alsa-utils: alsa-utils (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utilities) 
alsa-utils:
alsa-utils: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-utils: functionality to the Linux operating system.  This package contains
alsa-utils: command line audio utilities for use with ALSA:
alsa-utils:   alsactl        (manage soundcard settings)
alsa-utils:   arecord/aplay  (capture and play audio)
alsa-utils:   amixer         (adjust mixer settings from the command line)
alsa-utils:   alsamixer      (an ncurses-based console mixer)
alsa-utils:
alsa-utils: For more information, see http://alsa-project.org