1. this could be a placebo take cuz I do get excited with new things lol, but it sure feels 1221% smoother on my screen. ↩︎

My typical go to method is spoiler

Lastly, do you ever plug/ connect^[4] your headphones to the Z32D monitor? if not you can simple “disallow” it since in the photo notice it says “default communication device”? My best guess is that one naughty monitor is stealing the audio. Sooo less is more babes, so for example if you don’t use AUX jack–> no need "realtek processing , disable it maybe so to keep everything simpler^[5]

in my case, my PC has a sound card and reasonably its driver is used for everything, and aw2415h monitor is just there to eat shits for free. why i think so? cuz my monitor ain’t got a built-in speaker lol! sooo soundcard where she ain’t in there, but NVIDIA still give it an audio driver to fight with the main one. ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯ Ofc i’m not babe-ing fxsound cuz it def crashes on me too^[6], but chances are it’s just needed some clicks to work just how you do your headphones typically. I can poorly explained that fxsound is your headphones’ headphones.

1. audio output and input device ↩︎

2. and if someone been thinking if there is a better audio driver, I went down the same rabbit hole and my conclusion is: nawr, a generic good old microsoft audio driver is all you want for Christmas ↩︎

3. if fxsound doesnt do this automatically ↩︎

4. for virtual 3d gaming ↩︎

5. it doesn’t do anything to bluetooth audio ↩︎

6. I fucked around and found out ↩︎

Also this is just my totally uncooked uneducated guess, it seems like Fxsound watches the name change closely to “Audio Input and Output device” friendly name while I was being a living chaos as usual and I gotta fuck around the registry to see the changes lol… Anyway, I realized “Audio Input and Output” (i’d call it AIO for short) has a harder time to adapt a new name change because while I could see the “sound, video, and game controllers” (SVG) pick up the new name real fast and maintain that name consistenly. “AIO” will take much longer to pick on ^[1] and AIO name will still be reset if bluetooth switched off or “remove device”. ^[2]
Sooo I was just thinking what-if ^[3] Fxsound instead “watch out” for the SVG’s^[4] friendly name instead since it seems consistent in my pov and also will get rid of the long device name “ABC (manufacture’s set name)” ^[5]༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

Anyway, hopefully it makes sense and be at any help to you, but also sorry if that just create another case of “XY problems”

1. could be a few refreshes to actually hours, here’s the link to the method I used to mess with the name change imgur ↩︎

2. as far as all possibilities I could tested out, the only way to make it persistent from resetting when you switch bluetooth off/on is changing the AIO’s friendly name in the registry, I could also cut short the name in registry so it doesn’t look ridiculously long (noted: removing/forgetting devices will still reset the device’s saved names) ↩︎

3. non-educated either very cooking or very cooked idea ↩︎

4. sound,video, and game controllers ↩︎

5. for example “FXsound speakers (Fxsound audio enhancer)” ↩︎

that could be troublesome since they might host malwares to trick other users to download. would you like to investigate and see if you guys need some support in reporting/bringing that site down? (IDK much bout how the licensing works that’s why I’m asking)

You can refer the English file at Resources/Strings/FxSound.txt at main · fxsound2/Resources and provide us the translation. You can upload the translated file in Translation branch of our GitHub repo at Resources/Strings at translation · fxsound2/Resources.

If splats are found, update driver.

Windows Update (esp version updates) can “hide” driver updates. Check SETTINGS, ADVANCED OPTIONS, OPTIONAL UPDATES.

In Device Manager, is BT in good order?

We will look into providing an option to hide the preset save prompt.

fxsound.org is not affiliated with us.

version 1.2.8.0

1. Fixed the bug which caused blank text on theme change
2. Fixes in giving control to system audio when FxSound is off. Now output device can be changed in FxSound and OS when FxSound is off.
3. Fixed the device preference list persistence issue and repetition of device names.
4. Slovenian language support added
5. Changed Save/Cancel to Yes/No in preset save prompt
6. Changed +0 to 0 in EQ gain

I have fixed the bug which caused repetition of device names in the preference list. The fix is in beta version 1.2.8.0.

Removing the bluetooth device from the preference list after removing the device from OS control panel is a bit complex. I am working on the fix for this.

Again, it’s not the end of the world but it is puzzling.

This is how I’m configured with FxSound being the default device and right clicking on the app icon in the system tray shows my Bluetooth headphones are check marked. How does yours look?

I then have to exit FxSound, restart it before my headphones (and sound) show up. Prior to the fresh install, I never had this problem. Same hardware, same OS, same version of FxSound.

