On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 09:19:09PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > There's no alsa-base in Stretch. > > Should there be some other way of producing sounds?
If you're looking for alsamixer, it's in alsa-utils. ALSA should just work out of the box for most users who skip the Desktop Environment during the installation (and therefore do not have to circumvent pulse). The only steps required for most people are to install alsa-utils, run alsamixer, unmute the master channels, and raise the volume of the master channels above zero.
