mixer

Audio mixer

Syntax:

mixer [-@] [-c card] [-m device] [-o display_level]

Options:

-@

Show subchannel volumes.

-c card

The card ID of the mixer; the default is 0.

-m device

The device ID of the mixer; the default is 0.

-o display_level

Which settings are shown when the mixer starts up; display_level is one of:

• 1 -- display the playback settings.
• 2 -- display the record settings.
• 3 -- display playback and open-settings.

Description:

The mixer command starts the audio-mixer-control application:

The components of the mixer window depend on your system's hardware.

The mixer uses the device /dev/snd/mixerCcardDdevice, where card and device are the values specified for the -c and -m options.

Examples:

Start mixer for AuReal vortex 2:

mixer &

or, specifying the card and device explicitly:

mixer -@ -c 0 -m 0 &

Files:

libasound.so

The shared object for the sound library.

/etc/system/config/audio/card name.io-ado-cfg

Where card name (set by the ado_card_longname() function) is the long name used by the driver and where mixer stores configuration data.

See also:

phplay, phrecord