The first part of the list of Pulse Effects is for microphone, when recording a video in OBS for instance.
Auto Gain to Multi-band Compressor.
As I only use the Loudness function, to give depth and richness to music. Here are my settings.
Input 4.0 and Output -4.6
Play some music in your music app Spotify or whatever you use? Make sure you have headphones on, not those stupid wireless ear-bud things, but proper over the ear ones, so you can hear everything correctly. Song choice I can’t really tell you, but something lively, not to boomy, as the trick is to make the sound brighter to your hearing without distorting. You cannot really test properly with external speakers, as speakers have their own Equalizer on them.
The headphones I use are these https://tinyurl.com/5bxbnz3u
These are really good for music and playing games through. The sound quality is so good, that you hear every individual instrument. YouTube has never sounded so good either, the clarity of people talking is brilliant.