alsa-scarlett-gui is a Gtk4 GUI for the ALSA controls presented by
the Linux kernel Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2/3 Mixer Driver.
The Focusrite Scarlett (and Clarett+) interfaces are class compliant USB audio interfaces meaning that they work “out of the box” on Linux as audio and MIDI interfaces (although on Gen 3 you need to disable MSD mode first). However, the Gen 2 6i6+, Gen 3 4i4+, and Clarett+ interfaces have a bunch of proprietary functionality that required a kernel driver to be written specifically for those devices.
Linux kernel support (“ALSA Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2/3 Mixer Driver”) for the proprietary functionality of Gen 2 devices was first added in 5.4, Gen 3 devices in 5.14, and Clarett+ 8Pre is coming in 6.1.
Unfortunately, actually using this functionality used to be quite an
awful experience. The existing applications like alsamixer and
qasmixer become completely user-hostile with the hundreds of
controls presented for the Gen 3 18i20. Even the smallest Gen 3 4i4
interface at last count had 84 ALSA controls.
Announcing the ALSA Scarlett Gen 2/3 (and Clarett+ 8Pre!) Control Panel!
The GUI supports all features presented by the driver (if not, please report a bug).
Refer to USAGE.md for prerequisites, instructions, usage information, and known issues.
This program is Free Software, developed using my personal resources, over hundreds of hours. Focusrite did not support the development of the driver or this control panel in any way. Thanks to Laurent Debricon who got me started on the Gen 3 drivers by donating a 4i4.
If you like it, please consider a donation to say thank you as it was expensive to purchase one of each model for development and testing! Any donation is appreciated.
Thank you!
Copyright 2022 Geoffrey D. Bennett
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Focusrite and Scarlett are trademarks or registered trademarks of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited in England, USA, and/or other countries. Use of these trademarks does not imply any affiliation or endorsement of this software.