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Getting the Sennheiser GSX 1000 DAC to work under Linux

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sennheiser-gsx-1000 / 1200 Pro

Getting the Sennheiser GSX 1000 / 1200 Pro DAC to work under Linux

Installation

Get the repo

git clone https://github.com/evilphish/sennheiser-gsx-1000
cd sennheiser-gsx-1000

Then just run

./scripts/install.sh

Results

gnome control center pavucontrol one pavucontrol two

Channel swap

if your center seems "lefty" or your subwoofer feels "righty" see this issue, you can swap channels

./scripts/swap-channels.sh [default|swapped]

Uninstall

./scripts/install.sh uninstall

Usage

You will get two output devices, 7.1 Surround and 1.0 Chat. The main output is the 7.1 Surround output you want to use for anything with high quality. The 1.0 Chat output is a mono output that the GSX1000 / GSX1200 Pro will overlay over your 7.1 audio. You can adjust the offset volume of 7.1 Surround vs 1.0 Chat with the small volume rocker knob on the right side of the device. This is especially handy when it comes to mumble or teamspeak. If you pipe those applications into the mono output you can freely adjust the voice overlay with the small knob and still control overall volume with the large knob. It's super effective!

What does not work?

Controlling the software volume with the big wheel results in the volume being lowered to zero as each turning direction counts as the multimedia key Volume-Down. The xorg.conf.d files mentioned above disable key inputs for the GSX devices to work around this issue. You could also delete or disable the multimedia volume keys in your keyboard settings (Who wants to use multimedia keys if you have the GSX 1000 for that). Nonetheless, it would be great if we could teach Linux that turning the knob clockwise means Volume-Up instead of down. If anyone has any insight into this, please drop me a line or open an issue! The internal volume adjustment of the GSX works though! So you can change the volume, just not in your system but in your deveice.

Arch Linux users

Just reboot after install

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