Glossary

Amplifier

Amplifier - A device that takes a weak audio signal (like the one coming from a DAC) and boosts it so it has enough electrical power to physically move the...

AirPlay

AirPlay / Shairport - Technologies that let you beam music wirelessly over your home WiFi network. Adding this to your Pi project allows anyone to easily stream audio directly from...

AVR

AVR (Audio/Video Receiver) - A large central hub for home theater systems that takes in audio and video signals, amplifies them, and sends them to your speakers and TV. You...

ALSALoopback

ALSA Loopback - A virtual, invisible audio cable inside your Raspberry Pi's software. It takes the audio output from one program and seamlessly redirects it as an input into another...

ALSA

ALSA - The core software framework that handles audio on the Raspberry Pi and other Linux computers. You can think of it as the behind-the-scenes engine that translates the digital...

Amp

An amplifier is the muscle. It gives a sound signal the power to do actual work. The signal that comes out of a DAC is just a blueprint. It’s a...