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.TH ALSAMIXER 1 "25 Nov 1998"
.SH NAME
alsamixer \- soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard driver, with ncurses interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBalsamixer\fP [\fIoptions\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBalsamixer\fP is an ncurses mixer program for use with the ALSA
soundcard drivers. It supports multiple soundcards with multiple devices.
.SH INVOKING
\fBalsamixer\fP [\fIoptions\fP]
.SS Options
.TP
\fI-h, -help\fP
Help: show available flags.
.TP
\fI-c\fP <card number>
Select the soundcard to use, if you have more than one. Cards are
numbered from 1 (the default).
.TP
\fI-m\fP <device number>
Select the soundcard device to control, if your card has more than
one. Devices are numbered from 0 (the default). Not to be confused
with the soundcard mixer channels, which are sometimes also referred
to as "devices", just to be annoying. Many soundcards will only have
device 0. Some more complex cards may have more. This flag corresponds
to the -d flag for \fBamixer\fP, \fBarecord\fP, and \fBaplay\fP.
.TP
\fI-e\fP
Start in "exact mode." This will affect the numbers you see displayed
for volumes, but does not affect operation of the level controls.
The default behavior is to show levels in percent from 0 to 100. This
is easy to read, but can mislead you about how much control the
soundcard actually lets you have. Exact mode, on the other hand, shows
you the settings as the soundcard itself understands them. In exact
mode, each channel level is between 0 and a power of 2 minus one
(e.g. 0-7, or 0-63). Exact mode may also be toggled while alsamixer is
running, by using \fITAB\fP.
.SH KEYBOARD COMMANDS
\fBalsamixer\fP recognizes the following keyboard commands to control the soundcard.
.SS
General Controls
The \fILeft\fP and \fIright arrow\fP keys are used to select the
channel (or device, depending on your preferred terminology). You can
also use \fIn\fP ("next") and \fIp\fP ("previous").
The \fIUp\fP and \fIDown Arrows\fP control the volume for the
currently selected device. You can also use \fI+\fP or \fI-\fP for the
same purpose. Both the left and right signals are affected. For
independent left and right control, see below.
\fIM\fP toggles muting for the current channel (both left and right). You can
mute left and right independently by using \fI,\fP and \fI.\fP respectively.
\fISPACE\fP toggles recording: the current channel will be added or
removed from the sources used for recording. This only works for valid
input channels, of course.
\fIL\fP re-draws the screen.
\fITAB\fP toggles the mode for volume display. See description for the
\fI-e\fP flag above.
.SS
Quick Volume Changes
\fIPageUp\fP increases volume by 10.
\fIPageDown\fP decreases volume by 10.
\fIHome\fP sets volume to maximum.
\fIEnd\fP sets volume to 0.
You can also control left & right levels for the current channel
independently, as follows:
[\fIQ\fP | \fIW\fP | \fIE\fP ] -- turn UP [ left | both | right ]
[\fIZ\fP | \fIX\fP | \fIC\fP ] -- turn DOWN [ left | both | right ]
If the currently selected mixer channel is not a stereo channel, then
all UP keys will work like \fIW\fP, and all DOWN keys will work like \fIX\fP.
.SS
Exiting
Quit the program with \fIALT Q\fP, or by hitting \fIESC\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB
amixer(1),
arecord(1)
\fP
.SH BUGS
None known. Some terminal emulators (e.g. \fBnxterm\fP) may not
work quite right with ncurses, but that's their own damn
fault. Plain old \fBxterm\fP seems to be fine.
.SH AUTHOR
\fBalsamixer\fP is by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
This document is by Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com>.

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.TH APLAY 1 "25 Nov 1998"
.SH NAME
arecord, aplay \- command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
[\fBarecord\fP | \fBaplay\fP ] [\fIflags\fP] filename
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBarecord\fP is a command-line soundfile recorder for the ALSA soundcard
driver. It supports several file formats and multiple soundcards with
multiple devices.
\fBaplay\fP is much the same, only it plays instead of recording. For
supported soundfile formats, the sampling rate, bit depth, and so
forth can be automatically determined from the soundfile header.
.SH INVOKING
[\fBarecord\fP | \fBaplay\fP ] [\fIflags\fP] filename
.SS Options
.TP
\fI-h, --help\fP
Help: show syntax.
.TP
\fI-V, --version\fP
Print current version.
.TP
\fI-l\fP
List all available soundcards and devices.
.TP
\fI-c\fP <card number>
Select the soundcard to use, if you have more than one. Cards are
numbered from 1 (the default).
.TP
\fI-d\fP <device number>
Select the soundcard device to use, if your card has more than
one. Devices are numbered from 0 (the default). Not to be confused
with the soundcard mixer channels, which are sometimes also referred
to as "devices", just to be annoying. Many soundcards will only have
device 0. Some more complex cards may have mor. Try using \fI-l\fP
and see what you get.
.TP
\fI-q\fP
Quiet mode. Suppress messages (not sound :))
.TP
\fI-w\fP
Use Wave soundfile format (.wav)
.TP
\fI-r\fP
Use raw soundfile format. Requires -s, -b, and -p flags?
.TP
\fI-u\fP
Use Sparc Audio soundfile format (.au)
.TP
\fI-v\fP
Use Voc soundfile format
.TP
\fI-S\fP
Soundfile is stereo. Mono is the default for headerless files.
.TP
\fI-t \fP<secs>
Time limit for recording, in seconds.
.TP
\fI-s \fP<Hz>
Sampling rate in Hertz.
.TP
\fI-b \fP<bits>
Bit depth (8 or 16 bits).
.TP
\fI-m\fP
Set to CD standard quality (44100 Hz, stereo, 16-bit linear).
.TP
\fI-M \fP<bits>
Set to DAT quality (48000 Hz, stereo, 16-bit linear).
.TP
\fI-p \fP<type>
Compression type (alaw, ulaw, adpcm).
.SS
Example:
.RS
\fBaplay -c 2 -r -u -s 22050 -b 8 -p ulaw foobar\fR
.ID
will play the raw file "foobar" as a
22050-Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law .au file, using the second soundcard.
\fBarecord -t 10 -m -w foobar.wav\fP
will record foobar.wav as a 10-second, CD-quality wave file.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB
alsamixer(1),
amixer(1)
\fP
.SH BUGS
Note that .aiff files are not currently supported.
.SH AUTHOR
\fBarecord\fP and \fBaplay\fP are by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
This document is by Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com>.