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nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

Please make a .pet of Audacity 1.2.6 for Wary (5.1.1), or direct me to a repo where I can get it. I have used mhWaveEdit for recording audio from the soundcard. This app requires an inconvenient physical connection between Speaker Out and Line In, which means you can't listen to what's being played. I suspect that, eventually, constantly connecting and disconnecting the ports on the sound card will cause them to wear out. It's a dreaded bore that I must silently monitor all the way through a track, at least once, to set the mixer (input levels) properly, which is a waste of time. Most importantly, I cannot overcome the white noise/static that is present in the final outcome. Audacity does not require a physical connection on the sound card. The end result does not have white noise or static. I would also suggest that there be another app in Puppy, in addition to mhWaveEdit, that performs sound card data stream capture in the same manner (caching?) as Audacity . Thanks

Audacity for GNU/Linux:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/linux

compile Audacity from source code:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/source#recdown

forum help for compiling Audacity:
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewforum.php?f=19

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2527 Location: Ontario

Try these links

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/audacity/show?time=2011-07-12+08%3A25%3A03

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nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

I guess the OP got satisfied or him on travel or something.

I barely get what one are supposed to do after clicking on that link.

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

I want Audacity 1.2.6, the latest stable version. The above link is for Audacity 1.3.12-f, which is beta. I'm still here, and I need Audacity 1.2.6 for Wary 5.1.1, as a .pet. The last time I compiled anything was modem drivers for Mandrake 9. Compiling is not a task I relish.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

nubc , the forum is just that a forum of volunteer people helping each other out.

It is not a demand machine to force a Developer to provide things.

It is about give and take. If everybody only want to make use of others contribution then those who contribute start to feel drained and stop contributing.

Contributing has to be fun and feel good not something that is demanded.

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

Then I apology. I am bad at reading tones in English. I did think you demanded this I apology. Requests is even in CAPITALS here

disciple · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 22:22 Post subject: Re: Audacity 1.2.6 for Wary

disciple · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 22:28 Post subject:

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

@ disciple
I'll give it a try, working with mhWaveEdit without a physical feedback loop, but I couldn't figure it out before. If you could describe your settings in detail, I might catch something I missed before. I'm encouraged that you say it can be done. I wonder if success depends on having a specially capable sound card?

disciple · Posted: Tue 09 Aug 2011, 02:58 Post subject:

BarryK · Posted: Wed 10 Aug 2011, 19:32 Post subject:

I won't be creating a PET of Audacity, as it uses the wxWidgets library, at least, I don't think that I ever will.

But, Wary has 'Sweep' in the repo, a sound recorder/editor, have you tried that?

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

Installed sweep with package manager.
Missing library: libsamplerate

disciple · Posted: Thu 11 Aug 2011, 02:00 Post subject:

Are you still waiting for an audacity package? There are a number of them around, so people might not be inclined to create another new package of an antiquated version, especially given the ridiculous lack of compatibility between different wxwidgets packages.

BTW the main reason why I would not use the "stable" audacity is that if you do have some sort of failure with it you can't easily recover your recording like you can with the newer betas.

nubc · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 746 Location: USA

Since you say there are advantages to using the newer beta versions of Audacity, I don't have a problem with using them. Yes, I still want Audacity for Wary 5.1.1. As I mentioned above, I dread the tedium and loss of productivity when I capture stream off the sound card, so I have been putting off efforts. I'll get around to it soon, when I find a stopping place in my routine project.