# zen-go-tui: reconstructing Zen Go USB HID controls

> zen-go-tui reconstructs control of the Antelope Zen Go Synergy Core audio interface through its USB HID protocol. The Rust terminal app manages outputs, mixer strips, preamp settings and meters, while protocol notes describe captured frame types, command payloads and state fields.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ryodeushii/zen-go-tui>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ryodeushii/zen-go-tui/blob/10035dfcc45ef89a34c2b2e876762c2b585b5ce2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zen-go-tui-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zen-go-tui-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zen-go-tui-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Rust 1.70 or later, Linux and a Zen Go Synergy Core connected by USB.
- **Testing evidence:** A Windows cross-build target exists, but the author has not tested it on hardware.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ryodeushii/zen-go-tui/blob/10035dfcc45ef89a34c2b2e876762c2b585b5ce2/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ryodeushii/zen-go-tui/blob/10035dfcc45ef89a34c2b2e876762c2b585b5ce2/docs/protocol/mixer-protocol.md>
3. <https://github.com/ryodeushii/zen-go-tui/blob/10035dfcc45ef89a34c2b2e876762c2b585b5ce2/docs/protocol/preamp-protocol.md>

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