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I recently got a fancy wireless Steelseries headset, and since I'm probably going to switch to Linux in the future I'm a bit worried about the continued functionality of it in a non-Windows setting. (lemmy.world)

submitted 13 hours ago by ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It's an Arctis Nova 7. It's intended to be used with a program called Steelseries GG that manages EQ profiles for the headset, as well as spatial audio, with some proprietary thing called Sonar. It also includes a mixer for managing multiple audio sources. I find the whole thing to be pretty nifty. But what I'm worried about is losing this functionality if/when I move from Windows to Linux, apparently that specific program doesn't have Linux support. Does anyone have any experience with this or something similar?

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I've got an Arctis 7 myself and it works just fine in Linux, no special drivers or anything needed. However, there are a bunch of features in their proprietary app which I used for all of a few minutes on a Windows machine (I think there was an equaliser in there?) and that might work in Linux under Wine... but I'm not sure as I've never bothered.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 11 hours ago

Pulseaudio, pipewire, jack, even alsa all have equalisers.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 9 points 13 hours ago

Can speak to this slightly. I tried to get their app to run via Wine, and it did not work just "plug and play" at least. Tried to find a guide or some alternative option. After about 15 min of searching, I decided that "eh, it works great out of the box" and started using easy effects for an EQ instead.