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speaker-test — Speaker test tone generator for ALSA. See also: `aplay`, `arecord`, `amixer`. More information: <htt

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Problem

How to use the speaker-test command: Speaker test tone generator for ALSA. See also: aplay, arecord, amixer. More information: <https://manned.org/speaker-test>.

Solution

speaker-test — Speaker test tone generator for ALSA. See also: aplay, arecord, amixer. More information: <https://manned.org/speaker-test>.

Test the default speakers with pink noise:

speaker-test

Test the default speakers with a sine wave:

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} sine {{[-f|--frequency]}} {{frequency}}

Test the default speakers with a predefined WAV file:

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} wav

Test the default speakers with a WAV file:

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} wav {{[-w|--wavfile]}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Test the default speakers with pink noise

speaker-test

Test the default speakers with a sine wave

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} sine {{[-f|--frequency]}} {{frequency}}

Test the default speakers with a predefined WAV file

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} wav

Test the default speakers with a WAV file

speaker-test {{[-t|--test]}} wav {{[-w|--wavfile]}} {{path/to/file}}

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