Equalizer APO not working in Valorant
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Ever since I installed Windows 11, it does not work in Valorant. Back on Windows 10 it all work just fine but since getting Win 11 it works everywhere exept Valorant for some reason. Works fine in other Riot games as well. Sent a ticket to Riot, they checked logs and didn't find anything out of place. Anyone got an idea how to fix it?
Are you talking about Equalizer APO on a mic or a headset?
A bluetooth headset to be specific. With some random bluetooth adapter for my pc that doesn't even have any drivers that need to be downloaded as far as i know. I don't use it at all for my mic
The first thing to check is how Valorant is doing the audio and if there are settings which you can alter. It could be using some audio technique on which Equalizer APO isn't working, for instance, WASAPI Exclusive mode which bypasses any Audio Processing Object including Equalizer APO. But it may not be called that way. When you find some settings in Valorant try them all.
Also, disabling WASAPI exclusive might do the trick. For this, go to the Advanced tab of this Bluetooth headset (and maybe the adapter also) and uncheck the exclusive check boxes as shown in the attached screenshot.
Sending a ticket to Riot is a good way to go. Unfortunately they might not know much about Equalizer APO or Windows Audio Processing Objects in general. But you could ask what the default audio technique is. A Riot technician should be able to answer this.
Tried disabling the WASAPI exclusive as you showed in the image, but unfortunetely it didn't work. Also tried playing with different Valorant settings I could find but still nothing. I will message riot for the audio technique and send it here once I get an answer. Also, I kinda found a work around by installing a different equalizer that sort of creates another output and it works in Valorant that way. As you can see in the photo "soundcore Space Q45" are my headphones that I use and this other equalizer takes the output from them and makes a new output called "FxSound Speakers". I don't change anything in this other eq and only adjust settings in APO. Don't know if that's useful
That's a good workaround. FxSound Speakers is a virtual audio device. Perhaps Equalizer APO can be installed on it. If so, you have 2 options. Either install Equalizer APO on this virtual device or install it on the actual device. I guess you're using the latter option which is fine.