{"id":9092,"date":"2019-06-24T13:35:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2019-12-21T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:23:54","slug":"install-audio-effects-pulseeffects-ubuntu-18-04-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/install-audio-effects-pulseeffects-ubuntu-18-04-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Audio Effects Tool PulseEffects in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffect-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9093\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows how to install PulseEffects, audio effects software (e.g., limiter, compressor, equalizer.), in <b>Ubuntu 18.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 18.10<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 19.04<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 19.10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu uses both <b>ALSA<\/b> and <b>Pulseaudio<\/b> for controlling sound input and output. <b>ALSA<\/b> is the kernel level sound mixer that manages your sound card directly. And <b>Pulseaudio<\/b> is a software mixer provides further tools on top of ALSA base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/wwmm\/pulseeffects\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PulseEffects<\/a> is an open-source audio effects software for PulseAudio applications that support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications output: Limiter, Auto gain, Expander, Compressor, Multiband compressor, Equalizer, Bass enhancer, Exciter, Crystalizer, Reverberation, Crossfeed, Filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject modes), Stereo tools, Loudness, Maximizer, Pitch, Gate, Multiband gate, De-esser, Convolver<\/li>\n<li>Applications input: Gate, Multiband gate, WebRTC, Limiter, Compressor, Multiband compressor, Equalizer, Reverberation, Pitch, Filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-reject modes), De-esse\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffects-ubuntu.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install PulseEffects in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>Following steps will show you how to install PulseEffects via Ubuntu PPA, though it&#8217;s also available as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/com.github.wwmm.pulseeffects\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flatpak<\/a> (containerized softare package).<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mikhailnov\/pulseeffects<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffectsppa-600x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"106\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffectsppa-600x106.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffectsppa-450x79.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pulseeffectsppa.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> For Linux Mint 19.x and other derivatives, refresh package cache may be required:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install the software via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install pulseaudio pulseeffects --install-recommends<\/pre>\n<p>Once installation success. <b>Restart<\/b> Ubuntu, and finally launch it from application menu:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/launch-pulseeffects-450x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/launch-pulseeffects-450x226.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/launch-pulseeffects.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the software, simply open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt remove pulseeffects<\/pre>\n<p>And open <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> and navigate to <b>Other Softwar<\/b> tab to remove PPAs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows how to install PulseEffects, audio effects software (e.g., limiter, compressor, equalizer.), in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. 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