Hi all,
I’m looking for an equalizer to be used with Plasma / pipewire.
My need is to switch between two different equalizations in the simplest mode.
Any suggestion?
TL;DR
in my use case normal utilization doesn’t require any equalization; but when I play a movie with VLC the soundtrack volume is higher than the sound of voices.
This is the case for the Italian audio track: believe me, in any DVD or BLU-RAY the volume of the italian track is lower than the english track.
So I need to equalize the sound to emphasize the human voices.
If this can be useful here are the data for my machine:
~ inxi -Fazi ✔
System:
Kernel: 6.16.0-5-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
root=UUID=95b01923-1bed-4694-bb66-72e635384b04 rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.17.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7C84)
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.H0 date: 07/16/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA20102E
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3762 min/max: 556/4854 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3762 2: 3762 3: 3762
4: 3762 5: 3762 6: 3762 7: 3762 8: 3762 9: 3762 10: 3762 11: 3762 12: 3762
13: 3762 14: 3762 15: 3762 16: 3762 bogomips: 121589
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600
XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n6 (6nm) built: 2023+
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-2
empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 2f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7480
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1522x571mm (59.92x22.48")
s-diag: 1626mm (64") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: DP-1 model: LG (GoldStar) HDR 4K serial: <filter> built: 2024
res: 3840x2160 dpi: 139 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43")
diag: 806mm (31.7") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 model: Sony TV 00 serial: <filter> built: 2015
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 51 gamma: 1.2 size: 952x535mm (37.48x21.06")
diag: 1092mm (43") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (radeonsi
navi33 LLVM 20.1.8 DRM 3.64 6.16.0-5-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:7480
memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 7600 XT (RADV NAVI33) driver: mesa radv v: 25.1.7-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:7480 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: lact wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 31:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.0-5-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp37s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 26:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp38s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-3: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-4: virbr2 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 20.92 TiB used: 9.38 TiB (44.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 Plus
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: RKT4P1.3 temp: 32.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 Plus
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: R4PB47.2 temp: 33.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST18000NM000J-2TV103
size: 16.37 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC02 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 915.53 GiB (98.32%)
used: 132.05 GiB (14.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 320 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 43.5 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
mem: 66.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.72 GiB used: 7.29 GiB (11.6%)
Processes: 462 Power: uptime: 12h 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 25.06 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1623 libs: 409 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
v: 5.3.3 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
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