Intro, and, first question

[Gregory Nowak]

Jacob, if you haven't done so already, try running:

amixer -c1

to see if your audio adapter has capture, mic, or +20db levels that
you can adjust and/or unmute.

Greg


On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:43:23AM +0200, Jacob Kruger wrote:
> Thanks, Greg.
> 
> 
> Have actually just found out that specifying device 1 works.
> 
> 
> Oddly enough, if I run the arecord -l command, it only shows device
> 1, but, suppose that's since it's offering input, but, had thus not
> realised there was also a device 0 that just wasn't showing up.
> 
> 
> In other words, the following command does now run through, but,
> with one more minor issue that will explain below:
> 
> arecord -D plughw:1 -f dat testing.wav
> 
> 
> The issue have now come across is that it's most likely recording at
> a really low volume, or else will need to double check recording
> with different microphones hooked up to the USB audio adapter, since
> when I then copied the output file to my main PC, and, boosted it's
> volume using audacity, I just picked up some crackles, but, no
> actual voice input, but, will try it out with a different microphone
> now.
> 
> 
> Main thing is it didn't bring up that error message, and, ran
> through, producing the output .wav file, etc.
> 
> 
> Thanks, again
> 
> 
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..."
> 


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