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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "2.2.2">
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "2.1">
+ <!ENTITY date "February 2004">
+ <!ENTITY app "<application>MATE Volume Control</application>">
+ <!ENTITY appname "MATE Volume Control">
+]>
+
+<!--
+ (Do not remove this comment block.)
+ Maintained by the MATE Documentation Project
+ http://developer.mate.org/projects/gdp
+ Template version: 2.0 beta
+ Template last modified Jan 2, 2002
+-->
+
+
+<article id="index" lang="en">
+<articleinfo>
+ <title>&appname; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <holder>Christian Schaller</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2002</year>
+ <holder>Michael Froh</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2000</year>
+ <holder>Erik Jarvi</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+<!-- translators: uncomment this:
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ -->
+
+ <abstract role="description">
+ <para>&app; is an audio mixer</para>
+ </abstract>
+
+ <publisher>
+ <publishername>MATE Documentation Project</publishername>
+ </publisher>
+
+ &legal;
+ <!-- This file contains link to license for the documentation (GNU FDL), and
+ other legal stuff such as "NO WARRANTY" statement. Please do not change
+ any of this. -->
+
+ <authorgroup>
+
+ <author role="maintainer">
+ <firstname>Sun</firstname>
+ <surname>MATE Documentation Team</surname>
+ <affiliation><orgname>Sun Microsystems</orgname></affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Christian Fredrik</firstname>
+ <surname>Kalager Schaller</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>MATE Documentation Project</orgname>
+ <address>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Michael</firstname>
+ <surname>Froh</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>MATE Documentation Project</orgname>
+ <address>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Erik</firstname>
+ <surname>Jarvi</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>MATE Documentation Project</orgname>
+ <address>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+<!-- This is appropriate place for other contributors: translators,
+ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default.
+ <othercredit role="translator">
+ <firstname>Latin</firstname>
+ <surname>Translator 1</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Latin Translation Team</orgname>
+ <address> <email>[email protected]</email> </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>
+ </othercredit>
+-->
+
+ </authorgroup>
+
+
+ <revhistory>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>
+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>2.0</revnumber>
+ <date>25 October 2003</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Christian Schaller
+ <email>[email protected]</email></para>
+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
+ <date>19 Feb 2002</date> <!-- or use &date; -->
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Michael Froh
+ <email>[email protected]</email></para>
+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>
+ <para>Updated to Docbook 4.1.2, for MATE 2.0</para>
+ </revdescription>
+
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.1</revnumber>
+ <date>23 Mar 2001</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Erik Jarvi
+ <email>[email protected]</email></para>
+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation
+ Project</para>
+ <para>This was the original release, for MATE 1.2</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+
+ </revhistory>
+
+ <releaseinfo>
+ This manual describes version &appversion; of &appname;.
+ </releaseinfo>
+
+ <legalnotice>
+ <title>Feedback</title>
+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &appname; application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="help:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.
+ </para>
+<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->
+ </legalnotice>
+
+</articleinfo>
+
+<indexterm zone="index"><primary>mate-volume-control</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm zone="index"><primary>MATE Volume Control</primary></indexterm>
+
+<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
+ <!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
+
+ <sect1 id="mate-volume-control-intro">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <para>
+ The &app; application is an audio mixer that enables you to mix audio for two-channel sound cards.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+<!-- ============= Getting Started =========================== -->
+ <sect1 id="mate-volume-control-getting-started">
+ <title>Getting Started</title>
+
+<!-- ============= To Start Volume Control ============================ -->
+ <sect2 id="mate-volume-control-to-start">
+ <title>To Start &appname;</title>
+ <para>You can start &app; in the following ways:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Volume Control</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Command line</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Execute the following command: <command>mate-volume-control</command></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-volume-control-when-you-start">
+ <title>When You Start &appname;</title>
+ <para>
+ When you start &app;, the following window is displayed:
+ </para>
+ <figure id="mate-volume-control-window">
+ <title>&appname; Window</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/mate-volume-control_window.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject> <phrase>Shows Volume Control main window.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <para>
+ The &app; window contains the following elements:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Menubar</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands that you need to work with &app;.
+ </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>
+ &app; populates the display area dynamically, based on the functionality supported by your sound card. The mixers displayed in your &app; window might be different to those shown in Figure 1.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->
+
+ <sect1 id="mate-volume-control-usage">
+ <title>Usage</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-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="mate-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, &app; synchronizes both faders.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-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, &app; deselects the <guilabel>Mute</guilabel> option for that mixer.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+<!-- Note from original author:
+ [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. :)]
+-->
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mate-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>Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ To configure &app;, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ &app; populates the <guilabel>Mate 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 &app; 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>
+
+</article>