[GUIDE] How to use Equalizer APO (PEQ) presets in Linux

[thyristor]

Well done.
I'm in the process of writing one for Pulse Effects for people who might give Linux a try out.
It's taking longer then I thought.

PulseEffects isn't updated anymore. It was renamed to Easy Effects and uses PipeWire now.

 

[Shadrach]

PulseEffects isn't updated anymore. It was renamed to Easy Effects and uses PipeWire now.

Pulse Effects isn't undergoing any further development I know. That's one of the reasons I chose it.
Easy Effects requires PipeWire as you point out, but getting PipeWire to behave in some distros is not that straightforward for a person new to linux and also new to parametric equalization.

 

[asrUser]

PulseEffect has a lot more test signals like white noise, pink voice and many more to choose. EasyEffects only got Sine Wave and White Noise. How to add more into EasyEffects?

 

[p-chan5]

I think both have great potential. Although yes, PulseEffects only receives compatibility updates, the new features go hand in hand with EasyEffects; although of course it will have to be part of bugs on the PipeWire side. I don't know, it's difficult to decide whether to change or not. Maybe you have to decide for stability or new features.

Regarding white noise, I don't know. Maybe they've changed libraries or something. Search for this issue, or open it if it doesn't exist, on its GitHub.

 

[thyristor]

PulseAudio is obsolete now. Most major distrubutions like Ubuntu and Fedora have switched to PipeWire and Debian 12 will use PipeWire by default.

 

[isploit]

It works great as long as I'm only listening to Spotify. As soon as I start a teams call, the audio goes to shit. Huge audible difference in the song playback. Any ideas?

 

[kysa]

It works great as long as I'm only listening to Spotify. As soon as I start a teams call, the audio goes to shit. Huge audible difference in the song playback. Any ideas?

Feature request for autoeq.app and wiki for Linux/PipeWire, suggest EqualizerAPO ParametricEQ presets · Issue #700 · jaakkopasanen/AutoEq

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. wwmm/easyeffects#2002 (comment) From this issue comment I made a while back, and received a reply, apparently the Convolver plugin tha...

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weird quirks / issues that occurs randomly · Issue #2002 · wwmm/easyeffects

EasyEffects Version 7.0.0 What package are you using? Flatpak (Flathub) Distribution Fedora 36 Describe the bug Note: I can't manually reproduce it. It seems completely random to me. The original c...

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@thyristor I think you should mention this issue in your guide also.

 

[Tallulah]

I'm a complete newbie with Linux, and I've broken the OS many times trying to install audio software. However, I finally succeeded in installing PipeWire with WirePlumber on Linux Mint and managed to equalize my headphones, all thanks to this script:
https://github.com/Rigel2118/pipewire-installation-kit-for-linuxmint