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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
No problem, glad you're enjoying it as well!

That's too bad that my Viper Settings zip didn't appear to work...because yeah if it did, then the settings in Viper wouldn't be at default. It was a shot in the dark to see whether or not it would work, so I guess my logic was off :(

Just curious though, do you remember if you opened the app up as soon as you installed, but prior to flashing the settings mod? This is purely conjecture (maybe some can fill me in), but it wouldn't surprise me if an app didn't create it's /data/data folders until AFTER it's opened got the first time? If so, then the zip definitely wouldn't work as it flashes the settings prefs into the Viper folder within /data/data - and if that folder doesn't exist yet, it would have nowhere to flash.

Now that you have opened it, do you think you could try flashing the zip one more time? If that doesn't work still, I'll just post screenshots of my setup on Viper.

On Winamp, I downloaded it and looked around a bit - but couldn't find any similar settings. I would say that as long as you go to Settings > Sound > Music Effects and it shows ViperFX, then that means the app is controlling the audio system-wide - and you should be good.

The way to make sure is to play a song with Winamp and, while it's playing, open up Viper and and turn it off and on. If you hear a difference in sound, then you know that it's tweaking your Winamp music.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
Ok so I've never use these mods on their own a I don't know what settings they come with. I flashed the settings again and it defaulted to the original settings so I am assuming it worked. I was confused earlier thinking your player settings were the viper fx settings. There are a boat load of settings in viper fx although I'm not sure if your settings flash added them. I will be able to test the sounds more to make certain its working with winamp. I'll definitely be replying and updating with my results after. Thanks again for all your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Thanks for the audio mod! Sure blows Apollo and DSP out of the water. I flashed your viper settings also but all the settings were set to default when I went into the equalizer. It says my ROM doesn't support MusicFX :( so I don't have the option to check that?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jshinn1:
If I want to add this package into another Google Apps package what should I move over Im going to try this with Slimbean that JamieD81 did
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Only because my boy Marcus Smart is coming back for his sophomore year on the Oklahoma State basketball team...here you go :)

http://db.tt/aC1xlRRc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Sorry the settings didn't work...I'll post my Viper settings a bit later.

Where are you getting the message about your ROM not supporting MusicFX? Can you take a screenshot?

Not sure why it would even be saying that, as you don't need MusicFX to run the mod (in fact, you should have deleted it as part of the installation procedures for this mod).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Sorry I didn't explain that very well in my post. The step above is what I'm talking about. My enable MusicFX is blacked out and I don't have the option to check the box. View attachment 1891486
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] unibomber:
Disable direct volume control
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
I did disable dvc and it makes everything quiet and still doesn't allow me to enable MXmusic effects. Tried rebooting with dvc disabled and still no go. I followed the install steps and used the gapps link in the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] unibomber:
I installed the viperfx apk first. I had to delete the DSP and musicfx apk in twrp then i installed the gapps then rebooted. Then everyrhing worked in poweramp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
If its disabled, then it sounds like you don't have Viper installed (or at least not installed properly). Have you opened it up and verified that it runs?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Crap, I completely forgot to mention that in my instructions...I've had it disabled for so long (using AC!D previously) that I didn't even think about it. I'll add to OP.

EDIT: Heh. I guess I did add it in the instructions. *wipes off shoulder*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
I must not have it installed right, I don't see a icon for viper anywhere. I thought it installed, it said apk installed successfully.... :laugh: I was trying to install it with es file explorer. Maybe I should try something easier apk installer aps :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
u may need to fix permissions to rw- r-- r-- and reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Haha, FWIW I always use Root Explorer for everything...unlike ES (which uses its own package installer), Root Explorer just uses the system package installer - which is the way apps were intended to be installed. I never had much luck with ES File Explorer or any other 3rd party installers, but you're welcome to try APK Manager or something like that.

My personal recommendation would be Root Explorer though :)

Edit: Link to Root Explorer (Free download) on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
this not work with google music app i used Slim Rom. plus if i used your gapps got problems with play store need uninstall google music the same issue when i uninstall apollo and install google music any help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Sounds like it's working for others (see Post #8 above)...did you try the Slim GAPPs link that I posted above? Not sure what would be causing the problem if you followed all the steps correctly, unless you maybe flashed the full 4.2.2 GAPPs from the OP on Slimbean? I remember that causing random problems like that from back when Slim was still on 4.1.2.

