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diff --git a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 index cd88404..8d34680 100644 --- a/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 +++ b/alsamixer/alsamixer.1 @@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ 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 VOLUME MAPPING +In \fBalsamixer\fP, the volume is mapped to a value that is more natural +for a human ear. The mapping is designed so that the position in the +interval is proportional to the volume as a human ear would perceive +it, i.e. the position is the cubic root of the linear sample +multiplication factor. For controls with a small range (24 dB or +less), the mapping is linear in the dB values so that each step has +the same size visually. + +Only for controls without dB information, a linear mapping of the +hardware volume register values is used (this is the same algorithm as +used in the old \fBalsamixer\fP). + .SH SEE ALSO \fB amixer(1), |