README.md

alsa-utils

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Utilities

This package contains the command line utilities for the ALSA project. The package can be compiled only with the installed ALSA driver and the ALSA C library (alsa-lib).

Utility Description
alsaconf the ALSA driver configurator script
alsa-info a script to gather information about ALSA subsystem
alsactl an utility for soundcard settings management
aplay/arecord an utility for the playback / capture of .wav,.voc,.au files
axfer an utility to transfer audio data frame (enhancement of aplay)
amixer a command line mixer
alsamixer a ncurses mixer
amidi a utility to send/receive sysex dumps or other MIDI data
iecset a utility to show/set the IEC958 status bits
speaker-test a speaker test utility
alsaloop a software loopback for PCM devices
alsaucm Use Case Manager utility
alsabat a sound tester for ALSA sound card driver
alsatplg ALSA topology compiler

You may give a look for more information about the ALSA project to URL http://www.alsa-project.org.