Fender Quantum HD8: Separate EQ of Main out and HP out?

[asktoby]

New user of the Fender (Presonus) Quantum HD8.
Speakers connected on the SP-DIF output.
Headphones connected to the HP1 port on the front.

My aim is to have a separate EQ loaded by default for my speakers, and for my headphones.
I'd like the EQ to be blanket applied to all Windows and DAW outputs.
I've been trying to achieve this with "Equalizer APO" but haven't been successful yet.
I'm not tied to that tool, it just seemed the best approach.

Any suggestions?

 

[kvlt]

APO is Windows Audio only and would not affect the ASIO streams.

VoiceMeeter Banana or Potato version can provide PEQ on outputs, which you can use for both ASIO/WDM. It will act as a middle man, but you will need to use VM ASIO driver in the DAW, which will make I/O routing much more difficult, as it's not the most intuitive Audio App (Very Consumer oriented, my biggest complaint).

Personally, I only use VM Banana for WDM only (OBS / Discord routing). If you are in a DAW, you can just manually create those outputs and apply PEQ there. Use VM for WDM and just mimic the same PEQ settings. That way, you can use the QHD8 ASIO Driver in the DAW as intended, while leaving the WDM to VM. You will need to assign one of the HD8's outputs to the Headphone, in order for VM to have a dedicated PEQ (See screen shot, A1 output is for Main LR, you would use A2 or A3, assign to any output pair from 3/4+).