It’s not critical but it is slightly annoying. Has anyone else run across this?

Then I’m stucking my head around:

1. Does that mean it prefer both my headphone device and fxsound audio enhancer to opt out of exclusive mode in order to bypass the systems APOs altogether?
2. If so, I’m just kind confusing myself here because for WASAPI it needs exclusive mode on, but for fxsound if it’s off, then will it still be able to bypass the APOs altogether?

gsoden772:

I think this is a good idea. Even just a screenshot would be worth sharing amongst us.

You can always screenshot, windows “Snipping tool” or printscreen button + paste it to “Paint”

I’ll definitely post whenever my issue changes.

Thanks again for your reply.

i noticed you guys doesnt have translation to finnish / Finland, And i would like create finnish translation for you guys.

You guys could example send an json file on email to me and ill fill out the points or however you guys would like it to happen

vish:

audio boosting in not coming properly only means if speaker of laptop is low we should hear all call any low audio into accurate high audio and clearpitch

Turn up the volume of your headphone and in the call app.
If you’re venting about Handsfree telephony effect (will fuck the volume 50% ish), oh babe you’re at the wrong tree… try Microsoft or your gear’s manufacturer instead, though you can play around with Fxsound effects to make a preset for calling, they do wonder.

If you’re interested in knowing what’d I do differently in your shoes, I’d take it from the top before down to the root because I think reinstalling your system platform is a bit overkill. I would say it’s safe to mess with the front end first, media player isn’t doing the sound effects? I’d check the media first to make sure something like youtube’s ambient or stable sound mode isn’t on, then if not i’d try another player, then test another browser, check firefox (my browser) new updates and bugs (trust me the big front end applications you’re using usually packing a lot more bugs because they’re ever-growing for new stuffs). Hope that makes sense, but Fxsounds plays a lower role in your system (low actually means higher rank though!) and messing with the machine’s back end with little clue will probably get you a new PC

Sorry for the long reply, hope that makes sense, you can see my pov a bit differently as: If a tree seems sick, I’d try to find and trim the dead branch first before I’ll rip it off the ground and plant it in different soil where I think or I hear that it’s good. I betcha the tree can only last a few times if it keeps being pulled off.

1. (for example I can’t read any font smaller than size 13 but that isn’t someone’s issue at all, so I’m just giving you my two cents that you could try elaborating any issues a bit more specific since “weird” and “unusual” can only say you’re having an issue, but that isn’t gonna be the same from our own perspective) ↩︎

While showing some gratitude, I ran into a broken link to this forum on your Donation Completed page. It links to www forum fxsound com, which doesn’t exist.

Probably stating the obvious, but here you go:
You could change the link on the page, but for many reasons it would be better to redirect from www forum fxsound com to forum fxsound com (which is commonly called a WWW to Non-WWW Redirect or a Naked Domain Redirect)

Technically, this is best implemented as a 301 Redirect (Permanent Redirect), which tells search engines to transfer the SEO value from the www version to the “naked” or “root” domain.

Thanks again for your effort and time, it’s much appreciated

Thank you for your reply. You had some excellent troubleshooting information. I have already done all that you suggested and I still have the annoying issue. It’s not a major problem and I’ll keep reinstalling as needed but to me, it’s a weird issue and I’m not pointing blame at FXsound because I don’t believe it’s their app. Possibly my unique system parameters. It could even be related to the latest Microsoft Update. I recently left the Windows Beta program and am restored to the latest 25H2 level but there could be some “leftovers” of the beta insiders version still inside.

I love a challenge! When I’ve tweaked it enough and still have the issue I’ll just wipe my system and reinstall Windows 11 again. That’s not a problem doing that.

I’m running your app version 1.2.6.0

And Windows 11 Home with all the latest updates for security & features.

I’m running your app version 1.2.6.0

And Windows 11 Home with all the latest updates for security & features.

does this ever reduce the work for fxsound where source audio comes with lower bitrate which aligns perfectly to what the output device prefer(ish?) to support, thus resulting in a less “heavy traffic”/ lower latency stream through bluetooth? (not perceivable is my vote, but i still ask lol and I do be sorry if that doesn’t make much sense)

The effects aren’t exactly unrelated to the EQ bands themselves, that means you have your own preset EQ-frequencies settings as base to start with, then you can adjust some more on specific band to somewhat achieve the effects setting in your preset. I’m using fxsound Default preset as reference to give you an idea which bands pair with each effect (messy girl), so do compare the frequencies in your own preset just fyi, 2.6 kHz isn’t same as 3.2kHz etc.

