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2Standard ALSA Control Names
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4
5This document describes standard names of mixer controls.
6
7Standard Syntax
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9Syntax: [LOCATION] SOURCE [CHANNEL] [DIRECTION] FUNCTION
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11
12DIRECTION
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14================	===============
15<nothing>		both directions
16Playback		one direction
17Capture			one direction
18Bypass Playback		one direction
19Bypass Capture		one direction
20================	===============
21
22FUNCTION
23~~~~~~~~
24========	=================================
25Switch		on/off switch
26Volume		amplifier
27Route		route control, hardware specific
28========	=================================
29
30CHANNEL
31~~~~~~~
32============	==================================================
33<nothing>	channel independent, or applies to all channels
34Front		front left/right channels
35Surround	rear left/right in 4.0/5.1 surround
36CLFE		C/LFE channels
37Center		center channel
38LFE		LFE channel
39Side		side left/right for 7.1 surround
40============	==================================================
41
42LOCATION (Physical location of source)
43~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
44============	=====================
45Front		front position
46Rear		rear position
47Dock		on docking station
48Internal	internal
49============	=====================
50
51SOURCE
52~~~~~~
53===================	=================================================
54Master
55Master Mono
56Hardware Master
57Speaker			internal speaker
58Bass Speaker		internal LFE speaker
59Headphone
60Line Out
61Beep			beep generator
62Phone
63Phone Input
64Phone Output
65Synth
66FM
67Mic
68Headset Mic		mic part of combined headset jack - 4-pin
69			headphone + mic
70Headphone Mic		mic part of either/or - 3-pin headphone or mic
71Line			input only, use "Line Out" for output
72CD
73Video
74Zoom Video
75Aux
76PCM
77PCM Pan
78Loopback
79Analog Loopback		D/A -> A/D loopback
80Digital Loopback	playback -> capture loopback -
81			without analog path
82Mono
83Mono Output
84Multi
85ADC
86Wave
87Music
88I2S
89IEC958
90HDMI
91SPDIF			output only
92SPDIF In
93Digital In
94HDMI/DP			either HDMI or DisplayPort
95===================	=================================================
96
97Exceptions (deprecated)
98-----------------------
99
100=====================================	=======================
101[Analogue|Digital] Capture Source
102[Analogue|Digital] Capture Switch	aka input gain switch
103[Analogue|Digital] Capture Volume	aka input gain volume
104[Analogue|Digital] Playback Switch	aka output gain switch
105[Analogue|Digital] Playback Volume	aka output gain volume
106Tone Control - Switch
107Tone Control - Bass
108Tone Control - Treble
1093D Control - Switch
1103D Control - Center
1113D Control - Depth
1123D Control - Wide
1133D Control - Space
1143D Control - Level
115Mic Boost [(?dB)]
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117
118PCM interface
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120
121===================	========================================
122Sample Clock Source	{ "Word", "Internal", "AutoSync" }
123Clock Sync Status	{ "Lock", "Sync", "No Lock" }
124External Rate		external capture rate
125Capture Rate		capture rate taken from external source
126===================	========================================
127
128IEC958 (S/PDIF) interface
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130
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132IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Switch		turn on/off the IEC958 interface
133IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Volume		digital volume control
134IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Default		default or global value - read/write
135IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Mask		consumer and professional mask
136IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Con Mask	consumer mask
137IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Pro Mask	professional mask
138IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] PCM Stream	the settings assigned to a PCM stream
139IEC958 Q-subcode [Playback|Capture] Default	Q-subcode bits
140
141IEC958 Preamble [Playback|Capture] Default	burst preamble words (4*16bits)
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143