This program lets you change the settings on your Siberia 350 headset. It has not been tested with other SteelSeries headsets.
Dependencies: apt-get install python3-libusb1
The USB device must be writable by you. The easy way is to run this as root or chmod the device in /dev/bus/usb. The better way is to add a rule for the headset under /dev/udev/rules.d/.
sibctrl.py --color 'ff1b00' # orange, the best color
sibctrl.py --color '00ff00' # green, sometimes also the best color
sibctrl.py --mic-auto # microphone level adjusts itself
sibctrl.py --no-mic-auto # back to the default
The headset sports a built-in equalizer with filters tuned to 80 Hz, 280 Hz, 1 kHz, 3.5 kHz and 13 kHz. Each filter can be set independently to a value between -12 dB to 12 dB in 0.5 dB increments.
sibctrl.py --equalizer=0,0,0,0,0 # set all to 0.0 dB
sibctrl.py --equalizer=6.5,,,, # set 80 Hz to +6.5 dB
sibctrl.py --equalizer=,,-5,, # set 1 kHz to -5.0 dB
The surround feature of the headset is done in DSP software and is not supported by sibctrl. There are numerous other LADSPA sound processing plugins available under Linux. I've had luck using Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP:
sudo apt-get install bs2b-ladspa
pacmd load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=binaural \
master=alsa_output.usb-SteelSeries_SteelSeries_Siberia_350-00.analog-stereo \
plugin=bs2b label=bs2b control=700,4.5
Afterwards use pavucontrol to direct the playback to the LADSPA plugin.
Turn it into a daemon that accepts commands over a Unix domain socket and automatically starts when the headset is hotplugged. The hardware doesn't do any of the color animations itself and starting up sibctrl for each color is not going to perform well.
Perhaps there is a program already that offers related types of control for other headsets, and where this code can be integrated.
© 2018 Göran Weinholt. LGPL 3.0 or later.
The headset is made by these awesome guys: https://github.com/steelseries