PulseEffects: how to install and enjoy it in Ubuntu 18.10

There is a debate, or at least I have had it, between users who prefer to listen to music as its creator mixed it and those who prefer to add equalization to it as we like it. If, like me, you are from the second group and you use Ubuntu as an operating system, you will have a little problem as soon as you install 0: Rhythmbox is a very interesting option, but it comes without an integrated equalizer. What can we do? One option is to install PulseEffects, an equalizer that we can activate in Rhythmbox and any other software that outputs audio.

Until recently, I can't remember exactly when, Canonical allowed us to install repositories with fewer restrictions. Now if a repository doesn't pass your criteria, you don't accept it as safe. It is clear that we could activate those repositories, but we are always wondering what could happen. I used to install an equalizer for Rhythmbox from a repository that is currently not listed as "safe", but recently I have looked for another solution that installs a equalizer for the entire operating system, which allows me to use it too, for example on Kodi.

PulseEffects adds an equalizer to the entire system

As pointed out in the comments, it is now possible to add the repository and install PulseEffects in a much easier way. I update the post with the new information and leave the old one in case the usual method doesn't work for someone.

Before putting the necessary commands to install PulseEffects from its official repository, I would like to highlight that the application has been updated  and it doesn't look much like the header image. The application icon has also been updated and looks much better in Ubuntu 18.10, becoming rounded (before it was square) and much more aesthetic. You have a screenshot below:

The commands to type to install PulseEffects from its repository are as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mikhailnov/pulseeffects
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pulseeffects

Here is the previous method:

PulseEffects is available from a repository, but not yet for Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 18.10. In these moments you have to write some commands to get the file and install it. We will have to perform the following steps:

1. We get the .deb packages with the following commands:

• For 64bit systems:

wget https://launchpad.net/~yunnxx/+archive/ubuntu/gnome3/+files/pulseeffects_1.313entornosgnulinuxenial-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb -O pulse-effects-64bit.deb

• For 32bit systems:

wget https://launchpad.net/~yunnxx/+archive/ubuntu/gnome3/+files/pulseeffects_1.313entornosgnulinuxenial-1ubuntu1_i386.deb -O pulse-effects-32-bit.deb

2. We install the package with the following command:

• For 64bits:

sudo dpkg -i pulse-effects-64bit.deb

• For 32bits:

sudo dpkg -i pulse-effects-32bit.deb

3. And finally, we install the dependencies:

sudo apt install -f

Su operation is not much different than other equalizers. We have the different bands, a volume control (Pre), echoes and some other effects. Personally I only use the bands and sometimes the echoes. At the bottom we will see the programs that can emit sounds and a switch to activate it or not.

The truth is that PulseEffects plays a great role for me. Until I started using it, I installed Banshee to listen to local music, but now I have all my media on Kodi. We will talk about how to install and always have Kodi updated to its latest version in another article.

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