Hi gang!
I'm trying to record (to .wav files) sound coming in on the line input
of my sound card (in this case, output of a tape deck).
For LISTENING purposes, I can control the level with the Gnome Mixer.
However, the RECORDING level is not affected by the mixer. As a result,
the recorded audio is badly clipped and horribly distorted.
I don't understand enough about how this stuff works to have a clue
how to troubleshoot this problem.
Can someone offer helpful advice?
Thanks!
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On Saturday 28 April 2007 6:58:47 am fredex wrote:> Hi gang! > > I'm trying to record (to .wav files) sound coming in on the line input > of my sound card (in this case, output of a tape deck). > > For LISTENING purposes, I can control the level with the Gnome Mixer. > > However, the RECORDING level is not affected by the mixer. As a result, > the recorded audio is badly clipped and horribly distorted. > > I don't understand enough about how this stuff works to have a clue > how to troubleshoot this problem. > > Can someone offer helpful advice? >Dunno about the gnome mixer, but kmix has input and output settings. What are you using to make the recording? Audacity seems to have a slider for input volume. Sorry I can't be more helpful, my stereo is not connected to my computer at the moment. :( Tim -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070428/ad4fc94a/attachment-0003.sig>
fredex wrote:>> >> I'm wondering if I should change my desktop to KDE and try with its sound >> tools. I suppose it couldn't harm anything to try.> You can use KDE if you want, of course system-wide settings and > user-wide settings apply in both. You can also run under GNOME, or even > add to the GNOME menus the KDE applications that you like. Also CentOS 5 >? is far superior to CentOS 4, regarding user apps and tools, so perhaps > you may want to give CentOS 5.0 a try, it is very good and *faster*!I have just installed CentOS 5, but there is no Audacity package for it yet, and nothing comes near Audacity.