1 The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
2 functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following
5 * Efficient support for all types of audio interfaces, from consumer sound
6 cards to professional multichannel audio interfaces.
7 * Fully modularized sound drivers.
8 * SMP and thread-safe design.
9 * User space library (alsa-lib) to simplify application programming and
10 provide higher level functionality.
11 * Support for the older Open Sound System (OSS) API, providing binary
12 compatibility for most OSS programs.
14 This package provides utilities for configuring and using ALSA.