TotalMixer for Linux

GUI mixer application for RME Fireface audio interfaces on Linux.

Supported Hardware

• RME Fireface 400

Dependencies

System Libraries

• ALSA (libasound)
• X11 and extensions (libx11, libxrandr, libxinerama, libxcursor, libxi)
• OpenGL
• libsystemd

Runtime Dependency

Required: snd-firewire-ctl-services

This project requires snd-fireface-ctl-service to manage ALSA controls for the Fireface hardware. The service must be running before launching the GUI.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR)

Binary Package (Recommended)

yay -S linux-fireface-mixer-bin

Source Package

yay -S linux-fireface-mixer

Manual Build

1. Install System Dependencies

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S alsa-lib libx11 libxrandr libxinerama libxcursor libxi systemd

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt install libasound2-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libsystemd-dev

2. Install snd-firewire-ctl-services

Follow the installation instructions at: https://github.com/alsa-project/snd-firewire-ctl-services

After installation, enable and start the service:

systemctl --user enable snd-fireface-ctl.service
systemctl --user start snd-fireface-ctl.service

Verify the service is running:

systemctl --user status snd-fireface-ctl.service

3. Build TotalMixer

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Usage

./build/totalmixer_gui

The GUI will display an error if snd-fireface-ctl.service is not running.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.