1gsound(1)                            2022                            gsound(1)
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NAME

6       gsound - Tool for doing sound I/O using the sound gensio
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SYNOPSIS

10       gsound  [-r|--rate num] [-n|--nbufs num] [-c|--channels num] [-s|--buf‐
11       size   num]   [-t|--type    num]    [-f|--format    str]    [-p|--play]
12       [-L|--list-devs] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] <device> [<file>]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  gsound  program  allows you to record/play sound to/from the given
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OPTIONS

22       -r|--rate num
23              The sample rate, defaults to 44100.
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26              The number of buffers, defaults to 4.
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29              The number of channels, defaults to 1.
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31       -s|--bufsize num
32              The number of buffer size, defaults to 2048.
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35              The  interface type, either alsa (Linux), win (Windows), portau‐
36              dio (generally MacOS) or file.  Default to alsa, win, or portau‐
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39       -f|--format str
40              The I/O format.  Default to float.  May be one of double, float,
41              int32, int24, int16, or int8
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43       -p|--play
44              Playback data from stdin.  The default is to record data to std‐
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47       -L|--list-devs
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51              Enable  debug.   Specify  more  than  once to increase the debug
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54       -h|--help
55              Help
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SEE ALSO

59       gensio(5)
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KNOWN PROBLEMS

63       None.
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AUTHOR

67       Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
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