Geoffrey D. Bennett released a new version of ALSA Scarlett Control Panel aka “alsa-scarlett-gui”.
This software exposes extra controls over Focusrite’s audio interfaces for Linux users, and it does so in a sensible way: you get the minimum useful controls by default, the rest is displayed in additional windows.
Despite the name, the program supports both Scarlett, Clarett/Clarett+, and Vocaster devices.
Focusrite provides technical information and devices to Geoffrey—a very welcome departure from their past stance of not getting involved with Linux.
The major new change in the release is support for more audio interfaces:
- 1st Gen: 6i6, 8i6, 18i6, 18i8, 18i20;
- 4th Gen: 16i16, 18i16, 18i20.
Here is the control pannel running a simulation of 1st gen 8i6 (I’m an humble user of 1st gen 2i4, I can only get you that).
Other changes in the release notes:
- Added 3rd Gen 18i8/18i20 S/PDIF/Digital I/O Mode startup controls.
- Added peak value display to the level meters.
- Highlight useful things on hover in the routing and mixer windows.
Here is what you now get when you hover a PCM output in the Routing window:
Similarly, hovering an rotary control in the Mixer window highlights the mix and the output that connects to it:
Geoffrey makes ready-to-use builds: an RPM for Fedora 38, a DEB for Debian/Ubuntu, and a flatpak.
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