On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:05:54 +0100
Thomas Widlundh
Hi, Anybody knows something of recording sounds? Especially sound from the line in. I can hear the sound, but I can't record it. What is the "device" for line in on the sound card. In every recording program there seems not to exist something to record from line in, only from file or the CD. I'd like to transfer my vinyls to CD for saving them. Regards, Thomas
You have /dev/dsp and /dev/audio The simplest recording method is directly with dd. #make 5 secs of audio dd if=/dev/dsp of=z.raw bs=8k count=5 #/dev/audio sounds better dd if=/dev/audio of=z1.raw bs=8k count=5 #cat /dev/audio > z.raw To play back: cat z1.raw > /dev/audio Remember to check your mixer first, and make sure the line-in and/or microphone levels are turned up. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation