Audacity 4's first public beta arrived this month with the biggest design change the iconic open-source audio editor has seen ...

Audio processing and synthesis plugins are always a lively topic for musicians. Many contemporary music-makers rely completely upon their plugin collection for all their sound sources and processing ...

There are a ton of fun Raspberry Pi and Linux projects that require audio output – music players, talking robots, game consoles and arcades, intelligent assistants, mesh network walkie-talkies, and ...

Linux audio has a reputation for being confusing at best and downright broken at worst. Between PulseAudio, ALSA, and JACK, the experience has often depended on trial and error, along with a lot of ...

Linux has always been a great operating system for programmers. Since the late 90s, however, there’s been a big push to make Linux more attractive to people that don’t have Mountain Dew addictions.

Editor's note: This article present one view of the pitfalls that may be experienced when configuring audio codecs under Linux. Results will vary based on systems configuration, library versions, and ...

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In this second part of my survey of Linux audio development, I focus on the application side of things. I would have liked to have included many other tools and applications, but time and space always ...

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 ...

Anish Kumar plays a key role in open-source software, particularly in the Linux kernel. Because of his expertise in this area, much progress has been produced. Anish is known for his deep ...