[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH] alsa-mixer: add support for Steelseries Arctis 5 headset

Mon Jan 29 12:57:04 UTC 2018

Between the Arctis 5 and 7, that seems to be the case.

I do not hear much of a difference between the sound quality. However, it
seems that the "chat" output doesn't go as loud as the game output. I can
change the volume of the chat output using alsamixer, but I can't in the
Ubuntu (17.10) gnome settings applet. (But that is probably the one you
mean.)

Here is the output of "amixer -c1":

Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 55 Mono:
Front Left: Playback 33 [60%] [-17.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 33
[60%] [-17.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Sidetone',0 Capabilities:
pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 4096 Mono: Playback 94 [2%] [0.36dB] [on] Simple mixer
control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 29 Mono: Capture 29 [100%]
[-1.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Com Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume
pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits:
Playback 0 - 55 Mono: Front Left: Playback 40 [73%] [-10.00dB] [on] Front
Right: Playback 40 [73%] [-10.00dB] [on]

2018-01-29 0:34 GMT+01:00 Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi>:

> On Sat, 2018-01-06 at 15:03 +0100, Bert Hekman wrote:
> > ---
> >  .../alsa/mixer/profile-sets/90-pulseaudio.rules    |  3 +-
> >  .../steelseries-arctis-5-usb-audio.conf            | 45
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  ...io.conf => steelseries-arctis-7-usb-audio.conf} |  0
> >  3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-
> arctis-5-usb-audio.conf
> >  rename src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/{steelseries-arctis-usb-audio.conf
> => steelseries-arctis-7-usb-audio.conf} (100%)
> >
> > diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/90-pulseaudio.rules
> b/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/90-pulseaudio.rules
> > index 2392ca50..2cec20fe 100644
> > --- a/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/90-pulseaudio.rules
> > +++ b/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/90-pulseaudio.rules
> > @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ ATTRS{idVendor}=="0763", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2012",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="maudi
> >  ATTRS{idVendor}=="045e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="02bb",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="kinect-audio.conf"
> >  ATTRS{idVendor}=="041e", ATTRS{idProduct}=="322c",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="sb-omni-surround-5.1.conf"
> >  ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bda", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4014",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="dell-dock-tb16-usb-audio.conf"
> > -ATTRS{idVendor}=="1038", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1260",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="steelseries-arctis-usb-audio.conf"
> > +ATTRS{idVendor}=="1038", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1250",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="steelseries-arctis-5-usb-audio.conf"
> > +ATTRS{idVendor}=="1038", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1260",
> ENV{PULSE_PROFILE_SET}="steelseries-arctis-7-usb-audio.conf"
> >
> >  LABEL="pulseaudio_end"
> > diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-arctis-5-usb-audio.conf
> b/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-arctis-5-usb-audio.conf
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 00000000..9eeda7e0
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-
> arctis-5-usb-audio.conf
> > @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> > +# This file is part of PulseAudio.
> > +#
> > +# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > +# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
> > +# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
> > +# License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > +#
> > +# PulseAudio 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 Lesser General Public
> License
> > +# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> > +
> > +; Steelseries Arctis 5 USB headset. The headset has a microphone and
> two output
> > +; devices. The first output device is meant for voice audio, and the
> second one
> > +; is meant for everything else. The purpose of this unusual design is to
> > +; provide separate volume controls for voice and other audio, which can
> be
> > +; useful in gaming.
> > +;
> > +; See default.conf for an explanation on the directives used here.
> > +
> > +[General]
> > +auto-profiles = yes
> > +
> > +[Mapping analog-chat]
> > +description = Chat
> > +device-strings = hw:%f,0,0
> > +channel-map = left,right
> > +paths-input = analog-input-mic
> > +paths-output = analog-output
> > +
> > +[Mapping analog-game]
> > +description = Game
> > +device-strings = hw:%f,1,0
> > +channel-map = left,right
> > +paths-output = analog-output
> > +direction = output
> > +
> > +[Profile output:analog-chat+output:analog-game+input:analog-chat]
> > +output-mappings = analog-chat analog-game
> > +input-mappings = analog-chat
> > +priority = 5100
> > +skip-probe = yes
> > diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-arctis-usb-audio.conf
> b/src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-arctis-7-usb-audio.conf
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-
> arctis-usb-audio.conf
> > rename to src/modules/alsa/mixer/profile-sets/steelseries-
> arctis-7-usb-audio.conf
>
> The main difference to Arctis 7 seems to be that the "chat" device
> supports stereo audio. Is there any difference in sound quality between
> the "chat" and "game" devices?
>
> Can you send the output of "amixer -c1" (replace 1 with the correct
> card index if the headset card index is not 1)? Your configuration
> probably doesn't handle volume correctly, because both devices have
> been configured to use the analog-output path, which means that both
> devices will control the same volumes in the alsa mixer. The volume
> control needs to be separated for the two devices.
>
> --
> Tanu
>
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