tone control

Audio frequency shaper

Tone control is a knob or slider on audio equipment that adjusts the balance of bass and treble frequencies: She turned up the tone control to boost the bass.

Simpler devices have a single tone control; more sophisticated ones separate bass and treble into distinct adjustments.

The term also applies to similar controls on electric guitars and amplifiers.

Related

knob · dial · dialing in · amplifier · speaker · frequency · midrange · audio · slider · adjust · turn it up · warmth · brightness · mix · filter · balance · preamp · stereo

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audio adjustment type

tone controlvolume control

Adjusts audio loudness

gain control · master volume · balance control · fader · attenuator

signal processing approach

tone controlbypass

Route that skirts obstacles

transparency

Family

tone, control, tones, toned, toning, tonal, tonality, atonal, atonality

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G