aumix [-<channel option>[[+|-][<amount>]]|<lev
el>|R[ecord]|P[lay]|q[uery]] [-dhILqS] [-f <rc file>][-C <color scheme
file>]
DESCRIPTION
This program adjusts the settings of an audio mixing device. It can be
used from the command line, in scripts, or interactively with the key
board or mouse.
OPTIONS
CHANNEL OPTIONS
-v main volume
-b bass
-c CD
-i line in
-l line
-m microphone
-o line out
-p PC speaker
-s synthesizer
-t treble
-w PCM
-x imix
-1 line 1
-2 line 2
-3 line 3
For each channel, q queries, + and - increment and decrement by one, or
an amount if one is specified. If no + or - is given after the channel
option, a number sets a specific level (monophonically).
OTHER OPTIONS
-C color_scheme_file
specify the name of a file containing a color scheme. This
implies -I.
-d device_file
specify the name of the mixer device (default is /dev/mixer)
-f rc_file specify file for saving and loading settings
-h display information on usage
-I run aumix interactively, using the full-screen ncurses-based
interface. This is the default if no options are given, but
must be specified in order to have aumix go into interactive
mode after doing things non-interactively.
-L load settings from $HOME/.aumixrc, or /etc/aumixrc if the
former is inaccessible
-q query all devices and print their settings
-S save settings to $HOME/.aumixrc
vol:60:60
wait:5000
vol:50:50
sets the volume to 60%, waits five seconds, then reduces the volume to
50%. Note that "wait" lines will not be saved by aumix. They must be
added by hand.
INTERACTIVE USE
If no options are given on the command line, and aumix is compiled with
ncurses, it will run interactively.
LAYOUT
The left bank of controls is used for adjusting levels; the right bank is
for adjusting balance. Mixing channels not supported by your hardware
will not be shown. Mixing channels which are stereo-capable will have
balance controls.
KEYS
The following keys control aumix in interactive mode:
page up, page down, up and down cursor
select a new control.
Tab, Enter, <, >, comma and period
toggle between level and balance controls
+, -, [, ], left +00+11+22+33+4
adjust the setting of the current device. The + and right
cursor keys increase the level by 3%; the - and left cursor
keys decrease it by the same amount. The [ key sets it to 0%
and ] sets it to 100%. The digits 1 to 9 set it to 10%
through 90%. The same keys work analogously on the balance
controls.
Space toggles between record and play for controls which are capa
ble of this.
| centers the balance of the current device.
K or k show a description of the functions of keys
L or l load settings from $HOME/.aumixrc, falling back to
/etc/aumixrc
M or m mute or unmute
O or o ``only'': mute all channels but the current one
S or s save settings to the rc file
U or u undo any muting
Q or q end the program
top of the screen, and only keyboard input will be accepted. With gpm(8)
running, most functions can be performed through the mouse. The mouse is
active whenever one of its buttons is held down. While active, it works
in the following ways:
ˇ over a control track, it sets the control to match the position of
the mouse cursor.
ˇ over a record/play indicator, it toggles the record/play state.
ˇ over the `Quit', `Load', `Save', `Keys', `Mute', `Only', or `Undo'
labels at the top of the screen, it causes those actions to take
place.
ENVIRONMENT
The HOME variable is used. When aumix is compiled with GTK+ support,
DISPLAY is checked, and if set is used. LANG is used when aumix the
ncurses screen is displayed.
FILES
Saved settings for the mixer are kept in the /etc/aumixrc and
$HOME/.aumixrc files, but can be kept anywhere if specified explicitly.
Color schemes are normally kept in the directory given by DATADIR at com
pilation time, but are preferentially loaded from the current directory
and can be kept anywhere so long as the path to them is specified. The
format of these files is:
item foreground background
where item is one of `active', `axis', `handle', `menu', `play',
`record', or `track' and foreground and background are one of `black',
`red', `green', `yellow', `blue', `magenta', `cyan', or `white'. The
words should be separated by whitespace and can be upper-, lower-, or
mixed-case. Lines not matching all these conditions are ignored. Some
samples of color schemes are provided, named after the sort of terminal
where they should be most suitable.
If either foreground or background is given as `-', then the default col
or for that is used. The defaults are a white foreground and black back
ground.
An xpm icon is provided.
VERSION
This page corresponds to version 2.7.
BUGS
Suspending with ^Z may make the terminal difficult to use.
Please send bug reports and other correspondence to the mailing list.
Past messages may be read at
http://www.linuxatlax.org/archives/private/aumix/
and you may wish to join the list via
http://linuxatlax.org/lists/aumix/
or by sending a message with just `subscribe' in the body to <aumix-
BSD Experimental July 13, 2000 4
Man(1) output converted with
man2html