equalizer preset of a track

[kmmgasman]

anyone know how to set the equalizer preset of a song to "spoken word" by an applescript

[S2_Mac]

Something like this:

tell application "iTunes"
	-- get a list of the selected tracks
	set sel to the selection
	-- with each track in the list...
	repeat with t in sel
		-- set track EQ to a preset's name
		set EQ of t to "Spoken Word"
		-- it's not an error to specify an EQ name that doesn't exist
	end repeat
end tell

[kmmgasman]

thanks for the info. I wanted to maintain the EQ setting when I burn the track to a CD and then have a client import the track into their iTunes. I tried converting the AIFF to MP3 but you lose the eq setting on importing the track

any ideas

thanks again

[S2_Mac]

Not gonna happen; EQ settings aren't saved as tags in track files, they're maintained in the "iTunes Library.itl" index file.

If you really have to impose your EQ settings on the client (and that could backfire real easy ;-) and the client uses iTunes, you can p'bly just burn a data disk with a folder full of AIFFs or whatever and an iTunes "export" xml file.

[kmmgasman]

Well I wanted to make it easier for the client set the audio file I recorded to "spoken word" as it is a meditation audio file and I thought it would sound best with that EQ. I guess I will send a text file explaining how to set it in iTunes

thanks for all the advice