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Easy Effects vs Virtual Surround: catalog facts
Easy Effects	Virtual Surround
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux	Linux
Around thirty effects including equaliser, compressor, convolver, limiter and noise reduction Effect order is fully under your control	Toggle without changing the default audio device Accepts custom HRIR WAV presets like HeSuVi
Linux and PipeWire only Some effects need plugin packages that distributions do not install by default	Requires PipeWire Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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