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+# picoKontroller
+ [![ci/cd](https://git.ghoscht.com/ghoscht/picoKontroller/badges/workflows/rust.yml/badge.svg?style=flat)](https://git.ghoscht.com/ghoscht/picoKontroller/actions?workflow=rust.yml)
+ [![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
+ [![built with nix](https://builtwithnix.org/badge.svg)](https://builtwithnix.org)
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+ Control your Linux audio with a MIDI mixer like the KORG nanoKONTROL2. Supports Pulseaudio or Pipewire via pipewire-pulse.
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