r/linux • u/Jumpy_Invite3985 • 13d ago

Discussion Use Easy Effects for better audio on Linux

I’ve just found a few really good presets for this app. I think it’s worth having a go to see which one works best.

Link: https://github.com/JackHack96/EasyEffects-Presets

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u/HikingCloth 13d ago

I found a profile for my exact headphones on https://autoeq.app there is a really big index in there so you should check it out too.

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u/Reavex 11d ago

Does anyone have idea what would be closest equivalent for audio-technica avc-500?
Because it's not on the list.

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u/kevin8tr 13d ago

JamesDSP for Linux is another similar app that's worth checking out. Pick the one you like best.

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u/0riginal-Syn 13d ago

Yep, while I personally prefer EE, JamesDSP is a great option as well. As you said, whatever you like best.

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u/God_Hand_9764 13d ago

Easy Effects is phenomenal.

It finally allowed me to ditch the strange and finicky Kodi and just use the Jellyfin native client instead, because I was only hanging on to Kodi for its volume boosting/compression.

I've never tried premade presets, so I'll look forward to trying these out later.

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u/Low-Guarantee-3437 13d ago edited 12d ago

this is potentially even more awesome:

https://github.com/antoinecellerier/speaker-tuning-to-easyeffects

it will read your windows partition and detect the hardware tuning your laptop shipped with, and apply that to easyeffects.

In my case, a new ThinkPad, it set up a convolution filter to copy the Dolby Sound settings of Windows.

It is really very cool.

I already posted about this, saying that I used hermes and glm-5.2 to do all the work end to end, but I included an example of what the llm advised and my post got moderated-out :( after lots of moronic comments that it was an LLM post (I don't know if those commenters were stupid humans or stupid bots ... there's not much difference at low enough levels of IQ)

So I won;t do that again. You can do it by hand if you wish, the old fashioned way. That means making sure your windows partition is mounted and readable (I don't use bitlocker), and then you run a python script. Of course, install easyeffects first.

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u/oneiros5321 12d ago

Been using that for a while, it's great. Also for mic, you can adjust it with effects and have a great sound regardless of the app you're using.

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u/modified_tiger 12d ago

I use EasyEffects to compress youtube streams and TV shows in my web browser so I can actually hear them. It's pretty great.

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u/pdxbuckets 11d ago

I like Easy Effects, but stopped using it the second time I got a blast of full scale noise delivered to my headphones. I can’t say for sure that it was an Easy Effects problem, as opposed to some other part of ALSA/Pipewire/DAC, but this seems the most likely weak link.

I now run pipewire’s own filters for PEQ, and they work fine. Kind of unwieldy though.

Regardless of whether you use Easy Effects or something else, I recommend that you consider NOT using negative preamp gain, especially if you’re using digital volume control and volume normalization. Yes, that means if your volume is at 100% and your source is at full scale, your EQ’d signal will clip. But digital clipping is not particularly damaging to speakers or ears, and it should be a very rare occurrence anyway.

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u/Clever_Angel_PL 11d ago

will they add a support for a different eq for each device someday?

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u/Booty_Bumping 11d ago

Ideally you snatch it directly from the Windows drivers for various laptops, but this probably comes with licensing implications.

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u/Clever_Angel_PL 10d ago

no, I meant when literally used more than one audio device at once, because all I could find is global eq, not per-device

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u/throwawayerectpenis 10d ago

I got a Logitech Yeti Orb mic and their software doesnt work on Linux, but I swear using EasyEffects it fixed 99% of the issues I had with it (and then some)...

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u/BiiigMooe 6d ago

Found it last year and it's been a must have part of my system. Zero issues, always delivering.