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Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

Posts: 1,379

Sound recording software

Hi,

Any suggestions (basic "tape recorder" functionality, mostly)?

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Sound recording software

Only one I've ever used is audacity.  It's more than a "basic tape-recorder" and comes in at a whopping 13.67 Mb download with deps.  On the plus side, you can also use it for editing and converting music files which is what I generally use it for.  I did use it for some voice-over on a piece of music awhile back and it tuned out great.  I'd highly recommend it.

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agapito

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Registered: 2008-11-13

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Re: Sound recording software

I use kwave for kde4...

yaourt -S kwave

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Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2008-03-03

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Re: Sound recording software

Only one I've ever used is audacity.  It's more than a "basic tape-recorder" and comes in at a whopping 13.67 Mb download with deps.  On the plus side, you can also use it for editing and converting music files which is what I generally use it for.  I did use it for some voice-over on a piece of music awhile back and it tuned out great.  I'd highly recommend it.

Thanks! I already discovered audacity. I've got problems, though. It's 1.3.6 in the repository, but so far not a letter of documentation newer than 1.2.4 to be found. The docs, including "Getting Started" splash, look like they belong to another piece of software. Any links/suggestions?

pyther

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Sound recording software

Well you could use arecorder, which is a command based program which uses alsa.

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Re: Sound recording software

I've found this to be somewhat helpful in the past: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? … _Home_Page

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Llama

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Registered: 2008-03-03

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Re: Sound recording software

Thanks, everybody! Since I can't get away with it real easy, I'll tell you what I need most: I just want to test the mike of a newly bought headset, asap. Everything else can wait . Any specific suggestions?

quarK

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From: Karlsruhe, Germany

Registered: 2008-02-22

Posts: 39

Re: Sound recording software

Well, you don't need a recording software to test a microphone. Just un-mute the mic in your alsamixer, turn up mic boost and mic volume and you should be able to hear the mic-input on your speakers.

Llama

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From: St.-Petersburg, Russia

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Re: Sound recording software

Even in case of a headset ?

The trouble is, it's the first mike in my life. I can't tell whether it's functional, or sound card input works, for that matter...

I've got the following KMix settings:

(1) Output->Mic Boost (max)
(2) Input->Mic (max, pink "LED", green "LED")
(2) Input->Mic Boost (max, pink "LED")

In alsamixer Mic looks unmuted and at max

Besides, there's a switch on the headset, that I suspect to be the mike switch ...

No apparent mike activity so far.

Last edited by Llama (2008-12-18 17:12:07)