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Beats Studio Pro EQ settings for Mac

Last updated: October 2, 2026

Beats Studio Pro has one published AutoEQ correction, measured by Rtings, and it is on this page in full. macOS has no system-wide equalizer of its own, so applying a correction to everything your Mac plays, rather than inside a single player, needs an app that sits on the system audio path.

• Who it is for: anyone listening to the Beats Studio Pro on a Mac who wants its measured tonal balance pulled toward a neutral target.
• What a correction is: a set of equalizer filters that the open-source AutoEQ project computes by comparing a published measurement of the headphone with a target curve.
• What this page holds: for every measurement, the curve, its parametric filters, the same filters as copy-paste text, a ten-band version and a one-click EQBase preset.
• What it cannot do: it changes frequency response only. It will not make up for worn pads or for distortion, and it was measured on someone else's pair, not yours.
• What you need: any parametric equalizer takes the filters, on any platform. The preset needs EQBase, free on macOS 14.4 or later.

Worth knowing: Rtings is so far the only rig to have published a Studio Pro measurement, which is surprising for a current flagship and is the reason this page is thinner than the Studio3 one. The curve itself is not small: it pulls 3.3 dB out of 31 Hz while pushing 3.2 dB into 62 Hz, which is a narrow correction of the lowest octave rather than a bass tilt, and takes 4.3 dB out of 8 kHz.

What the Beats Studio Pro correction changes

These figures come from the one published measurement, made by Rtings. The largest boost is +3.2 dB at bass (62 Hz), and the largest cut is −4.3 dB at treble (8 kHz). Total swing across the ten bands is 7.6 dB. Averaged over its bands the treble is pulled back by 1.1 dB, more than the other two, which is where most of the audible change lands.

With a single published measurement there is nothing to cross-check the figures against, so treat them as a good starting point rather than a settled answer, and trust your own ears over the last decibel.

The Beats Studio Pro corrections, measurement by measurement

Pick a measurement to see its correction curve, its parametric filters, the same filters as copy-paste text in AutoEQ's format (which Equalizer APO and Peace, REW and most desktop parametric equalizers import, and which EQBase's own Expert EQ reads and writes), and EQBase's ten-band version, which is what the downloadable preset applies.

Preamp: -3.8 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC Fc 105 Hz Gain -3.1 dB Q 0.70
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 8990 Hz Gain -5.1 dB Q 2.02
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 304 Hz Gain 3.8 dB Q 0.85
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 1720 Hz Gain -3.0 dB Q 1.19
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 67 Hz Gain 6.0 dB Q 2.55
Filter 6: ON HSC Fc 10000 Hz Gain 0.5 dB Q 0.70
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 5052 Hz Gain 3.7 dB Q 4.43
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 3394 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 5.33
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 6509 Hz Gain -2.0 dB Q 5.62
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 734 Hz Gain 0.7 dB Q 3.38

Ten-band or parametric EQ for the Beats Studio Pro?

A parametric equalizer lets every filter take any frequency, gain and width, where width is written as Q and a higher Q means a narrower filter, so it can reproduce AutoEQ's filters exactly. A ten-band graphic equalizer has ten fixed bands an octave apart, from 31 Hz to 16 kHz, all the same width, so it can only approximate them. EQBase's ten-band version sets those ten gains to match the parametric curve at the band centers, allowing for how the bands overlap, rather than reading the curve off at each center.

On Rtings's measurement, the ten-band version stays within 3.7 dB of the parametric curve between 40 Hz and 10 kHz. Across all 8,666 corrections in EQBase's catalog the median for that range is 3.3 dB, which makes the Beats Studio Pro a typical fit for ten bands. The largest of those gaps sits around 5 kHz, where a boosting filter at 5.05 kHz with a Q of 4.4 is far narrower than a one-octave band can follow.

Use the parametric filters if your equalizer accepts them: they are the correction exactly as published. The ten-band version is for equalizers with fixed sliders, EQBase's free tier among them, and it is what the downloadable preset applies. On EQBase Pro, applying the Beats Studio Pro from the Headphones pane uses the parametric filters directly, and the preset carries them as well, one switch to Expert EQ away. AutoEQ publishes its own ten-band file on the same grid, fitted to the raw measurement rather than to these filters, so the two agree closely through the midrange and can differ at the extremes.

How to use the Beats Studio Pro correction on a Mac

To use the Beats Studio Pro correction on a Mac, apply it with an equalizer that runs on system audio, so it reaches every app at once. In EQBase the fastest route skips this page: open the Headphones pane, search for the Beats Studio Pro, which is in the built-in catalog of 6,033 models, and click the measurement you want. The preset above does the same from a file, for anyone who wants to see the numbers first or a specific measurement rather than the default one.

Either way the free tier carries it with no time limit. The Beats Studio Pro preset above sets the ten-band curve, which is what the free tier applies, so nothing on this page is behind a purchase.

The Beats Studio Pro is worn around the ear, where the pads decide a good deal of what the measurement rig saw. Worn or replaced pads move the response, which is why several models here carry separate curves for exactly that. If yours are old, expect the correction to be a near miss rather than an exact one.

Most of the measurements behind this page were made with the headphone in its normal listening mode, and active noise cancelling changes the response it is correcting. Switching ANC or transparency on and off is not a small tone change, so a correction that sounds right in one mode may not in another.

Common questions about Beats Studio Pro EQ

Do these EQ settings work on any Mac app?

Yes, if the equalizer runs on system audio rather than inside one player. EQBase processes everything the Mac plays, so the same correction applies to Spotify, Safari, YouTube, games and calls. The Music app's own equalizer only affects Music.

Where do the Beats Studio Pro numbers come from?

From one published AutoEQ measurement of the Beats Studio Pro, made by Rtings. AutoEQ computes the correction by comparing that measured frequency response against a target curve, so the filters below are only as good as that single measurement: with nothing to cross-check it against, treat it as one informed opinion rather than a consensus.

Why is the Beats Studio Pro preamp negative?

The Beats Studio Pro correction needs −3.8 dB of headroom on its default measurement, so the preset pulls the signal down by that much before the boosts are applied. Boosting a signal that is already near full scale would clip it, and the negative preamp is what buys the room. Skip it and loud passages distort.

Can I use these filters in a different equalizer?

Yes. The filter table is a standard parametric list: type, frequency, gain and Q. Any parametric equalizer that accepts those four values per band will take them, on any platform. The one-click preset is only a shortcut for EQBase users.

Other headphones with published corrections

• Beats Solo3 Wireless EQ settings for Mac, 4 published measurements
• Beats Powerbeats Pro EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Studio Buds + EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Studio3 Wireless EQ settings for Mac, 3 published measurements
• Beats Solo Pro EQ settings for Mac, 2 published measurements

More Beats headphones: Beats Studio Buds · Beats Fit Pro · Beats Flex · Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 · Beats Solo 4 · Beats Solo Buds

Credits

Correction data from the AutoEQ project by Jaakko Pasanen, used under the MIT licence. The measurements themselves are the work of the people credited on each curve above. EQBase ships the same catalog in the app, with the same attribution.

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