easyeffects VS EasyEffects-Presets

Linux: EasyEffects (free and open-source)

For DSP, we already can do that using something like Easy Effects[1][2].

The biggest issue is acquiring proper impulse-response data. In theory, it has to be tuned per-model, so turning basically require pro-grade equipment and a recording studio. However, apparently many people assume Dolby is using the same profile for all laptops, so just copy-paste the same file here and there. Not really sure which is the real case.

Anyways, Asahi can ship DSP turned on by default because the distro is specific to Apple. That's how Apple boosts the quality of its hardware, and the same applies to a distro dedicated to it.

[1]: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects

- Easy Effects: Effects for PipeWire applications; configure your speakers & microphones (e.g. noise reduction filter)

Easyeffects maybe.

EasyEffects could be a replacement for EqualizerAPO. You can do some gain staging there if you want, as well as a bunch of other stuff.

Is this a general comment meant to apply to anything or are you specifically talking about Easy Effects here?

It has installation instructions in the README, links to a wiki page with more information (https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/wiki/Package-Repositorie...), the application contains full documentation under the "Help" item in the menu (as many applications do) and they also have the same documentation online (https://wwmm.github.io/easyeffects/).

Not sure what more you could ask for?

I guess they're referring to my tickets: https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects/issues/2322 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues/3198

I apply this preset to the mic and the PerfectEQ preset from this repo to the headset.

or u can just download easy effects and use the laptop preset from this repo.

Some crazy person modified their Framework to use the Acer Spin 713 OLED display[0], but I really hope down the road there's an OLED option to purchase directly from their Marketplace. I'm betting the Framework 16 will have it, but there still hasn't been too much revealed about it.

The speakers are also disappointing; you'll definitely want to experiment with different sound equalizers. On Fedora, I'm using this Advanced Auto Gain preset[1] with PipeWire/EasyEffects.

[0] https://community.frame.work/t/framework-laptop-alternative-...

[1] https://github.com/JackHack96/EasyEffects-Presets

Have you tried any of these?

Yeah, the speakers really aren't great. I've found an Easyeffects preset that makes the audio more bearable called Advanced Auto Gain here. I haven't done any research if you could replace the speakers, but I'm guessing you can't.

The speakers being worse in linux is a common issue with many laptops. It’s because on windows they use Dolby Atmos or something similar to improve the sound through software. Maybe you can try playing around with Easy Effects along with maybe some of these presets or this convolver

Give EasyEffects a try and then install some EasyEffects-Presets. Assuming your distro uses Pipewire this will enhance the listening pleasure coming out of those speakers significantly. There is a Dolby Atmos preset in there that sounds great.

Maybe worth trying out out the Advanced Auto Gain preset from https://github.com/JackHack96/EasyEffects-Presets as a starting point, as they mention it's intended for laptop speakers.

There are some presets here for EasyEffects that can help a lot. Anything with autogain is CPU heavy and may cause hiccups on slow hardware.