On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Peter Lutek <peter@peterlutek.com> wrote:

On 2014-12-11 11:03, Harry van Haaren wrote:

...using amixer will provide every single control, which will be a totally horrible
way to work.

every single control.
text-based and scriptable.

....sounds like a wonderful way to work! :)

to each his own.... this is why we love linux.

not when you have a matrix of 64x64 controls, or worse, 128*128 controls. finding the right control in the middle of 4096 or 16384 entries?

this is why amixer doesn't actually represent matrix controls in its output, although you can use it to set specific matrix values if you know how to name them.