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# ALSA Scarlett Gen 2/3 Control Panel (`alsa-scarlett-gui`)
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`alsa-scarlett-gui` is a Gtk4 GUI for the ALSA controls presented by
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the Linux kernel Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2/3/Clarett USB/Clarett+ Mixer
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Driver.
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## About
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<img src="src/img/alsa-scarlett-gui-logo.png" align="right">
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The Focusrite USB audio interfaces are class compliant meaning that
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they work “out of the box” on Linux as audio and MIDI interfaces
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(although on Gen 3 you need to disable MSD mode first for full
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functionality). However, except for some of the smallest models, they
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have a bunch of proprietary functionality that required a kernel
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driver to be written specifically for those devices.
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Linux kernel support (“ALSA Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2/3 Mixer Driver”)
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for the proprietary functionality was first added in:
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- Scarlett Gen 2: Linux 5.4 (bugs fixed in Linux 5.14)
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- Scarlett Gen 3: Linux 5.14
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- Clarett+ 8Pre: Linux 6.1
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- Clarett 2Pre/4Pre/8Pre USB, Clarett+ 2Pre/4Pre: coming soon
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Unfortunately, actually using this functionality used to be quite an
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awful experience. The existing applications like `alsamixer` and
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`qasmixer` become completely user-hostile with the hundreds of
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controls presented for the Gen 3 18i20. Even the smallest Gen 3 4i4
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interface at last count had 84 ALSA controls.
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Announcing the ALSA Scarlett Gen 2/3 (and Clarett USB/Clarett+!)
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Control Panel!
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The GUI supports all features presented by the driver (if not, please
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report a bug).
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## Documentation
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Refer to [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) for prerequisites, how to build,
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install, and run.
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Refer to [USAGE.md](USAGE.md) for usage information and known issues.
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## Donations
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This program is Free Software, developed using my personal resources,
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over hundreds of hours. Focusrite did not support the development of
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the driver or this control panel in any way. Thanks to Laurent
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Debricon who got me started on the Gen 3 drivers by donating a 4i4.
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If you like this software, please consider a donation to say thank you
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as it was expensive to purchase one of each model for development and
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testing! Any donation is appreciated.
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- https://liberapay.com/gdb
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- https://paypal.me/gdbau
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## Scarlett Gen 4 Support
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Focusrite recently released 3 new "Generation 4" interfaces: Solo,
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2i2, and 4i4. Thanks to all the Linux Musicians who donated so I could
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purchase one of each Gen 4 interface: https://gofund.me/ae997781,
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support for these is coming soon.
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## Vocaster Support
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I will be getting a Vocaster One and a Vocaster Two soon. Once the
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Scarlett Gen 4 support is complete, I'll start working on support for
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those.
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## License
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Copyright 2022-2023 Geoffrey D. Bennett
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
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your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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## Disclaimer Third Parties
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Focusrite, Scarlett, Clarett, and Vocaster are trademarks or
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registered trademarks of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited in
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England, USA, and/or other countries. Use of these trademarks does not
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imply any affiliation or endorsement of this software.
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