Audacity Dotpup - A fast, cross-platform audio editor

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mikeb · #46 Post by **mikeb** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 21:37

4.20 is a mystery to me..is xarchive still in it?

mike

runtt21 · #47 Post by **runtt21** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 21:45

yes it is but it has been updated and looks a little different.

edoc · #48 Post by **edoc** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 21:48

xarchive is still there according to Pfind

tar -xvzt simple_recorder.tar.gz fails on my laptop with a complain about the command, it fails on the other laptop saying that the file is not a real .gz

???

edoc · #49 Post by **edoc** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 22:09

Is 1126 B the correct size?

mikeb · #50 Post by **mikeb** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 22:12

Have archive formats changed in the last 2 years...
how about
xarchive simple_recorder.tar.gz

mike

edit..yes thats the size

edoc · #51 Post by **edoc** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 22:16

that does not work, error: bash: xarchive; command not found

rcrsn51 · #52 Post by **rcrsn51** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 22:33

Puppy 4.2.x has xarchiver, not xarchive.

runtt21 · #53 Post by **runtt21** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 23:09

sorry , my bad.

mikeb · #54 Post by **mikeb** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 23:11

Puppy 4.2.x has xarchiver, not xarchive.

another funky 'update' and no gxmessage for those really crappy selection boxes lol...did they bother include a kernel in that one?

mike

edoc · #55 Post by **edoc** » Thu 11 Jun 2009, 23:26

All working now, thanks!

Is there an app that includes a recording level meter?

Also, are the features like Mic Boost active or not based on the autodetect of the sound card features?

Thanks again!

mikeb · #56 Post by **mikeb** » Fri 12 Jun 2009, 00:29

alsamixer usually gives what is available.
Mhwaveedit was in puppy 4.12....fairly simple with vu meters

mike

edoc · #57 Post by **edoc** » Fri 12 Jun 2009, 01:09

I found it in Puppy Package Manager and it installed OK on my laptop - I will try it on his - sure looks like a good "middle option" between simple_recorder and Audacity.

Will report back ...

Thanks!

disciple · #58 Post by **disciple** » Fri 12 Jun 2009, 22:10

sure looks like a good "middle option" between simple_recorder and Audacity.

? Audacity seems to me to be easier to use than mhWavedit

Its not like there's a whole lot of complexity getting in the way - the complexity is in menus which you can just ignore.

If you want to record directly to mp3 you could always try Wine + Messer or Mp3Directcut.

audacity 1-3-2 beta
...
that version had many issues in ubuntu 8.04

I don't know about 1.3.2, but the later versions work great in Puppy. And if they did crash somehow you can actually recover your session unlike 1.2.x. We really should be pointing people towards them.

edoc · #59 Post by **edoc** » Tue 16 Jun 2009, 21:25

mhwaveedit does not seem to offer the option to Start-Pause-Resume-Pause-Resume-Save that my son needs to create multiple voice-dialog recordings in a simple file.

Can someone explain how in Audacity he could simply Open a new file, begin Recording, Pause, then Resume, Pause, then Resume, and when done simply save to a wav or mp3 file?

Neither he or I saw that in Audacity -- it looked more like one had to create a complex Project then try to extract simple voice audio from it.

gposil · #60 Post by **gposil** » Tue 16 Jun 2009, 23:59

edoc,

There is a tutorial here http://www.gposil.com/puptuts.htm on how to record voice in Audacity...

mikeb · #61 Post by **mikeb** » Wed 17 Jun 2009, 00:03

In audacity I don't select new I just press record...then pause/pause to stop and start which produces one track that can be exported as mp3 or wav

mike

edoc · #62 Post by **edoc** » Wed 17 Jun 2009, 00:18

Awesome, perfect, thanks!

Will report back how he does ...

disciple · #63 Post by **disciple** » Wed 17 Jun 2009, 07:49

Yes. In my audacity anyway:
1. Open audacity.
2. Press record button.
3. Press pause button to pause and then unpause.
4. Press stop.
5. Click File-Export.
6. Choose mp3, and the settings you want for the mp3. IMO you should always use "Joint stereo".

Before recording (only once, not every time), I suggest you click File-Preferences-Quality, and choose a default sample rate of 44100Hz and default sample format of 16bit. Unless you have a reason for choosing something else of course

mikeb · #64 Post by **mikeb** » Wed 17 Jun 2009, 14:11

6. Choose mp3, and the settings you want for the mp3. IMO you should always use "Joint stereo".

Before recording (only once, not every time), I suggest you click File-Preferences-Quality, and choose a default sample rate of 44100Hz and default sample format of 16bit. Unless you have a reason for choosing something else of course Smile

there is a mono option (plus the above) if voice only and you want to save space too

mike

disciple · #65 Post by **disciple** » Thu 18 Jun 2009, 08:18

You can't save the actual mp3 in mono, but I guess recording in mono would increase the quality of the final output in a joint stereo mp3, as there would be no stereo information, but it would be the same total bitrate...

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