Bass Booster For Spotify (Guide+Tips For All Devices) - Producer Hive

• Craving more bass out of your Spotify listening experience?
• This guide will help you boost your bass on all devices for Spotify.
• If you own AirPods, check out: Best Spotify EQ Settings For AirPods/AirPods Pro

As a Spotify user, you’ll be well accustomed to finding and streaming music easily, but did you know there’s an in-built Spotify equalizer?

There are a ton of equalizer presets to utilize, whether you’re listening to warehouse techno, freeform jazz, or even podcasts. One of these presets is the Bass Booster, which, as you can probably imagine, is designed to give the bottom end a bump and boost the lower frequencies.

Read on for all things bass-boosting!

How To Bass Boost On Spotify

1. How To Bass Boost On Spotify
   1. iOS
   2. Android
   3. PC (Windows 10)
   4. Mac
2. What Is The Bass Booster For Spotify?
3. How Does The Spotify Equalizer Work?
4. Styles Of Music To Use Spotify Bass Booster With?
5. Other Handy Spotify Features (You Might Not Know About)
   1. Mono
   2. Normalization
   3. Crossfade
   4. Gapless Playback

Using the Bass Boost function is quick and easy. Just follow these steps in the Spotify app:

iOS

1. Tap on the Settings ‘cog’ icon in the top right-hand corner.
2. Select ‘Playback’
3. Scroll down and select ‘Equalizer’
4. Select ‘Bass Booster’

Android

1. Tap on the Settings cog icon in the top right-hand corner.
2. Scroll down to the Audio Quality section.
3. Select Equalizer.
4. Select Bass Booster.

It’s worth noting that with many different Android models available, this won’t necessarily work on every single Android phone. Depending on the manufacturer, when selecting the equalizer, Spotify may take you to the phone’s native EQ rather than Spotify’s in-built EQ.

PC (Windows 10)

There isn’t currently a Bass Booster for Spotify on PC, as an equalizer is not built into the PC app.

There are workarounds to this, however:

1. Right-click the sound icon.
2. Select Sounds.
3. Select Playback.
4. Right-click on the device and select Properties.
5. Check the Bass Boost box.

This won’t just apply to Spotify, however, as you are making changes outside of the app, so remember this will affect anything else you play through your selected device.

Mac

Unfortunately, downloading third-party software is the only way to EQ your Spotify music on a Mac.

eqMac2 is a free equalizer allowing you to make changes, access presets, and add a Bass Booster for Spotify streaming.

What Is The Bass Booster For Spotify?

The bass boost on Spotify increases the low-end frequencies of your track by using an in-built preset accessed via the Spotify equalizer settings. As mentioned above, you must scroll to EQ Settings > Bass Booster.

If you feel the music you’re listening to is lacking in the lower frequency range, this will take a few seconds and could improve your listening experience.

As you can see below, the bass boost on Spotify boosts the sub-frequency area of 60Hz.

How Does The Spotify Equalizer Work?

The EQ works the same as a standard equalizer in a DAW or plugin.

It won’t be as accurate as your parametric EQs (so don’t think you can go in and make surgical cuts if you haven’t quite tightened up that mix before sending it to your distribution service), but it is enough that it can give you an added level of customization and help enhance whatever you’re listening to.

As you can see below, the EQ uses a simple boost/cut system separated into various bands. Just move up the desired band, and you can adjust to taste. You can get as wild as you like!

One of the convenient features of the Spotify EQ is the ability to apply presets to the audio you’re listening to, whether a podcast, a rock tune, or the Benny Hill theme on loop (I know you’re out there). One of these presets is the Bass Booster.

Styles Of Music To Use Spotify Bass Booster With?

No specific styles are a firm ‘yes’ when using the bass booster for Spotify. After all, music is very subjective.

However, any genre focusing on the kick drum or bassline might benefit from using the preset.

This is because boosting the low end will naturally bring out those aspects of a track. However, if you were to listen to a singer-songwriter, this might not have the same effect, and it could sound muddy or overbearing.

An easy rule of thumb is to use it on any electronic music you would expect to hear in a club or party, as it has been mixed for these environments and will likely heavily emphasize the low-end frequencies.

You can cycle through other presets on the list depending on the genre you are listening to and experiment with them, tweakingthe tone to your taste. The same applies if the bass booster applies too much low end. Simply select the frequency and reduce it to taste.

Other Handy Spotify Features (You Might Not Know About)

Aside from accessing the equalizer, Spotify has unique features that enhance your listening experience.

Mono

Spotify has a mono function that can be switched on and off with the touch of a button. This is accessed via Settings > Playback.

Nowadays, we are most used to hearing tracks in stereo. However, the mono function can be helpful for anyone with hearing loss or damage in one ear, or maybe you want to listen with one earphone so that you can have a conversation. Selecting mono will allow you to hear everything in one ear without the effects of a stereo field.

Normalization

While Spotify has various guidance on levels regarding the music uploaded and streamed on the platform, there will be discrepancies.

Applying the normalization function will bring all audio up to the same level, meaning a more consistent experience while you listen (and less need to ride the volume buttons on the train or bus!).

Normalization is accessed via Settings > Playback.

Crossfade

If you’re used to listening to Spotify without the crossfade function, you’ll notice that each successive track will begin right after the last song ends.

Crossfade allows you to blend two tracks and crossfade from one into another seamlessly. You can choose for this to happen over a maximum of 12 seconds.

Crossfade is accessed via Settings > Playback.

Gapless Playback

Gapless playback means that each track you listen to will begin without any pause or gap following the previous track.

This might not sound like a huge issue to have turned off; however, if you imagine you are listening to a live album, it can break the atmosphere to have even a split-second pause between tracks, as even if there is no music playing, there will usually be some crowd noise.

Similarly, some albums are mixed so that one track directly flows into the next. Turning on gapless playback allows these tracks to be heard as the mix engineer intended!

Before you go, check out our post on How To Use The Spotify Equalizer For Any Music Genre!