From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:22:23 +0000 Subject: Re: Digital Sound - Recording Vol Control?? Message-Id: <420BC27F.7040202@tmr.com> List-Id: References: <20050206155512.GA693@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: <20050206155512.GA693@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org 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. Have you looked at audacity? It will do many things which might give you the result you want. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979