[Alsa-user] Why would /dev/dsp throb?

[Kingsley G. M. Jr. <ch...@na...>]

Hail ALSA aficionados!

After installing 0.9.0rc3-0.3 on a Debian box,
sound played through /dev/dsp is (choose one:
pulsing, modulated or throbbing) at about one
cycle per second. 

I notice it when using applications named
"plaympeg" and "tuxracer".

Does anyone happen to know why audio would throb?

Thanks,
Kingsley
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