From 00175aa645c482111d096c3d8230f182a875d286 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romain Pereira <romanito1.rp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 15:51:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] USB-Audio: add Creative Sound Blaster G8 support

Fixes: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-ucm-conf/pull/771
Signed-off-by: Romain Pereira <romanito1.rp@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
---
 .../Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf        | 95 +++++++++++++++++++
 ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8.conf  | 17 ++++
 ucm2/USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf                 |  1 +
 3 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf
 create mode 100644 ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8.conf

diff --git a/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf b/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dacbbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+SectionDevice."Headphones" {
+	Comment "Headphones / Line Out"
+
+	Value {
+		PlaybackPriority 200
+		PlaybackPCM "hw:${CardId},0"
+		PlaybackMixerElem "Speaker"
+		PlaybackVolume "Speaker Playback Volume"
+		PlaybackSwitch "Speaker Playback Switch"
+	}
+}
+
+SectionDevice."Mic" {
+	Comment "Microphone"
+	ConflictingDevice [ "Line In" "SPDIF In" "Direct 1" ]
+
+	EnableSequence [
+		cset "name='PCM Capture Source' 'External Mic'"
+		cset "name='External Mic Capture Switch' on"
+	]
+	DisableSequence [
+		cset "name='External Mic Capture Switch' off"
+	]
+
+	Value {
+		CapturePriority 500
+		CapturePCM "hw:${CardId},0"
+		CaptureMixerElem "External Mic"
+		CaptureVolume "External Mic Capture Volume"
+		CaptureSwitch "External Mic Capture Switch"
+	}
+}
+
+SectionDevice."Line In" {
+	Comment "Line In (Analog)"
+	ConflictingDevice [ "Mic" "SPDIF In" "Direct 1" ]
+
+	EnableSequence [
+		cset "name='PCM Capture Source' 'Line In'"
+		cset "name='Line In Capture Switch' on"
+	]
+	DisableSequence [
+		cset "name='Line In Capture Switch' off"
+	]
+
+	Value {
+		CapturePriority 400
+		CapturePCM "hw:${CardId},0"
+		CaptureMixerElem "Line In"
+		CaptureVolume "Line In Capture Volume"
+		CaptureSwitch "Line In Capture Switch"
+	}
+}
+
+SectionDevice."SPDIF In" {
+	Comment "S/PDIF Input"
+	ConflictingDevice [ "Mic" "Line In" "Direct 1" ]
+
+	EnableSequence [
+		cset "name='PCM Capture Source' 'S/PDIF In'"
+		cset "name='S/PDIF In Capture Switch' on"
+	]
+	DisableSequence [
+		cset "name='S/PDIF In Capture Switch' off"
+	]
+
+	Value {
+		CapturePriority 300
+		CapturePCM "hw:${CardId},0"
+		CaptureMixerElem "S/PDIF In"
+		CaptureVolume "S/PDIF In Capture Volume"
+		CaptureSwitch "S/PDIF In Capture Switch"
+	}
+}
+
+SectionDevice."Direct 1" {
+	Comment "Loopback"
+	ConflictingDevice [ "Mic" "Line In" "SPDIF In" ]
+
+	EnableSequence [
+		cset "name='PCM Capture Source' 'What U Hear'"
+		cset "name='What U Hear Capture Switch' on"
+	]
+	DisableSequence [
+		cset "name='What U Hear Capture Switch' off"
+	]
+
+	Value {
+		CapturePriority 200
+		CapturePCM "hw:${CardId},0"
+		CaptureMixerElem "What U Hear"
+		CaptureVolume "What U Hear Capture Volume"
+		CaptureSwitch "What U Hear Capture Switch"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8.conf b/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd0b7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ucm2/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Comment "Creative Sound Blaster G8"
+
+BootSequence [
+	cset "name='Speaker Playback Switch' on"
+	cset "name='Line In Playback Switch' off"
+	cset "name='S/PDIF In Playback Switch' off"
+	cset "name='PCM Capture Source' 'External Mic'"
+]
+
+SectionUseCase."HiFi" {
+	Comment "Default"
+	File "/USB-Audio/Creative/SoundBlaster-G8-HiFi.conf"
+}
+
+Include.dhw.File "/common/directm.conf"
+
+Macro.0.DirectUseCase { Id="Direct" PlaybackChannels=2 CaptureChannels=2 }
diff --git a/ucm2/USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf b/ucm2/USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf
index 1bab8e7..ea35792 100644
--- a/ucm2/USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf
+++ b/ucm2/USB-Audio/USB-Audio.conf
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Macro.hp-only.StringMatch		"Id='152a:8750' Profile='Common/HeadphonesOnly'"
 Macro.hp-tb-dock.StringMatch		"Id='03f0:0269' Profile='HP/Thunderbolt-Dock-Audio-Headset'"
 Macro.hyperx-solocast.StringMatch	"Id='03f0:0b8b' Profile='HyperX/SoloCast'"
 Macro.gigabyte-aorus-main.StringMatch	"Id='0414:a001' Profile='Gigabyte/Aorus-Master-Main-Audio'"
+Macro.creative-g8.StringMatch		"Id='041e:329b' Profile='Creative/SoundBlaster-G8'"
 Macro.steinberg-ur22c.StringMatch	"Id='0499:172f' Profile='Steinberg/UR22C'"
 Macro.steinberg-ur22mkii.StringMatch	"Id='0499:170f' Profile='Steinberg/UR22mkII'"
 Macro.steinberg-ur24c.StringMatch	"Id='0499:174d' Profile='Steinberg/UR24C'"
-- 
2.52.0