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PulseAudio Equalizer
PulseAudio Equalizer
Since using Linux I have been asking the Linux community for an equalizer and so have some other people have also with the result of just hearing crickets. Finally the request has been answered. I don't recall if I ever asked the MX team but I came across this video of the PulseAudio Equalizer which I hope in the future the developers can integrate it into MX Linux or at least add it to the repo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdPWKvC5SSs
I am command line illiterate. 

Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
It's already available from the Debian repo.
You may need some of the hints from that video to set it up. Arch wiki offers some help - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... #Equalizer
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apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
As already noted in its other thread, it requires newer gstreamer libs than MX 17 has. We have those in our experimental repo, but they seem to break other packages.
Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
@Stevo - you're not confusing with pulse-effects (which is not in Debian repo)? pulseaudio-equalizer is in Stretch. It doesn't have direct dependencies on gstreamer.
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/pul ... -equalizer
I haven't tested it though. My system sounds great without eq through my ADAM A5X studio monitors.

Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
Just installed, from MXPI, seems to work for me on MX17.1 amd64:
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Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
@fehlixJust installed, from MXPI, seems to work for me on MX17.1 amd64:
Please forgive my ignorance, but how exactly (each step you took) did you get this to work?
Thanks very much.
EDIT: Nevermind. I see that you have to go to the Archwiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... #Equalizer
So then, to get this to work, the steps would be to
1) Install pulseaudio-equalizer from the regular MX repo using MX Package Installer or Synaptic Package Manager, or in the terminal
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sudo apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
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pactl load-module module-equalizer-sink
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pactl load-module module-dbus-protocol
3) Type qpaeq in the terminal (and press enter) to get equalizer GUI to come up (yay, it works!) -- but only temporarily. To make it permanent you will have to:
4) Edit the your pulseaudio default.pa file found in /etc/pulse/. You will have to edit the file as ROOT, adding
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### Load the integrated PulseAudio equalizer and D-Bus module
load-module module-equalizer-sink
load-module module-dbus-protocol
To start Pulseaudio Equalizer you will have to manually launch it by entering qpaeq in the Application Finder (Alt+F2), or by typing it in the terminal (and press enter). Or, better yet, create an app launcher for it on the XFCE panel.
PS - I've always wondered why when, in the past, after install pulseaudio-equlizer, that I couldn't find it or an icon to launch it anywhere. I had no idea that it required extra steps like when installing qpaeq from wget, etc.
Thanks for helping me bump into to putting all the pieces together. :)
Last edited by plzd on Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
Thanks, for writing down the stepps
, which I was to lazy to do so 


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Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
It won't install that way. Is there a G.U.I. way of installing it? For example like using Synaptic? What do I type into Synaptic because I tried to find it but couldn't.sunrat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:10 pmIt's already available from the Debian repo.You may need some of the hints from that video to set it up. Arch wiki offers some help - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... #EqualizerCode: Select all
apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
I am command line illiterate. 

Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
pulseaudio-equalizerMauser wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:59 pmIt won't install that way. Is there a G.U.I. way of installing it? For example like using Synaptic? What do I type into Synaptic because I tried to find it but couldn't.sunrat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:10 pmIt's already available from the Debian repo.You may need some of the hints from that video to set it up. Arch wiki offers some help - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... #EqualizerCode: Select all
apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
EDIT: Installed from synaptic but will not run and cannot be found when run in terminal.
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Re: PulseAudio Equalizer
Thanks. It shows that it's installed but it's nowhere to be found on my computer. :(richb wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:01 pmpulseaudio-equalizerMauser wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:59 pmIt won't install that way. Is there a G.U.I. way of installing it? For example like using Synaptic? What do I type into Synaptic because I tried to find it but couldn't.sunrat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:10 pmIt's already available from the Debian repo.You may need some of the hints from that video to set it up. Arch wiki offers some help - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... #EqualizerCode: Select all
apt install pulseaudio-equalizer
I am command line illiterate. 
