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{{Short description|Audio framework}}
{{primary sources|date=July 2008}}
{{lowercase|title=aRts}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = aRts
| logo                   = arts-icon.png
| logo size              = 48px
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| author                 = Stefan Westerfeld
| developer              = [[KDE]]
| latest_release_version = 1.5.9
| latest_release_date    = {{release date and age|2008|02|19}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.9.php | title=KDE 3.5.9 Release Announcement | date=19 February 2008 }}</ref>
| operating_system       = [[Unix-like]]
| genre                  = [[Sound server]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = {{url|http://www.arts-project.org/ }}{{dead link|date=March 2014}}
}}
'''aRts''' (which stands for '''analog real time synthesizer''') is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It was best known for previously being used in [[K Desktop Environment 2]] and [[K Desktop Environment|3]] to simulate an [[analog synthesizer]].

A key component of aRts was the [[sound server]] which mixes several [[streaming media|sound stream]]s in [[Real-time computing|real time]]. The [[sound server]], called '''artsd''' (d for [[daemon (computer software)|daemon]]), was also utilized as the standard sound server for K Desktop Environment 2–3. However, the sound server was not dependent on K Desktop Environment and can be used in other projects. It was a direct competitor to [[PulseAudio]], another sound server, and an indirect competitor to the [[Enlightened Sound Daemon]] (ESD). It is now common to use PulseAudio instead of artsd.

The '''aRts''' [[Platform (computing)|platform]] also includes aRts Builder — an [[application software|application]] for building custom layouts and configurations for audio mixers, sequencers, synthesizers and other audio [[Electrical schematic|schema]] via a user-friendly [[graphical user interface]]. aRts is [[free software]], distributed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]].

== End of project ==
On December 2, 2004 aRts' creator and primary developer Stefan Westerfeld announced he was leaving the project due to a variety of fundamental development and technical issues with aRts.

In [[KDE Software Compilation 4]] developers chose to replace aRts with a new multimedia API known as [[Phonon (KDE)|Phonon]].<ref>[http://dot.kde.org/2006/04/27/phonon-multimedia-kde-4 “Phonon: Multimedia in KDE 4”], ''dot.kde.org'', 27 April 2006.</ref> Phonon provides a common interface on top of other systems, usually [[VLC media player]] or [[GStreamer]], to avoid being dependent on a single multimedia framework.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[JACK Audio Connection Kit]] – prevailing sound server for professional audio production

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.arts-project.org/}}{{dead link|date=March 2014}} – The aRts project website
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.arts-project.org/ |date=* |title=The aRts project website }}

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[[Category:Audio libraries]]
[[Category:Audio software for Linux]]
[[Category:Free audio software]]
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[[Category:Software that uses Qt]]