OK, so based on this video, I've turned on EasyEffects, added an Equalizer, set the input source to "Easy Effects Source" in the system settings, started playing pink noise, then tried to adjust the dials until the input looked closer to a horizontal line (it's very chaotic so that is hard to do).
As some sections of the video highlight it ended up needing to dip the mids and boots the lows and highs. This is my end result (so far, I'm probably going to tweak this continuously):
Preamp: -1 db
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 27.782795 Hz Gain -3.36 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 49.40557 Hz Gain 1.09 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 87.85691 Hz Gain 5.04 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 156.23413 Hz Gain 6.43 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 277.82794 Hz Gain 3.76 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 494.0557 Hz Gain -1.19 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 878.5691 Hz Gain -5.54 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 1562.3413 Hz Gain -3.96 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 2778.2793 Hz Gain -2.97 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 4940.557 Hz Gain 0.3 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 11: ON PK Fc 8785.69 Hz Gain 4.35 dB Q 1.7848856
Filter 12: ON PK Fc 15623.413 Hz Gain 8.7 dB Q 1.7848856
There's also an Output amp of -2.5dB that does not appear in the export for some reason.
TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 - Gen10 - AMD Laptop Speakers.
It does make a positive difference (why don't they teach us this in school? ;) ). Please note I am music illiterate.
EDIT: it looks like changing the input source has no actual effect, just need to make sure the internal microphone's volume is not muted, and have to keep system setting window open while doing this, maybe the microphone is no longer on when the window is closed?. Linux is weird sometimes.
But the reason this is not widely talked about is two fold:
First, because those measurements are heavily room dependent and they sound worse than treating a room. Because the room affects the sound in ways that EQ can’t really fix anyway.
Second, because the goal of mixing and mastering is making music sound good in a big variety of speakers and environments.
As some sections of the video highlight it ended up needing to dip the mids and boots the lows and highs. This is my end result (so far, I'm probably going to tweak this continuously):
There's also an Output amp of -2.5dB that does not appear in the export for some reason.TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 - Gen10 - AMD Laptop Speakers.
It does make a positive difference (why don't they teach us this in school? ;) ). Please note I am music illiterate.
EDIT: it looks like changing the input source has no actual effect, just need to make sure the internal microphone's volume is not muted, and have to keep system setting window open while doing this, maybe the microphone is no longer on when the window is closed?. Linux is weird sometimes.