Śaq

A real-time easy to use audio enhancer for Linux

Checkout the cross-platform web version here which supports cross-tab capture and simple audio playback: https://mtvare6.github.io/saqol/

The cross-tab capture doesn't work on Firefox, or Qt-based browsers and probably more. At least Chrom(ium|e) works.

Libraries

PipeWire devel headers for your distribution.

Running

# daemon
cargo run --release

# gui client
cargo run --bin saq --release

# cli client
cargo run --bin saqctl --release -- pitch enable

Download

Download Debian, Arch Linux, or generic Linux package from the releases page.

Debian and Ubuntu:

sudo apt install ./saq_<version>_<architecture>.deb
systemctl --user enable --now saq.service

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -U ./saq-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
systemctl --user enable --now saq.service

Generic Linux archive:

tar xf saq-<version>-<architecture>.tar.gz
sudo cp -a saq-<version>-<architecture>/{bin,lib,share} /usr/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now saq.service

Installing from source

./res/install.sh

This installs the systemd service and starts the daemon. Start the GUI with saq to play around with the settings.

Nix

nix build
nix develop

nix run          # gui
nix run .#daemon # daemon

Roadmap

• EQ and presets
  • Presets
  • Controls to create custom preset
• UX
  • Persistence
  • Non-RT features
  • daemon-mode and IPC support
  • Configuration files
  • Detailed IPC error handling
  • Better command-line parsing
  • Colors
• PipeWire features
  • n.1 input (n > 2)
  • Variable sample rate
• Desktop integration
  • Init system integration
  • Package manager support
    • Arch
    • Nix
    • Debian
  • Desktop environment-like projects

License

The source code and documentation are licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. See LICENSE.