Zenaan Harkness <zen...@freedbms.net> writes: > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 03:03:46AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> writes: >> > >> >>> >> >>> For human voice, I bought a USB audio card and plugged a third >> >>> microphone into it. So now I have: >> >>> >> >>> mic1 for piano basses; |__________ plugged together into the >> >>> mic2 for piano highs; | above Y cable >> >>> mic3 for voice -> -> -> -> plugged into the USB dongle. >> >>> >> >>> Then I do: >> >>> >> >>> $ sox -t alsa default piano.wav >> >>> >> >>> and, at the same time, on another xterm session, >> >>> >> >>> $ sox -t alsa wh:2,0 voice.wav >> >>> >> >>> where wh:2,0 is the USB device (do: `arecord -l' first). This way I get >> >>> two audio files: piano.wav and voice.wav. The first one is stereo and >> >>> the second is mono. In the end I merge the two together with Audacity. >> >>> By default, Audacity puts the mono file just in the middle between left >> >>> and right channel; but, if you like, you can have it weight more left or >> >>> more right, in the percentage you want. I must say that the result is >> >>> acceptable, and more... >> >>> >> >> Why not do all that directly in Audacity? I am sure it works and it will >> >> take care of the timing automatically >> > >> > >> > Thanks, I'll have a try. >> >> >> Apparently, Audacity doesn't let you record simultaneously from two or more >> sources... you have to choose one source. > > Ardour should only take half a day to start using - it absolutely > rocks - high end DAW FTW :D
Thanks... As far as I see, Ardour and Jack are powerful tools... On the other hand, with the above recording procedure, i.e. several simultaneous sessions of sox, no drifting or latency effects did I appreciate at all... So it is maybe worth for me to continue that way till the moment such problems will arise... Rodolfo