I’m assuming you have all the Normalization, master gain, filter Q, balance as default (babes if you change them then the other app has to support those settings cuz my last name isn’t audiopedia :'<). And don’t worry I’ve been playing around with my own personal ears and one of the voices claims to be my uncle who works at Apple, thus maybe I’m just right and you should totally let my voice guide you. (⌐■_■)

Clarity

This is around band 7-10 (4 bands btw), fxsound is nice they put a little definition for each band when you hover your mouse on it, so you can read them yourself too. Vocal clarity will bring the voice out front with raspy, crispy, clicky, classy divas mode, but ya might wanna chill out with these if ya gonna be listening to Miley Cirus or Adelle lol, yes my mothers are raspy af. (@fxsound could we have some change regarding the UI text being kinda small and hard too read? :'/)

Ambience

This is probably related to bands 4-5-6 and 9, these brings the voice back in, these warm “down” diva cigarette vocal, it gets mushed in and muffled if too much, also more band 6 = more nasal. but, buuuut it brings out the effect of theatrical, echoy to the voice like how you belting your soul in the bathroom. different kind of diva mode, just it sounds “farther away” as somewhat opposite to what Clarity do.

Surround

Idk, this is some rabbit hole down to 3D binaural audio. It feels kinda the same to mono and stereo where mono will sound at the middle of your head and stereo is panning audio to both sides, so surround will be something higher level, binaural means equal audio no matter where you turn your head to, so anything immersive, multichannel, fancy bougie words to describe this similar effect— very lovely for a chill horror movie sesh.
Anyway, I’m out of magic since this depends on the software or the audio/media file recorded. I’m confident this is the case of “if he wants to he would”, some recording can totally render the “surround” feeling with zero, nada, nie other app or subscription and any headphones should be able to. So imma say if your diva want you to hear surround they will, dolby is scamming~. No trust no problemo senorita, try out the binaural test in the link no need for any app or hi-fi headphones, also remember to do this at 3 a.m. for fuller experience The Ultimate Headphones Test by Dr. Ir. Stephan Pigeon )

Dynamic boost

Can’t nail down which are most effected bands, but I can feel it is around bass to lower or somewhat mid-mid range. so band 2-3ish? to 5 or even 6 ish? soo, let the other voices guide you on this one gl!
For safe play is to divide the dB by the number of bands you wanna apply to give each an average gain, so it “dynamically” boost the volume?!?!

Bass boost

Well anyway, that’s it hope you cook up something, but uhmm one last thing, if you need to adjust something more than 5+dB or your EQ goes ziczac roller coaster, oh baby you might’ve REAAALLY cooked something up there…

Which version of Windows are you using?

In Windows 11, you can set application volume in the volume mixer in System > Sound

FxSound Audio Enhancer device which is used by FxSound for processing audio supports 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz. But the application processing is done on 48 kHz. So, when the application starts processing it resets the format to 48 kHz even if user had set it to 44.1 kHz.

The target audio output device can be 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 bit, 16 kHz to 192 kHz. The purpose of FxSound is to enhance the audio stream and apply processing like quantization and dithering. So, if your momentum headphones support 16 bit, you will not perceive any loss in audio quality from 24 bit to 16 bit due to the processing done by FxSound DSP.

Easy setup is to tick the box “automatic update” in fxsounds setting, regarding your preset it shouldn’t “disappear” on its own but export your own preference and put it in a safe folder as a backup later, simply import it when something happened. (you can make another copy and save it in some cloud as well like dropbox, google drive if you want extra caution)

lastly, sometimes thing will work when you turn it off and on. Try exit fxsound, maybe re-pairing the headphones, maybe restart your computer, or even reset the app* or you can even run the fxsound installer again as well* (*it will reset all presets) but you’re fine presets aren’t meant forever, tastes change

I am getting these values set after importing and applying your preset. Please confirm if they are correct?

Do you see General preset getting applied after restarting the application?

‪fxsound presets problem‬‏ - Google Drive

I have found the reason for the multiple entries of the same device in the profile. I used the device id which is unique to store the profiles, but the device id is volatile and changes on system reset. This could be the reason for the same device getting added in the profile list. I will get this fixed.

The automatic preset per device is a long pending request from multiple users. Now that it is implemented, it may make several people unhappy if any major change is done in the way preset is set for the device.

I will see how best I can improve the user interface for device profiles.

The only scenario where sliders can be disabled is when FxSound processing is turned off. Are you able to move the Equalizer sliders? Can you please let us know of the scenario which led to this issue.

You can upload the files to a cloud drive and share the link.