Re: [linux-audio-user] command-line recording software?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Graham Percival wrote: | On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 22:54:27 +0100 | Tim &lt;helycos(a)lycos.co.uk&gt; wrote: | |>I want to record audio from my USB port and seek a command line or |>reliable and simple GUI app. Can anyone suggest what might suit me? | | | I recommend ecasound. It's in the Debian packages; the website is | http://www.eca.cx | | Cheers, | - Graham | | | OK, thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'm pleased to discover the laptop can handle 80 minutes of ecasound. rec also works fine. However a few issues have arisen: 1. Distortion results when recording from some sources but not others. ~ Yamaha amplifier 'minidisc out' connection, Cambridge Audio CD player out connection, Pioneer tuner out connection. If I record from a Sony portable CD player 'line out' connection, there is no distortion. It makes me suspect these devices are outputting more than line out volume. ~ They are all of good quality. Alteration of the input volume on the command line of rec doesn't alter this distortion. I've attached the ecasound -ev output. 2. The recording software stops if the source becomes silent, identifying it as the USB device fault: usbaudio: unregister dsp 14,19 hub.c: Cannot enable port 1 of hub 1, disabling port. hub.c: Maybe the USB cable is bad? hub.c: USB new device connect on bus 2/1, assigned device number 3 usbaudio: valid input sample rate 44100 <snip> I don't consider the USB cable to be bad as it records fine for a full length of 80 minutes as long as there is no silence. I'm using an Edirol UA-1A audio capture device, simply an outboard DAC. I would be grateful if any of you have comments or suggestions for me. Thanks in advance, Tim sig@debian:~$ ecasound -ev -i /dev/dsp1 **************************************************************************** * ecasound v2.0.3 (C) 1997-2001 Kai Vehmanen * **************************************************************************** - [ Chainsetup/Adding chain operator "Volume-analyze" ] -------------------- Setting parameters: cumulative-mode = 1.00, result-max-multiplier = 1.00 - [ Chainsetup/Enabling audio inputs ] ------------------------------------- (eca-audio-objects) Audio object "/dev/dsp1", mode "read". (audio-io) Format: s16_le, channels 2, srate 44100, interleaved. - [ Chainsetup/Enabling audio outputs ] ------------------------------------ (eca-audio-objects) Audio object "/dev/dsp", mode "write". (audio-io) Format: s16_le, channels 2, srate 44100, interleaved. - [ Engine/Init - mixmode "simple" ] --------------------------------------- - [ Engine/Exiting ] ------------------------------------------------------- (audiofx) -- Amplitude statistics ----------------------------- Range, pos/neg, count,(%), ch1...n Pos -1.0 dB: 25885,1.94% 29185,2.18% Pos -2.0 dB: 7693,0.58% 7595,0.57% Pos -4.0 dB: 19457,1.46% 18222,1.36% Pos -8.0 dB: 64540,4.83% 61128,4.57% Pos -16.0 dB: 223825,16.75% 219283,16.41% Pos -32.0 dB: 267091,19.99% 275292,20.60% Pos -64.0 dB: 56316,4.21% 57832,4.33% Pos -inf.0 dB: 2337,0.17% 2425,0.18% Neg -inf.0 dB: 2315,0.17% 2393,0.18% Neg -64.0 dB: 56739,4.25% 57411,4.30% Neg -32.0 dB: 268665,20.10% 270983,20.28% Neg -16.0 dB: 224683,16.81% 217492,16.28% Neg -8.0 dB: 63914,4.78% 60383,4.52% Neg -4.0 dB: 19194,1.44% 19124,1.43% Neg -2.0 dB: 7617,0.57% 7723,0.58% Neg -1.0 dB: 26049,1.95% 29849,2.23% (audiofx) Peak amplitude, period: pos=0.99997 neg=1.00000. (audiofx) Peak amplitude, all : pos=0.99997 neg=1.00000. (audiofx) Clipped samples, period: pos=24244 neg=23355. (audiofx) Clipped samples, all : pos=24244 neg=23355. (audiofx) Max gain without clipping, all: 1.00000. (audiofx) -- End of statistics --------------------------------