alsa-project/alsa-utils issue #65 was edited from jidanni: The arecord/aplay man page should perhaps separate the options into three lists 1. ones that affect recording, 2. ones that affect playing, 2. and ones that affect both. Issue URL : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/issues/65 Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils