ARts
aRts, which stands for
analog
Real
time
synthesizer, is an
application that simulates an analog synthesizer under
KDE/
Linux. One key component of aRts is the
soundserver which mixes several
soundstreams in
realtime. The soundserver called aRtsd (d for
Daemon) is also utilized as the standard soundserver for KDE. The soundserver is not dependent on KDE and can be used in other projects. It is a direct competitor to
JACK Audio Connection Kit, another real-time sound server.
The
aRts platform also includes
aRts Builder â€" an
application for building custom layouts and configurations for audio mixers, sequencers, synthesizers and other audio
schema via a user-friendly
graphical user interface.
On
December 2,
2004 aRts' creator and primary developer Stefan Westerfeld
announced he was leaving the project due to a variety of fundamental development and technical issues with aRts.
In KDE 4 developers plan to replace aRts with a new multimedia API, known as
Phonon.[
1] Phonon will provide a common interface on top of other systems, such as
GStreamer.
The artsd daemon from time to time will crash with a segmentation fault and must be restarted manually. During this time, invalid data is often sent to the soundcard, often at full volume, which can potentially lead to hearing damage hazard or equipment damage. Because of this, aRts is not suitable for serious work.
*
Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD) â€" used by
GNOME*
Homepage of the aRts project
