---
name: "dbmix"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "dbmix"
version: "0.9.8-8"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbmix"
---

# dbmix(7)

Digital Audio Mixing System

## NAME

DBMix - Digital Audio Mixing System

## SYNOPSIS

**dbcat** \[*options*\]\
 **dbfsd** \[*options*\]\
 **dbin** \[*options*\]\
 **dbmixer**\

## DESCRIPTION

The **DBMix** system is able to combine sound from various sources into a single audio stream.  Think of it as a virtual DJ mixing desk.  Mixing uses a Fourier synthesis algorithm to maintain sound quality in the output stream.

The **dbfsd** daemon serves as **DBMix**'s backend--that's where most of the real synthesis work is done.  Several clients allow to connect different audio sources to the backend.  **dbin** links line-in, or microphone input from the sound card to **DBMix**.  And there's **dbcat**, a pretty generic tool that redirects its standard input to a **dbfsd** channel. Actual DJ work is done using the graphical frontend **dbmixer**.

For an in-depth description of each application, see its respective man page.

## SEE ALSO

[**dbcat**(1)](/dbcat/1.md), [**dbfsd**(1)](/dbfsd/1.md), [**dbin**(1)](/dbin/1.md), [**dbmixer**(1)](/dbmixer/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Daniel Kobras \<kobras@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).