volume Control, your audio mod will work. (Thanks to @JJEgan by his suggestion) -15 Days Free License: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...pz.audioplayer -Full License 3.99 https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oplayer.unlock

Streaming Music Players

-Digitally Imported Radio: It's an Electronic music radio. It's very well organized and has good music.

-Jazz Radio: It's a great online Jazz radio. It has the music organized by sub-styles and the music is very good.

-Rock Radio: It's a great online Rock radio, made by the makers of Jazz Radio and Digitally Imported Radio. It's very well organized and has good music.

-Spotify: It's a well known and very good streaming music player made originally for PC. But, is for pay.

-TinyShark: It's a free online music player based on GrooveShark. Recommended. Download: http://exigocs.com/

By the way, If you want to suggest me configs, apps, mods and kernel, I will kindly include them on first post.

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28th August 2013, 01:12 AM (Last edited by rafaelpernil; 28th August 2013 at 01:16 AM.)

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Graphs and comparisons:

First of all, the i9300 graphs (Wolfson WM1811) and comparisons with other models.

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We continue with the US LTE Qualcomm processor SGS3 (Qualcomm WCD9310) graphs and comparisons.

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Sound differences between models (Exynos vs Qualcomm):

If we talk about Galaxy SIII audio, we can have different experiences depending of the DAC included on the SoC.

Exynos (Wolfson)

If you have the International model, Exynos, you have the Wolfson DAC, which highlights by his wide soundstage and by its sound clarity and quality. Wolfson is a well known brand by audio experts, formed in Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1984 and since then, they have been making professional audio systems. The best examples, and the most close to our case, is the use of their DAC's in iPods [iPod Video (5G)], in the old Samsung flagship. the Galaxy S and in multiple music players (Meizu M6, Meizu M9...). A year ago, they put their 28 years of experience in another project with Samsung (Previously with Galaxy S) and released the WM1811 DAC, which was going to be incorporated in Exynos 4 Quad SoC of the International Galaxy SIII. They made a pretty similar DAC to Galaxy S one, making compatible almost all the code with the new one http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/c...olfson-devices). Then, all "supercurio" work (Voodoo Sound) was ported by "Gokhanmoral" to International Galaxy SIII, adding it to his kernel (Siyah Kernel), and by that way, it was possible to raise much higher volume levels without distortion (6db-->63/63) (Original 50/63) and to improve sound quality. Since that, @AndiP modified Gokhanmoral's work to make Boeffla Sound, which was having a more confortable interface and was fixing FM radio problem when DAC Direct was activated, in addition to new functions (Private Mode and Mic Gain Control). But @AndreiLux (Perseus kernel author and developer) modified @AndiP work by cleaning his code, and by fixing EQ parameters. But if that wasn't enough, after all the improvements, my friend Anas Reggoug (@googy_anas) added all additional Wolfson Sound features (Andreilux's work) to Scoobydoo Sound (Gokhanmoral's port) and made it fully compatible with AOSP/CM roms. He also activated an unused 5 band speaker EQ in Wolfson sound and made a sound engine switch, to choose between Stock, Wolfson and Scoobydoo. Also is notable the default_gain.conf file discovered by @Meltus. It was the first audio mod for our International Galaxy SIII. This file controls the gain coming from the DAC, and it let us rise or lower volume levels on headphones and speaker.

Qualcomm

If you have the Qualcomm processor, you have the Qualcomm WCD9310 DAC, which is common in all Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC's, even on Galaxy S4's Snapdragon 600 (But it's been improved). This DAC doesn't highlights by his audio quality, in fact, this is the weak point of this version. The Head-Fi experts consider the DAC as quite bad. I couldn't test it by myself, but someone who has a Nexus 4 should know how it sounds.

Jelly Bean latency (93ms):

The sound latency is a problem in Android since always, but in Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), has been reduced a lot. Previously, in ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0), we were having aprox 200ms of latency, but now, in Jelly Bean, it has been reduced to 93 or 92ms in our case (In Galaxy Nexus, 89ms). The latency is noticeable when we use audio apps, like Morphwiz, Caustic 2 or a virtual keyboard. Due to it, we appreciate so much the improvement, however it doesn't reach iOS levels. But if Google work wasn't enough, Sonoma is developing a low latency audio system called "LLA", which attempts to reduce latency to 20ms. http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/...olution-570274

RMAA Tests:
http://www.swedroid.se/rightmark/gal...comparison.htm

How to config Boeffla Sound:

https://code.google.com/p/neak-kerne...onAudioControl (En Ingls)

Compatible External DAC's:

DACs compatible with Galaxy S3 (Source: head-fi.org):

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MIDI-USB by OTG (USB On-The-Go):

If you have an USB-OTG cable, you can use the MIDI function, which is present since Android 3.0 Honeycomb. You can use some apps like Caustic 2 o the apps developed by this developer It's very fun but it can't be used professionally due to Android Latency (Read older section)

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Hello mates. I hope you like this thread. I want to share my settings: I use Googy-Max kernel with Acid Audio v7 and ClearAudio+ in 1st ROM (UltimaROM v14.0.1) and Viper4Android on 2nd ROM (Stock CM10.2). I really recommend Acid v7+ClearAudio+, if you use a Sammy rom. However, if you use an AOSP rom, I recommend you Viper4Android before Acid.
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Great thread man. Thanks!

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Good work and very useful. Thanks. Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk 4

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-Poweramp: It's a music player which has an expanded EQ, intuitive interface, and higher volume compared to stock player. Its audio managing makes it incompatible with other audio mods.

\PA settings Advanced Tweaks Turn off Direct Volume Control and try your audio mod

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Originally Posted by JJEgan -Poweramp: It's a music player which has an expanded EQ, intuitive interface, and higher volume compared to stock player. Its audio managing mak es it incompatible with other audio mods.
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\PA settings Advanced Tweak s Turn off Direct Volume Control and try your audio mod jje Thanks! I knew it but I forgot to mention. Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2

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