ALSA resources
This is a collection of other resources about ALSA than this wiki.
Contents
ALSA
Mailing lists
There is a page on the official site about the mailing list.
- alsa-user:
subscription
- archive Write to this list if you need a help with the installation or setup of ALSA packages.
- alsa-devel:
subscription
- archive before march 2007 - archive since march 2007 Write to this list if you would like to work on the driver, library or an ALSA application.
Websites
http://www.alsa-project.org/ -- The official ALSA web site (often not very up to date or complete, that's why this wiki exists)
- http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page -- Official wiki meant to replace the official website
- https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=AlsaWiki -- Official wiki for developpers
- http://www.alsa-project.org/documentation.php -- Official documentation
- http://www.alsa-project.org/applications.php3 -- ALSA based applications
- About the .asoundrc file: [1] - [2] - [3]
- The Mantis bugtracking system for ALSA: http://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/ When posting to the bug tracker, please include the output of the aadebug script. See Bug tracking for details.
Two compilations of information and links about ALSA and latency issues under Linux:
- http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxSoundALSA.html
- http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxSoundLatency.html
- http://www.sabi.co.uk/Cfg/ALSA/
-- Some sample
asound.conf
files, the main one of which is fairly universal (for cards without hardware sharing) and contains an illustration of many advanced techniques
http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevcat.php?id=7 -- List of supported USB devices
Sound trouble shooting -- Article of the ubuntu wiki
Audio under Linux
Mailing lists
- Linux Audio Users and Developpers (LAU/LAD) LAU subscription - LAU archive - LAD subscription - LAD archive
Websites
http://lau.linuxaudio.org/ -- Linux Audio Users (LAU) -- Collection of HOWTOs and other articles about ALSA and related topics See above for their mailing list
http://www.mstation.org -- News and Information
A collection links about reverb
- http://www.audioease.com/IR/index.html
- http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/discussdetail.asp?TopicID=4092
- http://www.cksde.com/p_6_250.htm
- http://purgatorycreek.com/convolution.html
- http://www.xs4all.nl/\~fokkie/IR.htm#Downloads
- http://www.memi.com/echochamber/responses/index.html
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/\~mressl/
- http://www.memi.com/echochamber/responses/index.html
- http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csound-manual/convolve.html
- http://noisevault.com/
Other linux related topics
Websites
- http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+newbie+guide
- http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=9713 -- List of usefull basic console commands
- http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html -- Installing software from source in Linux
- http://www.tldp.org/ -- The Linux Documentation Project
Forums
- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ -- A linux forum with a lot of categories
- http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showforum=9 -- General hardware linux forum
Unavailable resources
The following sites don't seem to work anymore. They are only kept here for completeness' sake. Feel free to remove.
- http://www.sonic.net/\~rknop/linux/debian_alsa.html -- Compiling a custom Kernel and ALSA modules for Debian, making Debian packages that live happily with the Debian package management system.
http://dolby.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/dolby.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
- a description of what dolby /prologic, II, digital 5.1,surround EX 6.1;7.1/ really mean
Reverb links