A somewhat lighter-weight approach with PulseAudio (vs running full-blown PulseEffects) can be achieved through the use of ladspa-sink plugins, as described bri

A somewhat lighter-weight approach with PulseAudio (vs running full-blown PulseEffects) can be achieved through the use of ladspa-sink plugins, as described briefly on the Arch wiki for dynamic range compression https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#Steve_Harris_plugin https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#Steve_Harris... Using "plugin=sc4_1882 label=sc4 control=1,1.5,401,-30,20,5,12", I am generally able to smooth things out pretty well.