Does convolution EQ include an automatic preamp or headroom adjustment or it doesn't need it?

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I tweaked my Roon settings a lot and now my convolution filter sounds very “flat”, like it would have a lot of preamp or headroom to it.
Before it sounded almost as good as my parametric preset, and together the 2 sounded the best, with the sharpest trebles.
I use the following filter and preset for both parametric and convolution EQ:
GitHub - jaakkopasanen/AutoEq: Automatic headphone equalization from frequency responses
What setting could be the culprit?
How do I resample all music with Roon so that it matches my convolution filters, to avoid filter resampling?

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Are you saying, you were using PEQ and convolution eq filters for your Sennheisers in combination?

Show us screenshots of your settings and signal path, please.

That sounds a lot like your other post.
What are you afraid of happening?
Don’t overthink things, I’d say!

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Are you saying, you were using PEQ and convolution eq filters for your Sennheisers in combination?

Yes.

That sounds a lot like your other post.
What are you afraid of happening?
Don’t overthink things, I’d say!

It’s the Roon convolution EQ manual that suggested me this:

DSP Engine: Convolution (roonlabs.com)

You can also avoid filter resampling by configuring Roon to resample all content to the rate that matches your filter using Sample Rate Conversion.

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Roon resamples the filters with the same code it uses to resample content, so I don’t really understand why they are writing …

You can avoid filter resampling by providing a separate filter for each sample rate. This can improve performance–both CPU performance and sonic performance–so you should try to provide a filter for each rate when possible.

Resampling filters and resampling content both tax CPU performance …

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okayyy - whatever makes you happy … have fun!

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Does convolution EQ include an automatic preamp or headroom adjustment or it doesn’t need it?

To answer the topic thread headline:
No, it doesn’t include headroom adjustment, it would need to be baked into it.

You can check for clipping and adjust if needed, using this Roon KB article.

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