Case study

PreSonus Quantum Linux: investigating Quantum 2626 control for Linux audio

PreSonus Quantum Linux documents control and audio behavior of the Quantum 2626 Thunderbolt interface while developing Linux support. Its research records channel routing and the recovered TCI protocol, with an in-house driver retained as a fallback beside builds of a separately authored upstream RFC driver. The author reports bounded playback and capture tests and unresolved stability issues.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 13
Last commit: 2026-11-02
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Source builds require matching Linux kernel headers, a compiler, Make, Git and curl.
Scope: A Quantum 2626 Thunderbolt device is the only enabled, hardware-tested model.
Limits: The driver is experimental; higher rates, physical S/PDIF and ADAT routing, and sustained stability need further testing.
License: Repository-authored material is MIT licensed; upstream RFC driver bundles retain their GPL-2.0 notices.

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BibTeX

@misc{presonus-quantum-linux-case,
  title = {{PreSonus Quantum Linux: investigating Quantum 2626 control for Linux audio}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jamie-steele/presonus-quantum-linux}},
  url = {https://github.com/jamie-steele/presonus-quantum-linux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/presonus-quantum-linux-case/}}
}

Plain text

PreSonus Quantum Linux: investigating Quantum 2626 control for Linux audio. https://github.com/jamie-steele/presonus-quantum-linux (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/presonus-quantum-linux-case/

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README.md GitHub · jamie-steele/presonus-quantum-linux · Revision 9a7853c
docs/REVERSE_ENGINEERING_PLAN.md GitHub · jamie-steele/presonus-quantum-linux · Revision 9a7853c