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through the speaker cat /dev/dsp > a.a # reads data from the microphone and copies it to file a.a

OSS implements the /dev/audio interface. Detailed access to individual sound devices is provided via the directory. OSS also has MIDI support in , (both legacy) and .

On Linux, OSS4 is also able to emulate ALSA, its open-source replacement.

History

OSS was originally "VoxWare", a Linux kernel sound driver by Hannu

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