On the ALSA Web site, you read that ALSA stands for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. Normal users normally don't think about such things as sound architectures, so before I say more about ALSA ...

The second annual conference of Linux audio developers will be held in Karlsruhe from April 28 through May 2. If you're in Germany during that period and happen to be near Karlsruhe, you might want to ...

AudioScience has included an integrated Advanced Linux Sound Architecture and HPI driver for its sound card line. ALSA is a sound card Application Programming Interface for Linux. ALSA became part of ...

There's a problem with the state of Linux audio, and it's not that it doesn't always work. The issue is that it's overcomplicated. This soon becomes evident if you sit down with a piece of paper and ...

Ok I've got Fedora. I've recently noticed that sound in Linux is not as good as in Windows. This upsets me and I'd like to change it. I have a sound blaster Live and there is no reason for poor sound ...

Many Firefox users on Linux were left without the ability to play sound in their browser after updating to Firefox 52, released last week. The issue at the heart of this problem is that Mozilla ...

I use a SoundBlaster Play! 3 to record from an external analog (mono) audio source. This interface can sample in 24 bits at 48kHz. On Mac this is configured via the "Audio MIDI Setup" program. I don't ...

Once upon a time (and it wasn't that long ago), if you wanted to do real, low-latency work with audio on Linux, you faced serious trouble. That's no longer true. PipeWire 1.0, an audio/video software ...