
Left-click your device and click the Properties button. Navigate to the Playback tab of the Sounds window which just opened up. After that, locate and click on the Sounds option to open the same window. An alternative way would be to open the Control Panel on your PC and set the View by option to Large icons. Right-click on the Volume icon located at the bottom right part of your screen and choose Sounds option. Make sure you enable enhancements in your device’s properties window! This prevents you from using Equalizer APO to enhance the audio for the device and you can see that no matter what you do, nothing happens with the audio on your computer. It’s possible to disable all enhancements for the specific playback device.
This has helped other users so make sure you try it out! Solution 2: Make Sure Enhancements are not Disabled
Note: If that doesn’t work, make sure you try to uncheck the boxes next to two Use original APO entries in Troubleshooting options.
Apply the changes, close the Configurator, and reopen Equalizer APO to see it it works now!.
Check the box next to the Troubleshooting options (only use in case of problems), click the arrow to open the dropdown menu and choose the Install as SFX/EFX (experimental) option from the menu. Make sure that both the “Use Original APO” boxes are unchecked. Under the Playback devices tab, select all devices you want to use with the equalizer by checking the boxes right next to them. Click the Start menu button and start typing. Open the Configurator program for Equalizer APO by searching for it in the Start menu. It’s very easy to perform and it costs nothing to try. Make sure you add an exception for its main executable.Įven though this is listed as an experimental feature in the Configurator window, installing as SFX/EFX managed to resolve the problem completely for many users and we hope it will do you good as well. Blocked by antivirus – Antivirus tools may recognize Equalizer APO as malicious and some of its features may be blocked without you being aware of it. Disable hardware acceleration and check to see if the problem persists. Hardware acceleration of audio – If hardware acceleration of audio is enabled in the device’s properties, certain issues may appear and Equalizer APO might not work with the device. Make sure you fix this to resolve the problem! Device enhancements disabled – If enhancements are disabled for the problematic device in its properties, Equalizer APO might not work properly with the device.