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== Audio record overview ==
The [[ALSA overview|ALSA]] framework exposes audio devices associated to the board audio hardware interfaces. 

The application audio streams are routed by default through the PulseAudio sound server. PulseAudio exposes audio profiles, which are mapped on the ALSA sound card audio devices. The PulseAudio server provides a command line interface to list audio profiles and to select one, in order to record from a specific audio interface.

The audio record examples in following sections are based on [[ALSA_overview#How_to_use|ALSA utilities]]. Some input paths are configured through ALSA controls. These configurations are detailed in [[Soundcard_configuration|sound card configuration]] article. If an error is issued when running an example, please refer to [[Audio troubleshooting grid]] article for debug.