What is PipeWire?

PipeWire is replacement for pulseaudio, while also providing compatibility layer for apps that know pulse, main pro seems to be low-latency and stuff (which also replaces jack). ALSA is much lower level and still needed.

qpwgraph
pw-top

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire
https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects