soundcraft-utils 0.1.3

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

Install from pip:

sudo pip install soundcraft-utils

Set up the DBUS service so it can be auto-started by root as needed:

sudo soundcraft_dbus_service --setup

Usage

List possible channel routing choices:

soundcraft_ctl -l

Set channel routing:

soundcraft_ctl -s <number>

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
• GUI? People like those, right?