Installation

1. Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a set of built-in GNU/Linux kernel modules that are enabled by default and do not need to be installed.

2. Install the alsa-utils package to get access to mixers and other tools:

    pacman -S alsa-utils
   

3. List the available sound devices:

    aplay -l
   

   • TODO: Copy list of devices here.

4. Test whether you can hear the test sound on the PCH (headphone jack) device:

    speaker-test -D default:PCH -c 2
   

5. Test whether you can hear the test sound on the HDMI:8 device:

    speaker-test -D hw:0,8 -c 6
   

6. Test whether you can play a .wav song:

    aplay -D hw:0,8 Track06.wav