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+===========================
+Standard ALSA Control Names
+===========================
+
+This document describes standard names of mixer controls.
+
+Standard Syntax
+---------------
+Syntax: [LOCATION] SOURCE [CHANNEL] [DIRECTION] FUNCTION
+
+
+DIRECTION
+~~~~~~~~~
+================ ===============
+<nothing> both directions
+Playback one direction
+Capture one direction
+Bypass Playback one direction
+Bypass Capture one direction
+================ ===============
+
+FUNCTION
+~~~~~~~~
+======== =================================
+Switch on/off switch
+Volume amplifier
+Route route control, hardware specific
+======== =================================
+
+CHANNEL
+~~~~~~~
+============ ==================================================
+<nothing> channel independent, or applies to all channels
+Front front left/right channels
+Surround rear left/right in 4.0/5.1 surround
+CLFE C/LFE channels
+Center center cannel
+LFE LFE channel
+Side side left/right for 7.1 surround
+============ ==================================================
+
+LOCATION (Physical location of source)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+============ =====================
+Front front position
+Rear rear position
+Dock on docking station
+Internal internal
+============ =====================
+
+SOURCE
+~~~~~~
+=================== =================================================
+Master
+Master Mono
+Hardware Master
+Speaker internal speaker
+Bass Speaker internal LFE speaker
+Headphone
+Line Out
+Beep beep generator
+Phone
+Phone Input
+Phone Output
+Synth
+FM
+Mic
+Headset Mic mic part of combined headset jack - 4-pin
+ headphone + mic
+Headphone Mic mic part of either/or - 3-pin headphone or mic
+Line input only, use "Line Out" for output
+CD
+Video
+Zoom Video
+Aux
+PCM
+PCM Pan
+Loopback
+Analog Loopback D/A -> A/D loopback
+Digital Loopback playback -> capture loopback -
+ without analog path
+Mono
+Mono Output
+Multi
+ADC
+Wave
+Music
+I2S
+IEC958
+HDMI
+SPDIF output only
+SPDIF In
+Digital In
+HDMI/DP either HDMI or DisplayPort
+=================== =================================================
+
+Exceptions (deprecated)
+-----------------------
+
+===================================== =======================
+[Analogue|Digital] Capture Source
+[Analogue|Digital] Capture Switch aka input gain switch
+[Analogue|Digital] Capture Volume aka input gain volume
+[Analogue|Digital] Playback Switch aka output gain switch
+[Analogue|Digital] Playback Volume aka output gain volume
+Tone Control - Switch
+Tone Control - Bass
+Tone Control - Treble
+3D Control - Switch
+3D Control - Center
+3D Control - Depth
+3D Control - Wide
+3D Control - Space
+3D Control - Level
+Mic Boost [(?dB)]
+===================================== =======================
+
+PCM interface
+-------------
+
+=================== ========================================
+Sample Clock Source { "Word", "Internal", "AutoSync" }
+Clock Sync Status { "Lock", "Sync", "No Lock" }
+External Rate external capture rate
+Capture Rate capture rate taken from external source
+=================== ========================================
+
+IEC958 (S/PDIF) interface
+-------------------------
+
+============================================ ======================================
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Switch turn on/off the IEC958 interface
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Volume digital volume control
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Default default or global value - read/write
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Mask consumer and professional mask
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Con Mask consumer mask
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] Pro Mask professional mask
+IEC958 [...] [Playback|Capture] PCM Stream the settings assigned to a PCM stream
+IEC958 Q-subcode [Playback|Capture] Default Q-subcode bits
+
+IEC958 Preamble [Playback|Capture] Default burst preamble words (4*16bits)
+============================================ ======================================