Software · Audio & music

Virtual Surround

3D sound for headphones.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

At a glance

All of Virtual Surround is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Just open the settings of your favorite game or media player and select real 7.1 or 5.1 audio output. Do not use any additional in-game virtualization setting (like a “headphone” or "3D audio" profile). Features: Enable/Disable seemlessly, without changing your default device, writing config files or restarting the audio service Drop in your own HRIR WAV files as virtualization presets, same as HeSuVi on Windows Run it in the background with a system tray icon (enable it in the app's settings) Compatible with EasyEffects and most similar apps Please note: This app requires the PipeWire audio system. Recent Linux distributions use this by default, so don't worry about it.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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