Here are the Slim GAPPs I posted in #13 above:

http://db.tt/aC1xlRRc

Are these the ones you flashed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
yup i flash this Gapps so not work with google music right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
This works on the latest two Jamie slimroms with GMusic. I can confirm this. I'm using the Gapps provided in the OP.

Working very well so far, the only thing that isn't is the settings mod but hopefully CPA Poke can post his settings so we can rock out :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Thanks for the help, I'll try that right now! :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
It seems Im having an issue with ViperFX saving my in app EQ settings. The EQ graph below the option FIREqualizer keeps defaulting to flat after every reboot. Any fix would help, Thx.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Well it installed viper ( I think lol ) but it won't let me open the app, it opens for a mili second then closes. I do have access to the FXmusic option/equilizer through power amp now. It still doesn't say driving by viper underneath the equilizer like your does in the screen shots above.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kellison007:
I didn't have the MusicFX.app on fresh installs with Jamie's Chameleon(4.2.2) and the Avatar ROM(4.2.2) both latest versions as of 4/19/13. So hope that is ok or shouldn't matter...

I also loaded your tweaked settings zip through TWRP(said was successful), yet it appears the ViperX settings are still the defaults. Can you take some screenshots or let us know your tweaked settings for awesomeness?

Thanks again for helping us rock out!

*Edit* - Just did a new fresh install and now your settings come through. *shrug*.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
When the app opens and closes real quick like that, it means that you don't have the Viper driver installed. Did you flash GAPPs that I posted? Or did you try to install directly from the Viper thread?

Regardless of what you did, push this file into /system/lib/soundfx/

http://db.tt/vVk4AYkf

Then, using Root Explorer, set the file permission to rw-r-r. Or you can use terminal emulator and type the following without the quotes:

"su" then press enter

"chmod 644 /system/lib/soundfx/*.so" then press enter

Then push this file (http://db.tt/kTJaIPfm) into BOTH locations below:

/system/etc/

/system/vendor/etc/

Then, using Root Explorer, set BOTH files' permissions to rw-r-r. Or you can use terminal emulator and type the following without the quotes:

"su" then press enter

"chmod 644 /system/etc/audio_effect.conf" then press enter

"chmod 644 /system/vendor/etc/audio_effect.conf" then press enter

That should solve your problem.

And regarding the "Driving Viper" that you're talking about, that's just the custom name in Poweramp that I gave that EQ preset :) so you can call it whatever you want, it's not going to make a difference in the sound. Hahaha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Haha actually you need to DELETE MusicFX.apk if it's present, so if the file wasn't preinstalled with the ROM then that's just one less step for you :)

Wait, so my settings mod did work for you? Let me know if it did, I was anxious to see if that would work for anyone. I finally have some time now, so I'll post my headphones/Bluetooth settings up in Post #2 (right under my Poweramp settings) shortly :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kellison007:
Yep I'm rocking out with best bass I've heard ever!

On your poweramp screen shots, I've noticed you have two different equalizer configurations. What is each one mean?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Great man, glad to hear that it's working out for you!

And sorry about the confusion with the EQ screenshots...it's the same setting, I just had to scroll over to the right on the second screenshot to get the last couple of frequencies, as they were getting cut off with my phone in portrait. I updated the post with a landscape screenshot of my EQ settings, so it should be less confusing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Post #2 updated with my Viper settings for anyone interested.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kellison007:
You took out g-talk out of your g-apps build? I'm trying to extract/install it from the normal sighed build (since you can't download it from the play store), but it won't install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
Nice, thanks for the settings! Im having two issues with the settings in ViperFX. First being that the my personal settings dont save after phone reboot. Second, I dont have any options to under "Impulse Response" to choose from :(. Is there anything I can do about these?

Thanks for your work and help! :)

EDIT: Settings now work. I did a Titanium Backup then performed a clean install of slimbean (same rom I had before) and everything is running perfect with saved settings. As for the Impulse Response I now have the PopEQ and Studer +6db updated as default options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] arn82:
i don't see any options to choose from for the convolver settings. am i missing something?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] fafinaf:
If you go to the main Viper thread you will see how to install the convolver files and effects. They are .IR files that you manually place on your SD card in specific folder which you'll get from the thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] arn82:
thanks...only issue now is i can't get the settings to stick.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Viper was updated by the dev - updated link in OP! For anyone with the original setup, you can just install the apk like you would a normal app - it should just act as an update to the original app. If you get an error message trying to install, backup your settings using TiBu, uninstall old Viper, reboot, then try installing again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
Update apk + driver and everything went fine. It even saved my settings! Nice one thanks :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] arn82:
yup...everything is working well. Sounds great!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
so is this better than Clear Audio+, any one compare yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
I think it sounds better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bataga:
I'm having some great results with the AC!D / FX combo! Just like you did, I recommend folks to try different combinations since we have a large variety of music and players. For me, I listen to metal and use my note as an mp3 (or flac) player in my car with one 10.

