[iTunes] Prespecifying shuffle and equalization

[Scott Stamper]

Hey Adam,

I always transfer as much of my "top rated" playlist (5 star designated 
tunes from my library) as the mini will hold. But rather than listen 
to, say, ten 5-star Steely Dan songs in a row, I'd like them shuffled 
in with the rest of the good stuff, without needing to tell the pod to 
do so each time I get in the car.

As far as the equalization question, is there some way to designate an 
equalization curve for an entire list, or do I have to choose the curve 
for each individual tune? For that matter can I designate a preferred 
equalization curve to my entire library all at once, at the "archive" 
level,  rather than choosing one at the playback stage?

Hope these questions make sense.....

Thanks in advance!
Scott
"Meow"--Gary the Snail, from Spongebob Squarepants
Scott Stamper			Chapel Hill, NC
On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Adam Bass wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> In answer to your first question, I'm not sure I understand you 
> correctly. Is there a specific playlist you always want shuffled? In 
> that case, I believe you do have to activate Shuffle mode in the iPod 
> Settings, but once you put it on shuffle, it should stay that way 
> until you turn it off. If you just want to shuffle all your music, on 
> the 3rd and 4th gen iPods with the latest software update, there 
> should be an option on the main screen to "Shuffle Songs", which 
> automatically shuffles all your songs.
>
> Regarding your second question, you can set each individual song to a 
> certain equalization setting in iTunes, and this setting transfers 
> over to the iPod. Just make sure that on the iPod, you have the 
> equalizer set to Flat, and it'll automatically set itself to the 
> equalizer that you set for each individual song in iTunes.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Scott Stamper wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>> I have some newbie questions.
>> First of all, when manually specifying the music in my library to 
>> load into my mini (my library vastly outstrips my mini's capacity), 
>> can I specify the songs be "shuffled" as they're loaded into my Pod, 
>> so I don't have to designate shuffling every time I plug the Pod into 
>> my car?
>> My other question: can I pre-designate equalization while transfering 
>> music in my library into the Pod, as the 10 year old car stereo it's 
>> being played through, tho high quality by 1995 standards, needs some 
>> help in the upper base, lower mid-range area, and I've not been 
>> satisfied with the pre-set choices the Pod has available?
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Scott
>> "No two people are not on fire."--StrongBad
>> Scott Stamper  Pharmacist/Dentist  Chapel Hill, NC
>>
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