Easyeffects issue

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I know this is tempting fate, and this will be a longish post, as I’ve gone into some detail, But maybe someone has had a similar issue with this Pipewire tool.

Installing Pipewire, removing Pulseaudio
I originally used Pulseaudio as my sound server and used Pulseeffects as my equalizer, which was installed from the AUR and always worked well. I then decided to replace Pulseaudio with Pipewire, via the manjaro-pipewire package. First I removed Pulseeffects. During the Pipewire installation I noticed Pulseaudio and related packages were removed, and I was asked if I wanted to install Easyeffects (Ee), which is the Pipewire equivalent of Pulseeffects in the ‘extra’ repo, so I did that. After a reboot Pipewire is seen to be active and running, So all looked good there.

$ systemctl status --user pipewire
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-09-11 19:36:26 BST; 1h 17min ago
 Invocation: 9cdb0efb223f47edacdaf8f33b736013
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1343 (pipewire)

First testing
When I played audio, an mp3 file in VLC, normal sound could be heard. When I opened Ee, again sound could be heard to play normally, so I added a couple of effects like the Equalizer and Autogain, enabled them, and just like with Pulseeffects the sound was enhanced and amplified.

Cause of Issue
But my problem began, when I tried to import a preset for the Equalizer from my Pulseeffects configuration file. This brought up an error and screwed up my audio. I tried to remove the preset from within Ee but to no avail. I then went to the Ee output file in .config and manually removed the offending preset. I restarted Ee, but the audio distortion remained, despite the preset now no longer showing. I tried rebooting my PC, removing Ee’s config folder, removing then re-installing Ee, but the issue remained, with intermittent and highly distorted audio when Ee is used.

Back to Pulseeffects
I decided to remove Ee and try reinstalling Pulseeffects, knowing that this was a Pulseaudio tool, but not expecting miracles under Pipewire. Having successfully installed pulseeffects-legacy, everything was back to normal using Pulseeffects, which was a relief. So I now know that Pulseeffects is compatible with Pipewire.

Summary
I’ll carry on with Pulseeffects for the time being, but if anyone knows how to get Ee working properly again, other than having to resort to a Timeshift or image replacement of Manjaro with Pulseaudio (which I have), I’d be graterful.

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did you try to add an Ee preset for pipewire rather than removing everything?

(there are a couple of threads in the tutorials section like: [HowTo] Enhance your Linux audio with EasyEffects or PulseEffects Legacy this one with some presets linked.

I havent had the same issue but i never used Ee when i had pulseaudio. i found pipewire quieter and Ee had a “boost” profile which has worked well.

Other than that i can cant suggest anything, sorry.

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I don’t know what you mean (BIB). How can I add Ee presets for Pipewire if I’ve just installed. it? They don’t exist. I have to make them first using Ee equalization settings. I added Pulseeffects presets, because they already existed from that app, and the 2 apps (Ee and Pulseeffects) are so similar visually, so I thought Ee would accept them as imports and save me the trouble of making them again.

Also I don’t think you can use Ee when running Pulseaudio as it’s supposed to be used with Pipewire.

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I suggest check issue reports for package - Issues · wwmm/easyeffects · GitHub

New version of easyeffects might have a bugfix for this

new release · wwmm/easyeffects@4c35ba8 · GitHub

## 7.1.9

### 2024-09-12

### Bug fixes:
- Fixed a regression in the autoload preset code.
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Thanks for that. I think I’ll probably have more luck there.

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See if this link helps… [How To] Make Linux sound GREAT!

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Thanks. Some useful stuff there, although much of it I’m familiar with from a few years of using PulseEffects.

It seems my issue boils down to importing PE equalizer presets into EasyEffects, which seems to screw Ee up, and it stays corrupted even when I remove Ee and then re-install it. That’s the weird part!

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About a year ago, Ee had to make some changes that broke even existing Ee presets. You may just have to start from scratch.

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If the presets are saved to user’s home folder (e.g.~/.config/easyeffects) they would not be removed when package is uninstalled

If both packages have a similar GUI you could always take screenshots of DSP settings in pulseffects to use similar settings in easyeffects GUI

Or use jamesdsp AUR instead of easyeffects

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