Visual Sound output

Hello,

I have a special question.

Is there a software for linux that can make sound visual? I cannot hear on my left ear. I know, that Asus has a sound card for this for windows devices. But I never tried this.

It is “Sonic Radar Pro” from Asus.

System:
  Kernel: 6.9.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=9bdc1bb8-710e-4a2b-a1fc-d771d79d9fb1 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash amd_iommu=on ibt=off
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 tools:
    avail: cinnamon-screensaver,xautolock vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: CROSSHAIR VI HERO v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU UEFI: American Megatrends v: 7704
    date: 12/16/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701013
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 4x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2330 high: 3911 min/max: 2200/4672 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2217 2: 2230
    3: 2195 4: 2200 5: 2179 6: 2166 7: 2200 8: 2199 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2134
    12: 2200 13: 2114 14: 2679 15: 2192 16: 2195 17: 2111 18: 2114 19: 2200
    20: 2199 21: 2200 22: 3911 23: 3600 24: 2105 bogomips: 182384
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 555.58.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
    (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: CardExpert
    driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-3,
    DP-4, DP-5, DVI-D-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Logitech StreamCam
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0893
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1590x301mm (62.60x11.85")
    s-diag: 1618mm (63.71")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DP-3 note: disabled pos: primary,center
    model: BenQ GL2450H serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: right
    model: Dell SE2422H serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-1 note: disabled pos: left
    model: Dell SE2422H serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1
    drv: nvidia device: 4 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia
    x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-2,device-3
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02
    device-ID: 10de:1b81 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02
    device-ID: 10de:1b81 surfaces: N/A
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: CardExpert
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0e:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: Logitech StreamCam
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 046d:0893
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.9.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 699.48 GiB (10.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO with
    Heatsink 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QGXA7
    temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Hitachi model: HUA723020ALA641
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A840 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EFRX-68PJCN0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0A82 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EADS-00M2B0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A01
    scheme: MBR
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Garmin model: instinctE size: 7.9 MiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.00
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 896.82 GiB size: 896.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 699.47 GiB (78.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.82 GiB size: 896.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 699.47 GiB (78.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 896.82 GiB size: 896.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 699.47 GiB (78.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 896.82 GiB size: 896.82 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 699.47 GiB (78.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 1.01 GiB (3.2%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: 30.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1442 case-1: 0 case-2: 1225 case-3: 0 gpu: nvidia
    fan: 0%
  Power: 12v: 12.23 5v: N/A 3.3v: N/A vbat: 3.18
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 18.36 GiB (58.7%)
  Processes: 621 Power: uptime: 6h 18m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.46 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2184 libs: 622 tools: paru,yay Compilers:
    clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-01-20
  Last full system update: 2024-07-23
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:   

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications/Multimedia#Audio

There may or may not be something here.

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I know what you mean, but as far as I know there is no visual overlay for Linux that shows which direction the sound is coming from. Sonic Radar is Windows only.

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I think what you’re looking for is a psychedelic such as acid. In the past I have found this can enable you to see sound waves visually emanating from your speakers. As usual, please don’t follow any advice found on the internet without first consulting a competent medical practitioner and/or obtaining professional legal advice beforehand.

Of course, YMMV and don’t try this at home alone. :rofl:

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