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+.TH ALSAMIXER 1 "15 May 2001"
+.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 OPTIONS
+
+.TP
+\fI\-h, \-help\fP 
+Help: show available flags.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-c\fP <card number or identification>
+Select the soundcard to use, if you have more than one. Cards are
+numbered from 0 (the default).
+
+.TP
+\fI\-D\fP <device identification>
+Select the mixer device to control.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-g\fP
+Toggle the using of colors.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-s\fP
+Minimize the mixer window.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-V\fP <view mode>
+Select the starting view mode, either \fIplayback\fP, \fIcapture\fP or \fIall\fP.
+
+.SH MIXER VIEWS
+
+The top-left corner of \fBalsamixer\fP is the are to show some basic
+information: the card name, the mixer chip name, the current view
+mode and the currently selected mixer item.
+When the mixer item is switched off, \fI[Off]\fP is displayed in its
+name.
+
+Volume bars are located below the basic information area.  You can
+scroll left/right when all controls can't be put in a single screen.
+The name of each control is shown in the bottom below the volume bars.
+The currently selected item is drawn in red and/of emphasized.
+
+Each mixer control with volume capability shows a box and the current
+volume filled in that box.  The volume percentages are displayed below
+the volume bar for left and right channels.  For a mono control, only
+one value is shown there.
+
+When a mixer control is turned off, \fIM\fP (mute) appears below the
+volume bar.  When it's turned on, \fIO\fP in green appears instead.
+You can toggle the switch via \fIm\fP key.
+
+When a mixer control has capture capability, the capture flag appears
+below the volume bar, too.  When the capture is turned off,
+\-\-\-\-\-\- is shown.  \fICAPTUR\fP in red appears when the
+capture switch is turned on.  In addition, \fIL\fP and \fIR\fP letters
+appear in left and right side to indicate that left and the right
+channels are turned on.
+
+Some controls have the enumeration list, and don't show boxes but only
+texts which indicate the currently active item.  You can change the
+item via up/down keys.
+
+.SH VIEW MODES
+\fBalsamixer\fP has three view modes: playback, capture and all.
+In the playback view, only the controls related with playback are shown.
+Similarly, only the controls for capture (recording) are shown in the capture
+view.  The all view mode shows all controls.  The current view mode is displayed
+in the top-left position together with the mixer name, etc.
+
+The default view mode is the playback view.  You can change it via 
+\fI-V\fP option.
+
+Each view mode can be switched via keyboard commands, too.
+See the next section.
+
+.SH KEYBOARD COMMANDS
+\fBalsamixer\fP recognizes the following keyboard commands to control the soundcard. 
+Commands shown here in upper case can also be given in lower case.
+To be reminded of these keystrokes, hit the \fIh\fP key.
+
+.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.
+ 
+The \fIB\fP or \fI=\fP key adjusts the balance of volumes on left and
+right channels.
+
+\fIM\fP toggles muting for the current channel (both left and right).
+If the hardware supports it, you can
+mute left and right independently by using \fI,\fP (or \fI<\fP) and
+\fI.\fP (or \fI>\fP) respectively.
+
+\fISPACE\fP enables recording for the current channel. If any other
+channels have recording enabled, they will have their recording function
+disabled first. This only works for valid input channels, of course.
+
+\fIL\fP re-draws the screen.
+
+.SS
+View Mode Controls
+Function keys are used to change view modes.
+You can switch to the help mode and the proc info mode via \fIF1\fP and
+\fIF2\fP keys, respectively.
+On terminals that can't use function keys like gnome\-terminal, \fI?\fP and
+\fI/\fP keys can be used alternatively for help and proc modes.
+
+\fIF3\fP, \fIF4\fP and \fIF5\fP keys are used to switch to playback, capture
+and all view mode, respectively.  \fITAB\fP key toggles the
+current view mode circularly.
+
+.SS
+Quick Volume Changes
+
+\fIPageUp\fP increases volume by 5.
+
+\fIPageDown\fP decreases volume by 5.
+
+\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.
+
+The number keys from \fI0\fP to \fI9\fP are to change the absolute volume
+quickly.  They correspond to 0 to 90% volume.
+
+.SS
+Exiting
+
+Quit the program with \fIALT Q\fP, or by hitting \fIESC\fP.
+Please note that you might need to hit \fIESC\fP twice on some terminals
+since it's regarded as a prefix key.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB
+amixer(1),
+aplay(1),
+arecord(1)
+\fP
+
+.SH BUGS 
+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
+.B alsamixer
+has been written by Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org> and
+been further improved by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.
+
+This manual page was provided by Paul Winkler <zarmzarm@erols.com>.