+1 on Dafydds solution. Also I use tend to use jack for this type of task. Jack is a software layer that sits on top of ALSA. It is a bit of a heavy tool with a non-trivial but not too steep learning curve. If your kids get into composition, or start using more instruments, then jack (and the jack enabled applications) will become indispensable.
FYI, most modern distributions provide a package so their is rarely a need to compile it yourself. For more info you can go straight to the jack website: http://jackaudio.org/ For some practical tutorials on this sort of thing, poke around here: http://www.64studio.com/manual/audio Cheers, On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Royce Souther <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, I will try that tonight. > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Dafydd Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's actually a setting in Audacity: >> Edit -> Preferences -> Recording, and then check software playthrough. >> >> -Dafydd >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Royce Souther <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You cannot hear what you are recording while you are recording. My kids >> > plug >> > their electronic keyboard into the audio in port of the sound card then >> > hit >> > the record button in audacity and then play a song. There seems to be no >> > way >> > to hear what you are recording so you have to stop then playback to find >> > out >> > how much you need to adjust the recording levels, this takes many >> > attempts. >> > After about 20 minutes or so the levels are good so you can begin to >> > record >> > for real. After you are done you can playback and find out you missed a >> > note >> > so you get to start all over again. It is a real big pain. >> > >> > No one on the [CEL]LUG seems to know how to solve the problem. >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Royce Souther <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > No solution to the audio problem. That system is my families home >> >> > computer >> >> > and so I don't mess with it. My kids have stopped asking me to fix >> >> > this >> >> > recording bug so I may not get back to it for some time. >> >> >> >> What audio problem? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clug-talk mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Easy, fast GUI development. >> > http://PerlQt.wikidot.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > clug-talk mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> > **Please remove these lines when replying >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > -- > Easy, fast GUI development. > http://PerlQt.wikidot.com > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
