Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (known by the
acronym ALSA) is a
Linux kernel component intended to replace the original
Open Sound System (OSS) for providing
device drivers for
sound cards. Some of the goals of the ALSA project at its inception were automatic configuration of sound-card hardware, and graceful handling of multiple sound devices in a system, goals which it has largely met. A couple of different frameworks, such as
JACK, use ALSA to allow performing low-latency professional-grade audio editing and mixing.
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