Re: Sound recording problems
Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> writes:
> On Saturday 02 April 2005 12:55 pm, Carl Johnson wrote:
> > Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> writes:
> > > The book will be a big help, but for now I'm just trying to figure out
> > > why I can hear sound, play back sound, but can't record sound from my
> > > Soundblaster's line in jack. Everything is in place and looks right, but
> > > it won't record.
> >
> > Have you checked your mixer settings to make sure that the line-in is
> > enabled for record? If you look as the settings with aumix, then it
> > must show an "R" and not "P", and of course you must have the proper
> > volume set. I use brec from the bplay package, but audacity also
> > works, but in either case you *MUST* first set the proper input for
> > the mixer.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I checked, with aumix, and it's set to record. When you say the proper
> volume, do you mean the right volume must be turned up, or that the Line
> volume must be at a certain level?
I just meant that the volume can't be at 0 (I use about 80%). It
sounds like it should be working, since I often record from the
line-in on my soundblaster card. I have a slow computer, so I don't
use a pipe, but instead use brec to create a .wav file and then use
oggenc on that file.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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