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   <title>GNOME Volume Control Manual V2.1</title>

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     <year>2003</year>
     <holder>Christian Schaller</holder>
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    <para><application>GNOME Volume Control</application> is an audio mixer</para>
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      <firstname>Christian Fredrik</firstname>
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  <revhistory>

      <revision>
        <revnumber>GNOME Volume Control Manual V2.1</revnumber>
        <date>Febrièr de 2004</date>
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          <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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      <revnumber>2.0</revnumber>
      <date>25 d'oct de 2003</date> 
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                   <para role="author">Christian Schaller <email>uraeus@gnome.org</email></para>
                   <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
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				   <para>Updated to Docbook 4.1.2, for GNOME 2.0</para>
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    <revision>
      <revnumber>0.1</revnumber>
      <date>23 de mar de 2001</date>
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                   <para role="author">Erik Jarvi <email>ejarvi@megsinet.net</email></para>
                   <para role="publisher">Projècte de documentacion de GNOME</para>
                <para>This was the original release, for GNOME 1.2</para>
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       This manual describes version 2.2.2 of GNOME Volume Control. 
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<indexterm zone="index"><primary>gnome-volume-control</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm zone="index"><primary>GNOME Volume Control</primary></indexterm>

<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
 <!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->

  <sect1 id="gnome-volume-control-intro">
    <title>Introduccion</title>
    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> application is an audio mixer that enables you to mix audio for two-channel sound cards.
    </para>
  </sect1>

<!-- ============= Getting Started =========================== -->
  <sect1 id="gnome-volume-control-getting-started">
    <title>Per començar</title>
                                                                                                  
<!-- ============= To Start Volume Control ============================ -->
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-to-start">
      <title>To Start GNOME Volume Control</title>
      <para>You can start <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> in the following ways:</para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Menut <guimenu>Applications</guimenu></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Volume Control</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. 
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Linha de comanda</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Execute the following command: <command>gnome-volume-control</command></para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>
                                                                                                  
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-when-you-start">
      <title>When You Start GNOME Volume Control</title>
      <para>
        When you start <application>GNOME Volume Control</application>, the following window is displayed:
      </para>
      <figure id="gnome-volume-control-window">
        <title>GNOME Volume Control Window</title>
        <screenshot>
          <mediaobject>
            <imageobject>
              <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome-volume-control_window.png" format="PNG"/>
            </imageobject>
            <textobject> <phrase>Shows Volume Control main window.</phrase>
            </textobject>
          </mediaobject>
        </screenshot>
      </figure>
      <para>
        The <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> window contains the following elements:
      </para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Barra de menuts</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands that you need to work with <application>GNOME Volume Control</application>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Display area</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The display area contains the channel faders and associated options for several mixers, which enable you to control the volume on those mixers.
            </para>
            <note>
              <para>
                <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> populates the display area dynamically, based on the functionality supported by your sound card. The mixers displayed in your <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> window might be different to those shown in Figure 1. 
              </para>
            </note>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

 <!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->

  <sect1 id="gnome-volume-control-usage">
    <title>Utilizacion</title>
  
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-usage-vol">
      <title>To Change a Mixer Volume</title>
      <para>
        To change a mixer volume, use the channel faders for that mixer, as follows:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To increase the volume, slide the fader up.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            To decrease the volume, slide the fader down.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
  
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-usage-lock">
      <title>To Lock the Mixer Channels</title>
      <para>
        To lock the left and right mixer channels together, select the <guilabel>Lock</guilabel> option for that mixer. When you lock the mixer channels, <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> synchronizes both faders.
      </para>
    </sect2>
  
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-usage-mute">
      <title>To Silence a Mixer</title>
      <para>
        To silence a mixer, select the <guilabel>Mute</guilabel> option for that mixer.
      </para>
      <note>
        <para>
          When you adjust the fader of a muted channel, <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> deselects the <guilabel>Mute</guilabel> option for that mixer.
        </para>
      </note>
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  [I find this to be anti-intutive, IMHO this should be
  an option.  If this feature was on a real console, I'd probably be fired
  more than a few times. :)] 
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    </sect2>
  
    <sect2 id="gnome-volume-control-usage-rec">
      <title>To Specify the Current Recording Source</title>
      <para>
        Any mixer that has a <guilabel>Rec</guilabel> option can be a recording source.
      </para>
      <para>
        To specify the current recording source, select the <guilabel>Rec</guilabel> option for that mixer.
      </para>
    </sect2>

  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="prefs">
    <title>Preferéncias</title>
    <para>
      To configure <application>GNOME Volume Control</application>, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
    </para>
    <note>
      <para>
        <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> populates the <guilabel>Gnome Volume Control Preferences</guilabel> dialog dynamically, based on the functionality supported by your sound card.
      </para>
    </note>
    <para>
      Use the options in the <guilabel>Shown</guilabel> column to select the mixers that are displayed in the main <application>GNOME Volume Control</application> window.
    </para>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>vol</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the main volume.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>pcm</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the wave files.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>speaker</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the fader that controls the speaker output jack.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>line</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the line input on your sound card, if the sound card has a line input. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>mic</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the fader that controls the microphone input on your sound card.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>cd</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the CD player input gain. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>igain</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the volume level of the selected recording device.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>line1</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the second line input on your sound card, if the sound card has a second line input. 
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>phin</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the fader that controls the volume of the phin device.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><guilabel>video</guilabel></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Select this option to display the faders that control the volume of the video devices.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
    <para>
      To change a mixer label, double-click on the text in the <guilabel>Mixer label</guilabel> column, then enter the new label text.
    </para>
    <para>
      To reset the mixer labels to the default values, click on the <guibutton>Reset labels to their defaults</guibutton> button.
    </para>

  </sect1>  

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