Opening Pulseeffects mutes the sound. The sound comes back again when I use the command pulseeffects -q . Does anyone know how pulseeffects is muting my sound?

I'm on Lubuntu LXQT.

jamescw@james-optiplex780:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.10"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="23.10"
VERSION="23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)"
VERSION_CODENAME=mantic
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=mantic
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

jamescw@james-optiplex780:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 23.10
Release: 23.10
Codename: mantic

jamescw@james-optiplex780:~$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: james-optiplex780
Icon name: computer-desktop
Chassis: desktop ��
Machine ID: 2ff36f57282b4c958c9fd7a4be4db9ba
Boot ID: b5ca9cb5fcf54a34b19572c5a45762c1
Operating System: Ubuntu 23.10
Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-10-generic
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: Dell Inc.
Hardware Model: OptiPlex 780
Firmware Version: A12

I've tried running pulseeffects -r in the terminal and that didn't do anything.

I'm also unable to find the documentation. Clicking the help button in the upper right corner of the Pulseeffects window leads to an error page.

I've filed a bug based on what happened. Does anyone know a workaround?

I found out I should not be using Pulseeffects, I should be using Easyeffects, a newer version of the app.

I found some documentation at https://wwmm.github.io/easyeffects/

Having solved my own problem, I will now mark this thread as solved.