xmix(1)

📦 version 2.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 xmix — bestie's guide to the mixer 💖

okay so like, this is xmix, and it's an X Windows (Xaw) interface to the Linux Sound Driver Mixer. yes. THE mixer. the one with the sliders. she's giving very much "let me control your volume with my little X11 hands" and honestly? iconic. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xmix [-l]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this whole thing is an adaptation of Steve Haehnichen's <shaehnic@ucsd.edu> Sound Blaster control program "xmix", reworked for the Linux sound driver v2.0. lowkey a glow-up era for the program fr fr. 💅

it should be compatible with any Linux kernel using the v2.0 sound driver — which, btw, is the standard one that shipped with 0.99pl14. no cap.

The following options are recognized:

  • -l — xmix displays in long mode. in this mode, all the controls are placed side-by-side across the screen. for small displays, this probably isn't desirable. 🙈 like bestie, if your screen is tiny, don't do this to yourself, okay? just don't.
Note that it is best to load the XMix Resource file into your resource database before running xmix, or else there will be no colors, and too many borders. 😭 and we cannot be having that. the vibe check would simply fail.

a typical command to load the resources is:

xrdb XMix

Alternatively, you could install the XMix file in your local app-defaults directory (typically /usr/X11/lib/app-defaults). set it and forget it, main character energy. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

This application uses all standards X Toolkit options. periodt. every single one of them, she's fully X Toolkit certified. 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

None known as yet. not a single one. she's flawless and we're not going to question it. 💀✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

go read that one too bestie, it's the sibling lore. 📖

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Hal Brand <brand@netcom.com or brand1@llnl.gov>

okay that's the whole page!! this manual page is from the General Commands Manual section, and the version we're looking at is dated 10 Dec 1993 — yes, xmix(1), the 1993 girlie herself. still serving, still mixing. 🎀💖 slay forever. 🌈⭐

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