Equalizer APO+PEACE+Voicemeeter PC Startup distortion
A system-wide equalizer for Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11
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To start this off I have a roundabout solution to this issue and am posting so devs and others it may help can have a look.
Using the programs I listed in the subject set to auto-launch when I start my PC there is terrible distortion but if I 1. restarted 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' or 2. manually started 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' instead of setting it to auto start, there was no distortion. That led me to believe it was some sort of start-order issue with 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' starting before 'voicemeeterpro.exe' started (or fully initialized) causing the distortion.
My solution was to disable 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' from auto-starting, then creating a bat script that would start 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' with a 6 second delay and setting that script to auto-start with my PC while leaving PEACE and Voicemeeter to auto-start normally. Anything lower than 5 sec (which is also the amount of time VM takes to initialize) would result in the distortion returning.
The script:
`@ECHO OFF
TIMEOUT /T 6
REM Total Delay = 6 seconds
CD "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\"
START C:"Equalizer APO Voicemeeter Client.lnk"`
If you want to use this script: replace 'USERNAME' in the file path to your windows account name, disable 'VoicemeeterClient.exe' from auto-starting and place the bat script in your startup folder.
Sys info:
- Win 10: 21H1 19043.1288
- Voicemeeter Banana: 2.0.5.8
- Equalizer APO: 1.2.1
- Peace 1.6.0.5
- CPU: AMD 5600X
- Mobo: Asrock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX
Attatched is a pic of (what I believe to be) all of my sys audio settings.
Wow! This could be the solution for all distortion issues of using Equalizer APO with VoiceMeeter. Thanks.
Registered an account just to say thank you! Was pulling my hair out on this issue and we both seem to have the exact same audio stack so I was able to follow your setup exactly. Fully sorted now.
Devs, PLEASE do something about this natively. This is such a janky workaround.
Last edit: Kevin Delaney 2022-04-11
So I tried this script and it didn't work for some reason, I don't have much experience with writing .bats but I managed to modify it to work on my computer, I think the reason it didn't work is because I'm on win11, so here's the script that currently works for me:
@ECHO OFF
TIMEOUT /T 6
REM Total Delay = 6 seconds
START "" %ProgramFiles%\EqualizerAPO\VoicemeeterClient.exe
Last edit: Felixbruh 2022-05-05
A great script :) Thanks for sharing.
Adding a quote to the last line works for me.
START "" "%ProgramFiles%\EqualizerAPO\VoicemeeterClient.exe"
I just released version 1.3 of Equalizer APO, which should hopefully fix the stuttering issue. It would be helpful if someone with this problem could try the new version and report if it works.
Currently I don't have any stuttering issues with VoiceMeeter (Don't know why. Maybe due to my new laptop?) so I can't help there. But I'll install 1.3 and report back to you on that.
After installing Equalizer APO 1.3 VoiceMeeter works okay om my Asus laptop. I'm able to influence the audio (A1) through Equalizer APO (Peace) and on the VoiceMeeter interface. I hope this info helps.
After updating Equalizer APO and disabling the workaround patch, everything seems to be working fine so far. Thanks so much @jthedering for the fix!!