Re: Digital Sound - Recording Vol Control??

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Hal MacArgle wrote:
> Greetings: All my life in the Sound Recording business, analog only,
> retired 20 years, I've just started to learn digital sound..
> 
> So far I've been able to copy disks, tapes and LP's to files, then
> burn CD's but it's been empirical as far as "setting" the proper
> volume or recording gain..
> 
> Using Slackware 9.1, bare.i, kernel 2.4.22, all CLI; play; rec;
> rexima, as the mixer, it's been trial and error, with the final
> product satisfactory.. However, I miss the former familiar VI, VU,
> Nixie, Oscilloscope, Dot/Bar Display, LED, LCD, etc volume
> indicators..
> 
> I fetched the only sound package that mentions a VU meter, SLab, but
> it's GUI and requires a Tcl/Tk package version I don't have yet.. It,
> also, seems to be more powerful than I require..
> 
> I thought I'd query the list for some pointers for further learning
> or, possibly, some valid suggestions... Is it possible the dynamic
> range of digital is so wide that a "speedometer" is not needed?? From
> the sound levels heard on present TV that might be the case. <grin>

Have you looked at audacity? It will do many things which might give you 
the result you want.



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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
   CTO TMR Associates, Inc
   Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979