headroom

name = "gaming"

description = "Latency-first: games bypass the bus, voice chat is processed, notifications tamed per-app."

# dsp here governs the comms path (voice chat) — the only thing on the bus.

# speech-like leveling

[agc]

enabled = true

target_lufs = -16.0

attack_ms = 600.0

release_ms = 200.0

silence_threshold_lufs = -65.0

max_boost_db = 20.0

max_cut_db = 6.0

[compressor]

enabled = true

detector = "peak"

threshold_db = -22.0

ratio = 3.0

knee_db = 4.0

attack_ms = 3.0

release_ms = 50.0

makeup_db = "auto"

[limiter]

ceiling_dbtp = -0.3

lookahead_ms = 2.0

release_ms = 50.0

hold_ms = 3.0

oversample = 4

link = "stereo"

[limiter.soft]

max_psr_db = 10.0

static_ceiling_dbtp = -8.0

attack_ms = 2.0

release_ms = 100.0

[meters]

publish_hz = 20.0

# voice chat processed

[[rules]]

match = { process_binary = ["Discord", "discord", "element-desktop", "Slack", "zoom", "WEBRTC VoiceEngine", "mumble", "TeamSpeak"] }

route = "processed"

# everything else (incl. the game) bypasses → zero added latency

[default_route]

route = "bypass"

# layer a tames notification blasts + evens chat via channelVolumes,

# zero signal-path latency — rides on top of the bypass-routed audio

[per_app]

enabled = true

default_enabled = false

[[per_app.rules]]

match = { process_binary = ["Discord", "discord", "element-desktop", "Slack", "zoom", "mumble", "TeamSpeak"] }

enabled = true

peak_threshold_db = -6.0

rms_target_db = -18.0

max_cut_db = 12.0

peak_attack_ms = 5.0

peak_release_ms = 400.0

# never level game or music — they own their mix

[[per_app.rules]]

match = { process_binary = ["spotify", "mpv", "vlc"] }

enabled = false