Talk:Tone control circuit

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This article needs a section on digital implementation of tone control circuits and equalizers, about which I know next to nothing. Anoneditor 21:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We probably should just make reference to digital signal processing, only using this article to explain how DSP is applied to the specifics of tone controls (multiple bands, bass boost, application of loudness compensation, etc.)

Atlant 22:25, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First, this article does not belong in the Electronics Portal. There are no circuit diagrams. The article is really about the knob(s) on electronic devices that control the tone of the audio. Google these words to see what I mean: tone control antique radio

Editors of this article need a little history background in order to correctly name the article, and to write companion articles. Here we go: Radios were the first devices to have a volume control. Later, a tone control was added which allowed the listener to adjust the tone of the sound to his liking. Since the radios had only one knob for this, it controlled only the bass or the treble -- as decided by the manufacturers -- while leaving the other tone fixed. Later, the single tone control was replaced with two controls, one for the bass and one for the treble. The two together were called "tone controls." Later the tone controls were replaced on some high-end audio devices with an equalizer control (or just "equalizer") which had multiple slider knobs, each one controlling a range of tones. (The knobs on equalizers are typically rectangular in shape, not circular. And so "knob" is technically not the right word to use. Though I suppose we can neologize "knob" to also mean the rectangular-shaped controls, for complicity's sake.) End of tutorial.

Given that, here is what is needed:

1. This article should be named "Tone_control_(audio)." I remove the word "circuit" because the article is not about the electronic circuit that accomplishes what the tone control does. Also, look up "volume control" in Wikipedia and it does not include the word "circuit." Same thing with "equalizer." Let's be consistent.

2. Remove the word "circuit" from this article wherever it is unnecessary.

3. Add these companion articles:

  Volume_control_(audio)
  Base_control_(audio)
  Treble_control_(audio)

--SDLarsen (talk) 21:01, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Each of these articles will surely be very short. I suggest that they be combined into a single article named Tone_control_(audio). Then have the companion topics (bass control, treble control, midrange control, equalizer) be redirected to this single article.

--SDLarsen (talk) 21:15, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]