Very good thread and I appreciate your work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
What r ur settings
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Great to hear - no problem at all, just trying to save others the same trouble I had finding the perfect combo for my listening experience :)

Just curious, have you updated to the new Viper version yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Just to throw this out there, this also worked on the nexus 7 :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
That would be because I have an N7 as well, and I flash the mods on both :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
Impulse response is blank. Nothing comes up

Nvm I got I am fond of SPL goldmike impulse seems like more clarity

Here is my Set up, i am using ViperFX 2.2.0.5 and music player is ProPlayer

PlayerPro - its Lounge preset with Preamp moved up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Quickvic30:
Cool me too! Is it just me or does the Nexus 7 have like 1/3 the sound output the note has.......:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
It's not just you, I noticed the same thing :(

This mod helps it significantly, but when compared back to back with the exact same setup on my Note, the difference is definitely noticeable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mervingio:
why your gapps not have google talk :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Because I don't use it...I set up the GAPPs for my own use, and was just sharing them with you all if anyone wanted to use them.

But for those of you that want it, just flash this:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sd8in2ikbh66luj
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
CPA Poke, thank you so much for sharing this info. I recently came back to a JB ROM, and forgot how bad the audio is. I was messing around with poweramp settings all weekend trying to get my music to not sound so blah and weak.

Today I was searching for a volume boost app and came across this thread, went through the threads of the links you posted, installed the apps and used your settings as my base start. Holy **** - after tweaking the settings for about an hour - not only is the volume better, but the overall quality is multiple times better.

Thank you again for sharing this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
Ive reflashed my note back to stock ics and rooted. Ive installed the 4.2.2 GAPPS you provided and viper fx ics fix and tried to open viper but Im not getting passed the update driver prompt. I can select which drive but after it fails prompting to recheck if rooted and busy box is installed. I didnt have busybox installed but I thought Id give it a go but with no success. It still prompts the same error.

Any guesses?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MoJoe277:
Have you installed Busybox yet?

SlimBean 4.1 * Android 4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlownFuze:
Yes, you have to install busybox - that's why the error tells you that. I installed busybox free by Stephen - no issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
I wish it were that simple for me. Ive re installed with no luck still. Maybe the OP can hook me up with a fix. :)

Man, this is getting annoying...Hours later it dawns on me that Im now on ICS so I was using the wrong GAPPS. So I restart the process from the beginning, 1-8 followed exactly to the "T". I finish and "BOOM" same annoying error prompting me to check if rooted and busy box. Other rooted apps are working fine, setcpu, rootcallblocker, etc etc.

Also, is step 8. correct? Its just an instructions text folder.

EDIT: I got it working. I was using the ViperFX.apk fix ics installer when I needed to use the FX version v2.2.0.5. Once I did that it worked. Still no clue on step 8. though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Wait, I'm confused...so you're on stock ICS and you're flashing GAPPs? Stock ICS ROMs come with GAPPs pre-installed, and from what I understand flashing GAPPs from custom ROMs (no matter which android version) can cause all sorts of problems.

If that's the case and you are indeed on a stock ICS ROM, unfortunately my recommendation at this point would be to do a full wipe and reflash the ROM, then flash the MBBv2 file I posted in the OP, then install Viper as you normally would. That way any other problems that you might (probably will) encounter in the future as a result of flashing the GAPPs would be avoided.

Also, I'm not sure what was going on with the file in step #8, it worked fine for me - maybe you had a bad download? I re-pasted the link in the OP just to make sure, and clicked on it to make sure it's working. I also added some more details to step #8 to clarify how to use the .irs files, so hopefully that clears things up a bit for anyone who was confused.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
No problem, thanks for the feedback and glad it's working well for you! Also props on reading through those threads I linked - I definitely found it very interesting to learn about the nuts and bolts of everything and why certain mods are more effective than others.

Just as an FYI, I'm finally giving up my good old Note and upgrading to the S4 tomorrow...but I'll still check up on this thread often and try to help out anyone that needs it. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
AWWW man!

