[NTLUG:Discuss] Tivo like audio recorder?

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> Quoting kbrannen at gte.net:
>>I've had visions of this...  I take sound recordings (speeches or class
>>
>>lectures), edit, improve the quality, etc., then create MP3, RM, and WAV
>>(cd 
>>audio) outputs.  I've always had to reboot into Win98 to do this because
>>
>>that's where the powerful tools are.  Grrrr.
> 
> 
> I currently use an iPAQ to record all my classes.  I would love to see a linux 
> tool that would enable me to record while listening live via headphones.  Right 
> now I record bring it home upload to the server and review them at a later 
> date.  Sounds like a worthy project.

I do that now, but it with a program called SoundForge.  It automatically 
redirects/copies the input signal to the output (or maybe that's just a 
function of the ms-win volume control thing), so I can hear it in real time 
via headphones or speakers attached to the computer while I'm recording. 
Anyway, as implied, it's a ms-win program.  When done, SoundForge lets me edit 
(down to the few thousandths of a second), EQ, DC offset, time stretch, adjust 
volume, plus a number of other things I don't do very often.

Then I have another tool (WaveCorrector) that allows me remove hiss, pops, 
rumbles, and hum (including those pesky harmonics).

If I could get those 2 tools under Linux, I'd be really happy!

Anyway, if you recorded on a laptop with SoundForge (get the cheaper "Studio" 
version), you could do it.  Though I haven't tried it, I bet you could record 
& listen at the same time with Linux too if the machine has a decent sound 
card/chip, I just haven't tried it because I need programs that don't exist 
under Linux.  Just another example of a "niche" program that presently 
prevents Linux from dominating the world. :-)  (bummer!)

Kevin