humbert.olivier.1@free.fr writes: >> If you don't use PulseAudio then only one application can use >> an ALSA device at the same time on your computer. > > This is untrue. ALSA provides dmix for mixing different audio flows. > > Olivier What's more, the default device uses dmix. And I find it a lot easier to do this mixing in raw audio than in PA. ALSA itself is capable enough that I don't see the point of an audio server like pulseaudio.