Voodoo sound/Sound Quality

Anon9mouz · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

im gonna lock your sig so you cant change. lol
have fun with new phone and drop me a pm how it is compared to epic cause im also liking it as a 2nd line.

Well I ended up trading off the nexus s and epic for brand new in box evo3d bc of just better specs but now I'm ready to get rid of it for a sgs2 or if that update and fix this damn thing I might keep but number thing I miss most about epic is the damn voodoo patch omg bc I'm always in the car and listen to music but music blows with the evo I wish they had a voodoo sound patch for HTC and I hit dev up to ask if he plans to work with HTC but no luck yet on an answer so idk evo is OK but sgs2 will eat evo3d for breakfast.

SORRIE ROB FOR THE THREAD JACK BUT DONT GET THE EVO3D GO WITH SGS2 HEHE

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**gTen** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Anon9mouz

Well I ended up trading off the nexus s and epic for brand new in box evo3d bc of just better specs but now I'm ready to get rid of it for a sgs2 or if that update and fix this damn thing I might keep but number thing I miss most about epic is the damn voodoo patch omg bc I'm always in the car and listen to music but music blows with the evo I wish they had a voodoo sound patch for HTC and I hit dev up to ask if he plans to work with HTC but no luck yet on an answer so idk evo is OK but sgs2 will eat evo3d for breakfast.

SORRIE ROB FOR THE THREAD JACK BUT DONT GET THE EVO3D GO WITH SGS2 HEHE

Sent from my PG86100-EVO3D-using Tapatalk

I don't think the Evo3d will ever be able to get the sound the Epic has..thing about the Epic is it has one of the best if not the best sound chip, the Wolfson WM8994E..

The problem was that Samsung did not include proper drivers..thus you couldn't take full advantage of the chipset..What voodoo sound does is rewrite of proper drivers + config utility..

If the Evo 3d uses a cheap sound chipset like the original Evo, you may be able to get some improvements but it won't be anywhere close to the Epic's sound quality.

Anon9mouz · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

I don't think the Evo3d will ever be able to get the sound the Epic has..thing about the Epic is it has one of the best if not the best sound chip, the Wolfson WM8994E..

The problem was that Samsung did not include proper drivers..thus you couldn't take full advantage of the chipset..What voodoo sound does is rewrite of proper drivers + config utility..

If the Evo 3d uses a cheap sound chipset like the original Evo, you may be able to get some improvements but it won't be anywhere close to the Epic's sound quality.

So is that chip set on the sgs2 or does it have one even better than the epic. Bc it seems to me this voodoo sound patch is only gonna be a Samsung thing expect his eeepad he's working on but now HTC that I can see. Ur insight gten. I just miss the epic now should have kept the nexus but I wanted a dual core phone I can care less about 3d all that is r bragging rights

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**darren.wlsn1** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:23 PM

annnnd were back on-topic, thought ev3d had a forum?

**gTen** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Anon9mouz

So is that chip set on the sgs2 or does it have one even better than the epic. Bc it seems to me this voodoo sound patch is only gonna be a Samsung thing expect his eeepad he's working on but now HTC that I can see. Ur insight gten. I just miss the epic now should have kept the nexus but I wanted a dual core phone I can care less about 3d all that is r bragging rights

The SGS2 has a Yamaha YMU818B / MC-1N, its not as good as Wolfson WM8994E in our Epics, but definitely better then the one in the Evo...There is a rumor though that some models of the SGS2 will have the Wolfson..we will see..

The asus transformer uses a wolfson WM8903, thus voodoo sound..but its also not as good as the one in the Epic/Galaxy Tab..

So its not a Samsung only thing..its as long as HTC keeps putting in cheap audio chipsets..not much can be done...

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Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

annnnd were back on-topic, thought ev3d had a forum?

k..gimme a second I'll split this thread out..

Thread has been split

yahknow1 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2011, 12:11 AM

This Voodoo Sound is interesting. I'd really like to know more about it, can you steer me in the right direction?

Thanks!

**gTen** · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by yahknow1

This Voodoo Sound is interesting. I'd really like to know more about it, can you steer me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Long story short, Epic has one of the best sound chipsets inside the phone, samsung unfortunately put in generic drivers..so while the sound is good it can be a lot better then even ipods.

To use it all you need is a kernel with voodoo sound and the voodoo sound app on the market...then with a few configs your good to go!

**darren.wlsn1** · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2011, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Long story short, Epic has one of the best sound chipsets inside the phone, samsung unfortunately put in generic drivers..so while the sound is good it can be a lot better then even ipods.

To use it all you need is a kernel with voodoo sound and the voodoo sound app on the market...then with a few configs your good to go!

im using this and love it plus with "undervolt" i never had better battery life.
[KERNEL][GPL]Genocide EC05 Kernel 2.0|1.4GhzOC|RomManager|CustomUV|DUALBOOT! 7/5/2011 - xda-developers

yahknow1 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-12-2011, 03:41 PM

Doh you guys have finally hit on something that might be worth rooting my phone for!! ..dang it... I dont suppose there's any other way to get the Wolfson Chipset benefits?

I noticed there is a difference in Rooting and flashing a kernel? Can somebody tell me the easiest way to achieve the benefits of the Wolfson chipset?

**gTen** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-12-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by yahknow1

Doh you guys have finally hit on something that might be worth rooting my phone for!! ..dang it... I dont suppose there's any other way to get the Wolfson Chipset benefits?

I noticed there is a difference in Rooting and flashing a kernel? Can somebody tell me the easiest way to achieve the benefits of the Wolfson chipset?

just use the one click root method or bonsai root method whichever you prefer..it will install a custom recovery as well called Clockworkmod...

you boot into clockworkmod and then select the zip file of the kernel to flash.