Easy Effects

Simple audio effects

This application was formerly known as PulseEffects, but it was renamed to Easy Effects after it started to use GTK4 and GStreamer usage was replaced by native PipeWire filters. And eventually the whole application was ported from GTK4 to a combination of Qt, QML and KDE/Kirigami frameworks.

Effects available

• Auto gain
• Bass enhancer
• Bass loudness
• Compressor
• Convolver
• Crossfeed
• Crystalizer
• De-esser
• Delay
• Deep noise remover
• Echo canceller
• Equalizer
• Exciter
• Expander
• Filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject modes)
• Gate
• Level meter
• Limiter
• Loudness
• Maximizer
• Multiband compressor
• Multiband gate
• Noise reduction
• Pitch shift
• Reverberation
• Speech processor
• Stereo tools

The user has full control over the effects order. Just use the up/down arrows next to the effect labels on the left side.

Some packages do not provide all plugin packages by default. In case some effects are not available, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

Dependencies

Plugins needed for effects:

• Linux Studio plugins. Version 1.1.24 or higher.
• Calf Studio plugins. Version 0.90.1 or higher.
• Libebur128. For Auto gain and Level meter.
• ZamAudio plugins. For Maximizer.
• Zita-convolver. For Convolver.
• MDA. For Bass loudness.
• SpeexDSP. For Speech processor.
• SoundTouch. For Pitch shift.
• RNNoise. For Noise reduction.
• DeepFilterNet. For Deep noise remover.

Other dependencies include:

• libsamplerate
• libsndfile
• libbs2b
• fftw
• speexdsp
• nlohmann json
• tbb

Donate

You can help me to keep developing Easy Effects through donations. Any amount will be greatly appreciated :-)

• GitHub Sponsors
• Liberapay
• Patreon
• PayPal

Installation

Distribution-specific packages

Most up-to-date Linux distributions have an easyeffects package that can be installed with the distribution package manager. See the wiki for a full list.

Flatpak

Alternatively, click here to install via Flatpak:

Flatpak packages support most Linux distributions and are sandboxed. The Easy Effects Flatpak package also includes all available plugins.

If your distribution does not yet include packages required to build Easy Effects, Flatpak is a convenient option.

Warning

Do NOT set Easy Effects virtual devices as your default audio input/output. Easy Effects is designed assuming that your hardware stays as default device.

Help

A comprehensive set of help pages are included in the application itself, accessed via the hamburger menu in the top right. If the help pages are inaccessible ensure the yelp package is installed.

The latest version of the help pages can also be read here.

Changelog

For information about changes between versions, take a look at our changelog

Frequently asked questions

Take a look at our FAQ to see if you are facing a known issue.

Community presets

See the wiki: Community presets

This page also has instructions for converting PulseEffects presets to Easy Effects presets.

Guildelines for package maintainers: Guidelines

Command-line options

See the wiki: Command Line Options

GNOME Shell extension

See the wiki: Preset Selector GNOME Extension

Reporting bugs

See the wiki: Reporting Bugs

Translating Easy Effects

See the wiki’s Translating Easy Effects article for detailed instructions.

Installing from source

To install from source, see the wiki’s Installing from Source article for detailed instructions.

CI artifacts

Flatpak bundles and Arch packages for testing and development purposes are built for PRs and pushes to master. See the installation instructions.

License

Easy Effects is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3 or later. See the LICENSE file.