- 1st: Default Audio SINK (your speakers)
- 2nd: Default Audio SOURCE (your microphone)
- 3rd: Any application that matches a search pattern (default Firefox)
The mixer will automaticaly chose the last added instance of the application (Firefox) as this is most likely emitting the noise.
There is also wheel mouse support. The whole GUI and command parsing was taken from AlsaMixer.app and PulseClient was taken from Ponymix. Together this makes the Mixer ready to run with modern Linux distributions, allowing automaticaly switch over to new audio sinks, like bluetooth headsets.
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Error led: If the led on Mixer.app is red an error message has been printed to stderr and something is not working correctly. If the led is green everything is working ok. (Error led doesn't work in PulseMixer.app, TODO)
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Mute: Right click on a volume controller to mute the sound source. The button will then have a red led in one corner. Right click again to restore the volume. If a muted sound source is modified by another application Mixer.app will automaticaly release its muted state.
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Wheel mouse: If you have a wheel mouse (where the wheel is configured as Button4 and Button5) you can control the volume by just moving the mouse over Mixer.app and roll the wheel up and down. Use the command line option -w to specify which slider that should react to the wheel movement.
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Label: If you run multiple instances of PulseMixer.app you might want to be able to tell them apart. This can easily be done by setting a label to each one of them. By using the -l option you can add a little text label at the bottom of the mixer.
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Save volume settings: Use the option -S (and -f ) if you want the volume settings to be saved when PulseMixer.app exits, and then -L to be loaded again when PulseMixer.app is started the next time. When not using -f the settings are saved in/loaded from ~/GNUstep/Defaults/PulseMixer. Use the -f option if you want to use a different file. (TODO: mute states aren't saved/loaded)
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Configurable middle click: By default, when you middle click anywhere inside application window, app tries to load default mixer setting from default or explicitly configured (-f) file. If file doesn't exist, nothing happens. You can also configure PulseMixer.app to run command (i.e. better mixer) on middle click by using -e option.
I'm sad to say that this application is a case of "works for me". Feel free to fork and apply your own changes. I'm also happy to merge any pull requests. I just can't provide any support beyond.
- Petr Hlavka [email protected] - original author of AlsaMixer.app
- Dave Reisner [email protected] and Simon Gomizelj [email protected] - Ponymix
- Per Liden [email protected] - original author of Mixer.app
- David Sauer [email protected]
- Theo Schlossnagle [email protected]
- Alban Hertroys [email protected]
- PulseMixer.app 2022, Thinksilicon
- AlsaMixer.app, 2004, Petr Hlavka
- Mixer.app is copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Per Liden and is licensed through the GNU General Public License. Read the COPYING file for the complete license.
- PulseClient was taken from Ponymix by Dave Reisner [email protected] and Simon Gomizelj [email protected] https://github.com/falconindy/ponymix/