# Mixer Applet

Copyright © 2000 by Dan Mueth

# Mixer Applet

`Mixer` applet, shown in Figure 1, provides a simple and convenient interface for controlling the sound volume and launching the `Audio Mixer`. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Multimedia->Mixer.

Figure 1. Mixer Applet

## Usage

To adjust the volume, slide the volume bar up (louder) or down (quieter). To mute (or un-mute) the volume, press the speaker icon at the bottom of the applet.

Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:

- Run Audio Mixer… — starts the `Gmix Audio Mixer` application. The contents of this audio mixer will vary, depending upon the capabilities of your sound card. However, it typically allows you to control the volume level of the different sound input devices, such as the CD player, microphone, and line.

- Help — displays this document.

- About… — shows basic information about `Mixer` applet, inluding the applet's version and the author's name.

| Note About Sound in GNOME

For sound to work in GNOME, you must have sound enabled in the `Control Center`. To configure sound, click on the Main Menu button (the foot icon) and select Programs->Setting->Multimedia->Sound. Make sure both sound options are enabled in the `General` tab. Feel free to configure and test things in the `Sound Events` section. Note that you may have to exit GNOME and restart for sound to work properly after enabling it in the `Control Center` for the first time.

## Known Bugs and Limitations

This applet has no known bugs.

## Authors

`Mixer` applet was written by Michael Fulbright (`<msf@redhat.com>`). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use `Bug Report Tool` (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Dan Mueth (`<d-mueth@uchicago.edu>`). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to `<docs@gnome.org>`. You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.

## License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is included as an appendix to the GNOME Users Guide. You may also obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License from the Free Software Foundation by visiting their Web site or by writing to

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