This documentation is a revised edition of the
MICE documentation of
National Support Centre London
Revision by Jens Elkner (elkner@irb.cs.uni-magdeburg.de).

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Audio controls

These consist of two sliders that control the mike and playback volume,a button to toggle output between the built in speaker and the headphone jack, buttons to mute/unmute either the mike or speaker, and buttons to control acquistion of the audio hardware.

Output device
Mute
To mute, click with the left button on the icon. Repeat the process to unmute.
Device selection
To change the audio output line between speaker, headphone, lineout, etc, click on the speaker icon. It will change to a headphone icon. Additional clicks will round-robin among the available lines. If there is only one option, the button will be disabled.
Volume adjustment
Use the slider to adjust the volume. Either click at the desired position or click and drag the slider. Just to the left of the slider is a VU meter. A rule of thumb is to adjust the volume to get the peak readings on the meter to about 80% of full scale.
Microphone
Mute
To mute, click with the left button on the icon. Repeat the process to unmute.
Volume adjustment
Use the slider to adjust the volume. Either click at the desired position or click and drag the slider. Just to the left of the slider is a VU meter. A rule of thumb is to adjust the volume to get the peak readings on the meter to about 80% of full scale.
Keep and release buttons
These are used to control the hardware when there is more than one vat session in progress at one time. Their use is described under Multiple vat sessions in the section Important configuration options in this manual.