Author: Steve Wesemeyer Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] A sad day for me (and Tux??). A good day for Bill?
On Wednesday 29 April 2009 16:49:05 Lisi wrote: > I have been trying for weeks now to record a simple file in Linux, and
> getting almost nowhere. (I recorded 2 words yesterday, but now can't do it
> again. And anyhow, 2 words is not enough.) I just don't know enough about
> sound mixing to understand the instructions, particularly as every mixer
> and instruction uses different terms. I don't want to mix anything. I
> don't want multiple tracks. I just want a simple recording such as can be
> done on any cheap tape player.
>
> So just now, I went right against the grain and tried in XP. It Just
> Worked. No jargon. No incomprehensible instructions. You click record.
> It records. You click stop, it stops. You click rewind, it rewinds. You
> click play and it plays. Not very good quality, but hey, who cares.
>
> So I am going to have to tell Peter that he must record in Windows because
> XP provides a simple recorder. :-((
>
> And yes, I have tried to find a simple recorder in Linux. It doesn't seem
> to exist.
>
> And if anyone tells me that Audacity is simple I shall go outside and
> scream. :-(
>
> Lisi
Krecord works for me (Opensuse 11.1, KDE 3.5, no pulseaudio)
