This page is the Windows 11 install of that app. It is not a Microsoft how-to. Do not open Settings, System, Sound and hunt for enhancements. Those menus move. They are not this project. The vs page sits on Equalizer vs Equalizer APO. Low end sits on Bass booster. Overall loudness sits on Sound booster.
What Equalizer Windows 11 is
Windows 11 already plays audio. An equalizer on top of that playback lets you boost or cut frequency bands on this PC. FxSound is one AGPL-3.0 program that does that in an app window. We did not make it. Official files live on GitHub Releases. The repo is fxsound2/fxsound-app. This site does not host the installer. Skip Softonic, CNET, and unofficial wrappers.
Usual Windows pick is fxsound_setup.exe. ARM uses fxsound_setup.arm64.exe. The live tag we last saw was V1.2.13.0. Read the release page. Do not invent a newer number here. Winget id is FxSound.FxSound.
winget install -e --id FxSound.FxSoundCopy
How to use an equalizer on Windows 11
- Install with
winget install -e --id FxSound.FxSound, or fetch fxsound_setup.exe from GitHub Releases. ARM uses fxsound_setup.arm64.exe. - Open FxSound.
- Play a clip you already know on this Windows 11 PC.
- Move bands or pick a built-in preset in the app. Do not use Settings, System, Sound as the equalizer.
- Stop if it distorts. Turn it back.
That is the whole loop. You can install on the home page if you want the same command next to the copy row. Releases sit on Equalizer releases. The repo sits on Equalizer GitHub. Safe fetch notes sit on Equalizer download safe.
Why this is not the Settings page
Windows 11 has a sound panel. People search equalizer Windows 11 and land on Microsoft help that talks about enhancements, spatial sound, or a missing toggle. That is a different product. This article documents a GitHub installer you fetch yourself. If Settings has no equalizer slider, that is expected. Install the app, then change bands there.
We will not write a click path through Settings, System, Sound. Those labels change between builds. A how-to that pretends Microsoft shipped this program would be a lie. The honest path is winget or the GitHub exe, then the app window.
Winget versus the exe on Windows 11
Winget talks to Microsoft. The command is winget install -e --id FxSound.FxSound. Run it in a terminal you already use. If winget is missing, use the GitHub exe instead. Do not hunt a random search result named setup. Do not run a helper that asks for a second download.
The exe is the same project. Match the file name. x64 uses fxsound_setup.exe. ARM uses fxsound_setup.arm64.exe. If SmartScreen warns, that can happen on a first run of a signed or unsigned file. Read the publisher. Prefer the GitHub asset over a renamed copy. Hash notes, if any, live on the release page, not here.
Windows 11 on ARM is still Windows 11. Do not install the x64 exe on ARM and hope. Do not install the ARM exe on x64. If you are not sure, check Settings for the processor, then pick the matching asset.
What you change in the app
Open the window. Play a clip you know. Move a band. Listen. Bass is the low end. Treble is the high end. Overall loudness is a different job. If you only wanted kick, use Bass booster. If you only wanted the whole mix louder, use Sound booster. This page is the Windows 11 install, not a preset catalog.
We do not invent preset names. If the app shows a list, those names belong to the project. Use what you hear. Stop if a clip clips. A louder laptop speaker is not always a better one. Headphones can hide distortion until you take them off.
Leave Windows volume where you can still turn it down. Putting the OS slider at max and stacking more gain in the app is how you get hash. Keep a little room. If Bluetooth audio sounds worse after a boost, that can be the codec, not the equalizer. Test on a wired output if you have one.
What this will not do
It will not replace a broken speaker. It will not fix a driver you never installed. It will not turn a thin laptop into studio monitors. It will not be a Microsoft Settings how-to.
It will not install Equalizer APO for you. That project is a different shape. Official files sit on SourceForge. The vs page is where the two sit next to each other. Do not mix the installers. Do not run both and then guess which one won.
First run on Windows 11
After install, open the app once before you hunt Settings. Play a clip you know. Confirm the output device matches what Windows is using. HDMI, USB, onboard, and Bluetooth are different endpoints. If you change bands on the wrong device, nothing happens. Then move one band. Listen. That is the first run.
Windows 11 may show a SmartScreen prompt on a first exe. Read the publisher. Prefer the GitHub asset. Winget skips some of that path because Microsoft already listed the package. If winget is missing, the exe is still honest. Do not fetch a second setup from search.
Updates live on GitHub Releases and on winget when the package updates. We do not invent a newer tag than V1.2.13.0 here. Read the release page. ARM still uses fxsound_setup.arm64.exe. x64 still uses fxsound_setup.exe.
Shared PCs and uninstall
A lab image may block winget and GitHub. Then this install is closed for that hour. Do not use a wrapper to get around policy. A borrowed laptop you return in twenty minutes is a bad place to leave fxsound_setup.exe. Use what is already on the machine, or do not install.
Uninstall is Apps in Windows, or the project uninstall. Quitting the window is not uninstall. Settings, System, Sound is still not this how-to. If you wanted Equalizer APO instead, that is a different installer on SourceForge. The comparison sits on Equalizer vs Equalizer APO.
Bass and overall loudness still have their own articles. Windows 11 does not merge those jobs into Settings. If you only wanted kick, open Bass booster. If you only wanted the whole mix louder, open Sound booster. Fetch notes sit on Equalizer download safe.
Is this the built-in Windows 11 equalizer?
No. This is a GitHub app you install. Settings, System, Sound is not the how-to on this page.
Does it need winget?
No. The GitHub exe is enough. Winget is the other honest path when the package is listed.
Will it work on Windows 10?
This article is the Windows 11 install. Check the project release notes for older Windows. Do not assume every build still ships a Win10 asset.
Where do I fetch it?
GitHub Releases or winget. Skip wrappers. Notes sit on Equalizer download safe.