[Cialug] Audio Recording

[Rocket Robin Hood]

Hi Steve - 
While there's plenty of programs that usually come with a distro that would be 
suitable for this, I strongly suggest Audacity - http://
audacity.sourceforge.net - I believe this also comes with most of the big 
distros. It's very intuitive for the most part, you just start by hitting the 
big red record button and look at it go - it defaults to CD settings (44100 
khz, 32 bit sampling rate and all that) and has a really easy export-to-wave 
feature. There's fancier stuff if you want it too, with tons of plugins which 
let you do the craziest stuff (reverb, gain, wah-wah, gverb, long delays, 
pitch control, blahblahblah) and even with pure voice recording I'd suggest a 
4x4 pole allpass (seems to smooth out my p's and t's when I sing). 
I'm a musician, and just last summer I recorded an entire CD using Audacity 
(and Hydrogen, a cool *nix drum machine). 
If you do decide to use Audacity, drop me a line and I can tell you some 
tricks and such as I've wrestled with it for 3-4 versions at this point.

Good luck!

-jason

On Sunday 06 February 2005 05:49, Stephen Hawkins wrote:
> CIALUG,
>
> I am going to read, and record my reading, for a blind friend.  I would
> like to use my computer instead of a tape recorder and then burn the
> recording to a CD ( or CD's where necessary).  Has anyone done this, or
> done any recording like this?  And if so do you have any recommended
> software or techniques? These are probably not recordings I will
> distribute, although I have the author's permission.  These recordings will
> be for the most part, for one friend who because of his eyesite problems
> cannot read.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve