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I've used it before in 16.10 but I'm unable to find it for 17.04

I used these commands

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-equalizer
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio pavucontrol && pavucontrol

Also tried to use PPA for pulseaudio-equalizer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

and all I got was this (for GUI)

Screenshot

But I want something with more control where I can increase bass and treble or audio frequencies in short

enter image description here

This is what I'm looking for, but I can't seem to find it

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  • After adding a PPA you have to run `sudo apt update` and then install the package with `sudo apt install pulseaudio-equalizer`. Have you done it this way? – mook765 Apr 28 '17 at 12:51
  • Yes! I know how ppa works (I'm not trying to be rude) – Sumeet Deshmukh Apr 28 '17 at 13:07
  • Oh, it's you, I haven't looked who asked the question, if I had looked I wouldn't have written my comment... – mook765 Apr 28 '17 at 13:14
  • @mook765 I've updated an image that shows what i'm looking for. (17.04 has been a frustration so far) – Sumeet Deshmukh Apr 28 '17 at 13:33
  • Yes, it should look like this. How do you start `pulseaudio-equalizer`? There should be an entry in your start menu. – mook765 Apr 28 '17 at 13:35
  • @mook765 i started it with the app icon named *pulse audio volume control* that's the only things appeared in gnome app drawer . which wasn't the case in 16.10 or 16.04 or 15.10 – Sumeet Deshmukh Apr 28 '17 at 13:39
  • Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/57890/discussion-between-mook765-and-sumeet-deshmukh). – mook765 Apr 28 '17 at 13:40

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After downloading and installing UbuntuGnome 17.04 I added the same PPA you used and installed pulseaudio-equalizer and pulseaudio pavucontrol and ran into the same problem, no icon was added to the dashboard and I couldn't start pulseaudio-equalizer in any way.

Checking all the files I found with a file-search for pulseaudio and intensive internet research led me to this page in the Arch wiki where I found a solution:

Edit the /etc/pulse/default.pa or ~/.config/pulse/default.pa file with your favorite editor and append the following lines:

### Load the integrated PulseAudio equalizer and D-Bus module
load-module module-equalizer-sink
load-module module-dbus-protocol

After doing that I rebooted and ran qpaeq in terminal. This opened the graphical interface, but playing around with the sliders had no effect.

If qpaeq has no effect, install pavucontrol and change "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" to "FFT based equalizer on ..." while the media player is running. (in the Playback-tab)

That did the job. This setting seems to persist (at least as long qpaeq was running, even if I closed and reopened the media-player).

The interface looks a bit different from the image you posted and there are no built-in presets, but there is an option to save presets.

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