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

# DSP settings here govern the COMMS path (voice chat), which is the
# only thing routed through the bus. Speech-like leveling so teammates
# sit at a consistent, intelligible level.
[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 goes THROUGH the processor.
[[rules]]
match = { process_binary = ["Discord", "discord", "element-desktop", "Slack", "zoom", "WEBRTC VoiceEngine", "mumble", "TeamSpeak"] }
route = "processed"

# Everything unmatched — crucially, the game itself — routes straight
# to the real sink for zero added latency.
[default_route]
route = "bypass"

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Layer A does the work the bus can't: it tames Discord notification
# blasts and evens out chat volume via channelVolumes, with ZERO
# signal-path latency — so it can ride on top of the bypass-routed
# comms/game audio without touching the latency-critical path.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[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 the game or music — they own their mix.
[[per_app.rules]]
match = { process_binary = ["spotify", "mpv", "vlc"] }
enabled = false