New instructions followed and BOOM everything is working AND I now have all the options in Impulsive Response! Man, thank you so much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
That's what I like to hear :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
[MENTION=4913579]CPA Poke[/MENTION], Would it be possible to package a set of custom GAPPS for the official JB? If this could be the last thing you bless us with it would be fantastico!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
What do you mean? Like just take the 3/1/13 GAPPS and add the mod with nothing else taken out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
Cpa poke have u tried this on official jb and does it work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
I was worried about this too. It works though! I am on stock JB , rooted, and followed the instructions step by step for JB installation and BOOM everything is back to sounding AWESOME.

[MENTION=4913579]CPA Poke[/MENTION] , Thanks for your patience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Holy crap, I didn't even realize what you're saying - I get rid of the Note for the S4 and literally two days later official JB drops???!! Unbelievable!

Happy for you guys though! You said that it worked for you following the JB instructions...but if anyone else reading this is starting from scratch, I think the version 2 of MBB is the one you should use. Based on perusing each of the MBB threads, it sounded like MBBv3 was built for (and only tested on) AOSP/AOKP custom ROMs...while several users had tested MBBv2 on stock ROMs and it worked fine.

I know that I'm using MBBv2 on my S4 (had to manually push all the files to the system in Root Explorer and manually set perms, which was effing AWFUL, since our unlocked bootloader hasn't been released yet - meaning we have no recovery to flash zips from) and it's working great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] newyorksabre:
I used the MBBv3 and it works just as before. I think I'll just leave it as is so I don't break it :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
I no longer have the Note, but I can confirm my setup (using MBBv2) is still working fully on stock rooted 4.2.2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Good call! I guess if other users continue to have success with it on JB-OFF then I'll recant my warning.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bataga:
I have both ;)

Have you listened to the gs4 with just viper and poweramp? S4 has a great sound card!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
It sure does! I used that setup (Viper w/ Poweramp) for a couple days until the stock firmware was released, as I didn't want to mess with MBB until I had a backup option in the event of a bootloop. It was great quality (as expected), but I wasn't getting that belly-rattling bass that I was getting on my Note with the full setup including MBB.

That said, I manually pushed all the MBB files to my system yesterday (since we now have the firmware but don't have a custom recovery to flash zips yet), and I'm back to the awesome sound that I had on the Note - arguably even a little better :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bataga:
Yeah I went back to the note for my music player. Still waiting to flash a new rom so I donr have to reinstall everything after a full wipe since I'm lazy :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Dev updated ViperFX - new download link in OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBALLGAME856:
? im running on 4.0.4 on the blackstar7 don't really like the xl cause im getting a lot of fc's with it. also im running the acid audio mod that works well for me and im running it with power amp with using beats by dre headphones and man it sounds crazy. the thing is im always looking for something better smdh really want to try this but just asking would it work 1st before I started downloading everything. thx in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Do a Nandroid of your current ROM and try it out :)

Unfortunately if you're wanting to replicate my setup from the OP, you'd need to reflash your ROM (which on 4.0.4 ROMs means you need to do a full wipe in between) in order to get rid of AC!D. However, Bataga said he's having great results with using Viper over AC!D (instead of MegaBassBeats), so you should just try installing Viper by itself on top of your current setup.

My personal recommendation would be to take this opportunity to get on BlackStar X - NOT XI - as its the most recent build that doesn't use the new Korean Note base (which sucked IMO). BlackStar X was my go-to daily driver when I had my Note. Solid, stable ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
Is anyone else getting background noise when using viper. Its like shhhhh sound in the silent parts. I can't get rid of it. Only when I use clear audio + I don't have that problem. I get it from any music app I use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JEZZEJAMEZ:
Head set or speakerfrom phone?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Bradl79:
sorry headset, i have dr. dre beats and also when i play it from my car also, bluetooth and all, and it does not matter which music player either, i know it s not my phone, bc when i have ViPER installed i am just using clear audio + it does not do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NJBALLGAME856:
when I installed the viper all I get is a white page with a install/update button and a uninstall/restore button that's it. when I select settings it doesn't show anything at all but the word that say settings. what am im missing here. thx in advance. also I selected the neon9 like u said to do in the directions and rebooted and right back to the same page.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CPA Poke:
Can you post a screenshot? This is the first time I've ever heard of that - and it certainly has never happened to me.

Also, what ROM are you running?