feat: manual added for users

[FangerZero]

Added a user manual. Please let me know if you want anything changed.

[elegos]

Hey hello @FangerZero, thanks for submitting the PR!

I think that we could either call it "manual.md", or call it something like "Manual (KDE)" :D

Besides that, please note that the device settings are per-device, meaning that other devices might have less / other settings. For this reason, I'd rather call the section accordingly for the Arctis Pro Wireless, waiting for the next headset to be supported and thus to enhance the manual then.

[FangerZero]

@elegos I have updated with a 2nd commit on the what I understand the suggested changes were. I figured it'd be easier to review just those changes instead of all the changes. Suggested Changes

[elegos]

This is a hardware setting that should "flatten" the audio signal (much like the 90's Loudness War, i.e. compressing the audio signal so that "everything is loud"). I'd write that this is a device setting to compress the audio signal, resulting in typically a louder sound, even if it might produce some occasional clipping (I don't really get it for instance).

[FangerZero]

So for "Gain" description replace it completely with the following "Compresses the audio signal, resulting in louder sound, with occasional clipping"

[elegos]

I'd explain that by default, depending on the settings, the audio is being redirected to the Media channel, which outputs to the Analog Stereo one (the real sink). You should really choose between Media and Chat, to make the mixer do its work, or the Analog Stereo to always output at 100% of volume.

[FangerZero]

I don't know what you're trying to say.

[elegos]

By design the Analog Stereo should become a "ghost" device, and you should opt to use Media or Chat channels instead. You should use Analog Stereo only to bypass the mix, for some reason (which is the exception, not the rule). As it is currently described, it seems to be a third option besides Media and Chat that you "should" use, instead of "occasionally could use to bypass", but you shouldn't really :D

[FangerZero]

How about you just tell me what to put because I don't understand any of what you're saying. I'm not an audiophile, I only understand how to get the results I want when using it. To me Media and chat are just names that mean nothing because I can set Media to any app and Chat to any app. And anything not Media or Chat is simply controlled with master volume.

[ifeign]

@FangerZero I think the mixup here is that you're over complicating the audio outputs on your system. For this to behave in a similar way to the Windows GG experience:

Set your default system-wide output to the Media channel, if the app doesn't do that for you automatically.

For apps that allow you to set the voice chat output, set that to Chat.

And that's basically all there is to it.

[FangerZero]

@ifeign
What is "Default system-wide output" Is that the basic Audio volume window from the system tray? It is set to "SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Media" If you have time at some point this weekend can we chat about this real time since this slow back and forth is not getting anywhere because we're getting no where on this.

[ifeign]

To set your default output, click the speaker icon in your system tray and select the Steelseries Media output. Or do the same thing via your kde system settings. If it's already set to Media then things are already set up correctly.

If you still need to discuss things with me I might have time over the weekend but I can't promise anything right now.