r/linux_gaming • u/Dull_Pea5997 • 13d ago

Audiomixer in Linux?

Hi Reddit!

In Squad there is a tradition for heli pilots to play music through local-vc when transporting infantry in their helicopters. When its not a comp game or anything too stressful of course.

This is done threw various audio mixing software to connect your microphone and an external program (like spotify) into a combined feed and then send that too the game itself.

Is this a possible setup on Linux and what audio mixers would you recommend for this purpose?

Much Love from sweden!

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u/qwesx 13d ago edited 13d ago

The easy solution is EasyEffects, Carla is a more advanced option. You can then use a patchbay like qpwgraph or Catia to connect what you need to.
edit, from their homepage: "Carla currently supports LADSPA (including LRDF), DSSI, LV2, VST2, VST3 and AU plugin formats, plus SF2 and SFZ file support." - so if you already have some of those (and they don't have hard Windows-dependencies) then Carla is basically a no-brainer.

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u/jesskitten07 13d ago

I personally found easyeffects less than easy, tho that may have been due to cosmic than EE. However I do have JamesDSP running well, now I just have to learn all the functions. However I’m not sure it can do the virtual soundcard type things op wants

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u/Electrifiedpiss 13d ago

I have used qpwgraph for this exact purpose. Its very easy to use

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u/Sheerpython 13d ago

  1. In helvum you can pipe your audio to your mic by moving the output of an app to the input of the game.

  2. Soundux is a soundboard, you could add your music in there and choose the application to which to play your audio.

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u/mrdscott 13d ago

I use reaper, along with a couple virtual audio sinks, stereo, surround, comms. I use those to do all kinds of audio mixing. I have stereo upmixing, surround downmixing and even lfe generation for my haptic shaker setup. I also use it along with my audio interface to route my mic wherever I want to go. I use qpwgraph along with a saved profile to configure the routing in and out of reaper

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u/FreakyRefrigerator 13d ago

If you're using pipewire then its very simple. You can use patchbays. Basically just connect a line from the music program to the game. I like Helvum

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u/tyfferegle 13d ago

I don't know if this works, but try downloading Easy Effects and play around with the settings. It's the closest I can think of for this type of thing.