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MIXER(8)		    System Manager's Manual		      MIXER(8)

NAME
       mixer --	set/display soundcard mixer values

SYNOPSIS
       mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] [dev	[[+|-]lvol[:[+|-]rvol]]] ...
       mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] recsrc ...
       mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] {^|+|-|=}rec	rdev ...

DESCRIPTION
       The  mixer  utility  is	used to	set and	display	soundcard mixer	device
       levels.	It may also be used to	start  and  stop  recording  from  the
       soundcard.  The list of mixer devices that may be modified are:

	     vol, bass,	treble,	synth, pcm, speaker, line, mic,	cd, mix, pcm2,
	     rec, igain, ogain,	line1, line2, line3, dig1, dig2, dig3, phin,
	     phout, video, radio, and monitor.

       Not all mixer devices are available.

       Without any arguments, mixer displays the current settings for all sup-
       ported devices, followed	by information about the current recording in-
       put devices.  If	the dev	argument is specified, mixer displays only the
       value for that dev.

       To modify the mixer value dev, the optional left	and right channel set-
       tings of	lvol[:rvol] may	be specified.  The lvol	and rvol arguments may
       be  from	0 - 100.  Omitting dev and including only the channel settings
       will change the main volume level.

       If the left or right channel settings are prefixed with	+  or  -,  the
       value  following	 will  be used as a relative adjustment, modifying the
       current settings	by the amount specified.

       If the -s flag is used, the current mixer values	will be	displayed in a
       format suitable for use as the command-line arguments to	a future invo-
       cation of mixer (as above).

       The -S flag provides the	above output without mixing field separators.

       To change the recording device you use one of:

	     ^rec  toggles rdev	of possible recording devices

	     +rec  adds	rdev to	possible recording devices

	     -rec  removes rdev	from possible recording	devices

	     =rec  sets	the recording device to	rdev

       The above commands work on an internal mask.   After  all  the  options
       have  been  parsed, it will set then read the mask from the sound card.
       This will let you see EXACTLY what  the	soundcard  is  using  for  the
       recording device(s).

       The option recsrc will display the current recording devices.

       The option -f device will open device as	the mixer device.

FILES
       /dev/mixer  the default mixer device

SEE ALSO
       cdcontrol(1), sound(4)

HISTORY
       The mixer utility first appeared	in FreeBSD 2.0.5.

AUTHORS
       Original	  source  by  Craig  Metz  <cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu>  and	 Hannu
       Savolainen.  Mostly rewritten by	 John-Mark  Gurney  <jmg@FreeBSD.org>.
       This manual page	was written by Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		 June 2, 2014			      MIXER(8)

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