PulseEffects

Audio effects for PipeWire applications.

Effects available

Applications output

• Auto gain
• Bass enhancer
• Compressor
• Convolver
• Crossfeed
• Crystalizer
• De-esser
• Equalizer
• Exciter
• Expander
• Filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject modes)
• Gate
• Limiter
• Loudness
• Maximizer
• Multiband compressor
• Multiband gate
• Noise reduction
• Pitch
• Reverberation
• Stereo tools

Applications input

• Compressor
• De-esser
• Equalizer
• Filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject modes)
• Gate
• Limiter
• Maximizer
• Multiband compressor
• Multiband gate
• Noise reduction
• Pitch
• Reverberation
• Stereo tools
• WebRTC

The user has full control over the effects order. Just use the up/down arrows next to the plugin label at the left side. To be able to use all plugins you must have the following installed in your system:

• GStreamer plugins for "PipeWire"
• GStreamer plugins "Good". Version 1.12.5 or higher
• GStreamer plugins "Bad". Version 1.12.5 or higher
• Linux Studio plugins. Version 1.1.24 or higher.
• Calf Studio plugins. Version 0.90.1 or higher.
• libebur128. For Auto Gain.
• ZamAudio plugins. For Maximizer.
• zita-convolver. For Convolver.
• rubberband. For Pitch Shift.
• RNNoise. For Noise Reduction.
• libsamplerate
• libsndfile

Note for users that did not moved from Pulseaudio to PipeWire

From version 5.0.0 onward PulseEffects needs PipeWire. Pulseaudio users need to instal one of the 4.x releases or building a package directly from our legacy Pulseaudio branch https://github.com/wwmm/pulseeffects/tree/pulseaudio-legacy. Arch Linux users can also use the PKGBUILD on the same branch. This branch will receive updates for critical bugs as time goes by. So if PipeWire is not for you yet it is fine to use the legacy branch.

Donate

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

https://liberapay.com/wwmm
https://www.patreon.com/wellingtonwallace?fan_landing=true	Patreon

Changelog

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

Installation

GNU/Linux packages

• Arch Linux / AUR Git version
• Void Linux
• Gentoo
• ROSA
• ALT Linux
• Fedora GNU/Linux
• CRUX
• openSUSE
• NixOS
• Debian (buster) / Debian (bullseye)

Community packages

These are community maintained repositories of distribution packages. You can find more information about these in the wiki.

• Ubuntu and Debian

Flatpak

Flatpak packages support multiple Linux distributions and are sandboxed.

Stable releases are hosted on Flathub:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.github.wwmm.pulseeffects

Installing from source

See the wiki: Installing from Source, for detailed instructions.

Documentation

PulseEffects documentation can be read inside the GUI installing yelp package.

Frequently asked questions

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

Command-line options

See the wiki: Command Line Options

Community presets

See the wiki: Community presets

Reporting bugs

See the wiki: Reporting Bugs

Translating PulseEffects

See the wiki: Translating PulseEffects, for detailed instructions.

License

PulseEffects is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3. See LICENSE file.