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Dell Edge Gateway 3001 Installation and Operation Manual

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is part of the Linux kernel, which provides an Application Programming Interface (API) for sound card device drivers.

The following table lists ALSA utilities included with the Edge Gateway:

Table 1. ALSA utilitiesThe following table lists ALSA utilities included with the Edge Gateway:
UtilitiesDescription
alsactlAdvanced controls for ALSA sound drivers
alsaloopCreate loopbacks between PCM capture and playback devices
alsamixerALSA Ncurses mixer
alsaucmALSA use-case manager
amixerCommand-line mixer
amidiRead from and write to ALSA raw-MIDI ports
aplay, arecordCommand-line playback and recording
aplaymidi, arecordmidiCommand-line MIDI playback and recording
aconnect, aseqnet, aseqdumpCommand-line MIDI sequencer control
iecsetSet or dump IEC958 status bits
speaker-testSpeaker test-tone generator
NOTE: For more information about ALSA on Ubuntu, see packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/alsa-utils.

Playback

The following shows an example of how to playback audio with ALSA.

  1. List available devices (default: baytrailcraudio).
    # aplay -l
  2. Playback.
    # aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wmv

Recording

The following shows an example of how to record audio with ALSA.

  1. List available devices (default: baytrailcraudio).
    # arecord -l
  2. Record.
    # arecord -f cd -t wav /tmp/test.wav

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