8 docs tagged with "Audio"

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D-Pad is a handheld gaming PC built around the Framework Laptop 13 motherboard, battery, and speakers, housed in a 3D-printed case with custom electronics. Created by community member Darrel Hunt (blt3dp) and announced on the Framework Community in April 2026, the project aims to deliver a "fully customizable, fully upgradeable, and fully repairable handheld gaming PC" using off-the-shelf Framework components.

dark-matrix is an open-source control system for the Framework Laptop 16's dual 9×34 LED Matrix Input Modules, developed by community member heckseven. It is built as a persistent TypeScript/Node.js daemon driving both modules over USB serial, paired with a browser-based web UI called the Deck for configuration, animation editing, HUD presets, audio visualization, video display, and games. The project is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.

Dual LED Matrix Realtime Audio Visualizer is a script that captures system audio and displays stereo frequency bars simultaneously on both the left and right Framework 16 LED Matrix Input Modules. Developed by community member Seren (GitHub: 0xSeren), it was released on March 22, 2026 — a feature the author says they had wanted "since the framework 16 modules were first originally showcased".

Framework DSP is a collection of EasyEffects audio processing profiles that significantly improve the built-in speaker sound quality on Framework laptops running Linux. Developed by community member cab (GitHub: cab404), it uses impulse response (IR) calibration via HiFiScan alongside multiband compression and other DSP techniques to compensate for the acoustic limitations of small laptop speakers.

FW16 LED Matrix Visualizer is a real-time PC-audio visualizer and pixel-art animation player for the Framework Laptop 16's dual LED Matrix Input Modules, developed by community member Imdad3456. It talks to the two 9×34 modules directly over serial (no ledmatrixctl calls in the hot loop) for fast, responsive updates, and runs persistently in the background via a system-tray app that survives reboots through a Windows Scheduled Task. It is Windows 10/11 only and licensed under MIT.

fw16-ledvu is an audio visualizer for the Framework Laptop 16 LED Matrix modules that displays a real-time VU/equalizer driven from PipeWire audio via CAVA (Console Audio Visualizer). Developed by community member Jack Burch (GitHub: JackMBurch), it runs as a lightweight systemd user service on Linux and writes directly to the LED Matrix modules over persistent serial connections for low-latency updates.

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