[linux-audio-user] Simple sound recording

[Daniel James]

> Ideally I would like to do something like generate an
> mp3 file to save hard drive space.

You can set up Ecasound to record in ogg vorbis format on the fly - 
this will save your disc space:

ecasound -i:/dev/dsp -o:filename.ogg -t:3600

where the number after -t: is the length of recording in seconds that 
you would like. 

Then you can import the vorbis files into Audacity, cut into tracks as 
required, and export to WAV format for CD burning. The quality should 
be perfectly adequate for voice recordings of this type.

Alternatively, if you have the disc space, you could record to mono 
WAV files and cut out the lossy compression stage.

Cheers

Daniel