soundcraft-utils 0.1.0

Soundcraft Notepad control utilities

Linux Utilities for Soundcraft Mixers

Soundcraft Notepad mixers are pretty nice small-sized mixer boards with Harmon USB I/O built-in. While the USB audio works great in alsa without any additional configuration needed, there are some advanced features available to the Windows driver that have no Linux equivalent. Most importantly, the USB routing for the capture channels is software-controlled, and requires an additional utility. For example, by default the Notepad-12FX sends inputs 3 and 4 to USB capture channels 3 and 4, but can be changed to input 5&6, input 7&8, or the Master L&R outputs. This tool aims to give this same software control of the USB capture channel routing to Linux users.

Supported models:

• Notepad-12FX

Installation

sudo pip install soundcraft

Usage

List possible channel routing choices:

soundcraft_ctl -l

Set channel routing:

sudo soundcraft_ctl -s <number>

(Requires write access to the USB device)

TODO

• Multiple device support
• Add additional model support
  • Notepad-8FX should be easy, once I know what the USB idProduct field is (plus I'd need help from someone with a Notepad-8FX for testing)
  • Notepad-5 likewise, same constraints
• Auto-duck feature
• Firmware upgrade