Datasheet

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Sound in Linux
Sound in Linux
Linux offers a wide range of sound applications in various stages of develop-
ment. This chapter provides an overview of a wide range of applications for vari-
ous multimedia tasks together with some technical background information. Ap-
plications that are not part of the standard installation can be installed with YaST.
15.1 The ALSA PCM Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
15.2 Mixers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
15.3 Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
15.4 Buffering and Latencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
15.5 The JACK Audio Connection Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
15.6 Hard Disk Recording with Audacity . . . . . . . . . . . 188
15.7 Direct Recording and Playback of WAV Files . . . . . . . 191
15.8 Compressing Audio Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
15.9 ALSA and MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
15.10 MIDI Playback without a WaveTable Card . . . . . . . . 198
15.11 AlsaModularSynth — Synthesizer and Effect Processor 200
15.12 NoteEdit and MIDI Sequencers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205