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#
# Default ALSA volume levels and setting when initialization database fails.
#
# Basic rules are:
#  - keep volumes at minimal level, but sound should be hearable
#  - enable just main speakers for playback and main microphone for recording
#

# **************************************************************************
# playback
# **************************************************************************

ENV{ppercent}:="75%"
ENV{cpercent}:="75%"
ENV{pvolume}:="-20dB"
ENV{cvolume}:="12dB"
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}:="false"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Master Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  ENV{has_pmaster_vol}:="true", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Master Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Master Front Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  ENV{has_pmaster_vol}:="true", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Master Front Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Master Digital Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Master Digital Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Front Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn front volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Front Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Surround Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn front volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Surround Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Center Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn front volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Center Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="LFE Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn front volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="LFE Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Headphone Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn headphone volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Headphone Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Headphone Playback Volume",CTL{index}="1",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",\
  GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn headphone volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Headphone Playback Switch",CTL{index}="1",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Speaker Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn speaker volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Front Speaker Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn speaker volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Front Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Surround Speaker Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn speaker volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Surround Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Center Speaker Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn speaker volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="Center Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="LFE Speaker Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn speaker volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="LFE Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="PC Speaker Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="PC Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="PCM Playback Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", \
 CTL{name}="PCM Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn PCM volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
# exception - some HDA codecs have shifted dB range
CTL{dBmin}=="-34.50dB",CTL{dBmax}=="12.00dB",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
CTL{dBmin}=="-30.00dB",CTL{dBmax}=="0dB",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="75%"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="PCM Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", CTL{values}="on"
CTL{name}="PCM Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1",CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="PCM Playback Volume",CTL{index}="1",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", \
  CTL{name}="PCM Volume",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search",GOTO=""
# if master volume control is present, turn PCM volume to max
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
ENV{has_pmaster_vol}=="true",CTL{write}=="100%",GOTO=""
# exception - some HDA codecs have shifted dB range
CTL{dBmin}=="-34.50dB",CTL{dBmax}=="12.00dB",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
CTL{dBmin}=="-30.00dB",CTL{dBmax}=="0dB",CTL{write}=="0dB",GOTO=""
CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="75%"
LABEL=""
CTL{name}="PCM Playback Switch",CTL{index}="1",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"
CTL{name}="PCM Switch",CTL{index}="1",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="DAC Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="DAC Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="DAC Playback Volume",CTL{index}="1",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="DAC Playback Switch",CTL{index}="1",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Synth Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Synth Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Wave Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="100%"
CTL{name}="Wave Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Music Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="100%"
CTL{name}="Music Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="CD Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="0%"
CTL{name}="CD Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Mono Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Mono Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Master Mono Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Master Mono Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="AC97 Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="100%"
CTL{name}="AC97 Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

# Ubuntu bug #19648
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="IEC958 Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"
CTL{name}="IEC958 Capture Monitor",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"
# Ubuntu #408370
CTL{name}="Optical Raw Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"

# Ubuntu unknown bug (bug nr probably similar to 5813)
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Master Surround Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Master Surround Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

# dropped - name not present in kernel 2.6.38:
# Dynamic Range Compression Volume/Switch
# VIA DXS

# Ubuntu - Required for SB Live 7.1/24-bit (ca0106)
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Analog Front Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Analog Front Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

# Ubuntu #597791
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Front Speaker Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Front Speaker Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

# Ubuntu #331589
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="PC Beep Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="0%"
CTL{name}="PC Beep Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"

# Required for hardware allowing toggles for AC97 through IEC958,
#  valid values are 0, 1, 2, 3. Needs to be set to 0 for PCM1.
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="0"

# Required on some notebooks with ICH4:
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Headphone Jack Sense",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"
CTL{name}="Line Jack Sense",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"
CTL{name}="SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="off"

# HDA-Intel w/ "Digital" capture mixer (See Ubuntu #193823)
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Digital Playback Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="$env{pvolume}",RESULT!="0",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"
CTL{name}="Digital Playback Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

# Dove boards need 'Line HP Swap' unmuted for the jack adjacent
# to the serial port (Ubuntu #451635)
CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Line HP Swap Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"


#
# Powermacs
#

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="DRC Range",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{pvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{ppercent}"

# **************************************************************************
# capture
# **************************************************************************

CTL{reset}="mixer"
CTL{name}="Capture Volume",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{write}!="$env{cvolume}",CTL{values}="$env{cpercent}"
CTL{name}="Capture Switch",CTL{do_search}=="1", \
  CTL{values}="on"

CTL{name}="Capture Source",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Internal Mic|*",CTL{values}="Internal Mic", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Mic|*",CTL{values}="Mic"
LABEL=""

CTL{name}="Input Source",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Internal Mic|*",CTL{values}="Internal Mic", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Digital Mic|*",CTL{values}="Digital Mic", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Mic|*",CTL{values}="Mic"
LABEL=""

CTL{name}="Digital Input Source",PROGRAM!="__ctl_search", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Digital Mic 1|*",CTL{values}="Digital Mic 1", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Digital Mic|*",CTL{values}="Digital Mic", GOTO=""
CTL{enums}=="*|Mic|*",CTL{values}="Mic"
LABEL=""

CTL{name}="Mic Boost",CTL{do_search}=="1", CTL{values}="on"
CTL{name}="Internal Mic Boost",CTL{do_search}=="1", CTL{values}="on"