Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Q: recording output from audio applications to disk
From: Joakim Verona (joakim_AT_verona.se)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 17:58:20 EEST
Thanks, I'll look into the alsa 0511 sources to see if I find anything
then(wish me good luck since i find the alsa source rather difficult to
penetrate)
Yes, I've been folowing the threads and understand that it isn't all
that easy. its just that for my needs, and as I saw it, just monitioring
the audio device shouldnt be all too complex. I imagined that a soultion
to just spool the audio buffers to RAM as well as playing them would be
something that already existed.
It occurs to me, though, that perhaps I missunderstood the problem.
Since each softsynth opens its own alsa device(in my case) perhaps there
isn't a clean way to get to the actual digitaly mixed hardware buffer.
Perhaps there even isnt one on my hardware, perhpas mixing is done in
analog. Very well, then I'll do the mastering on my desktop instead and
record digitally to DAT. But that felt like an unecessary step.
/joakim
Paul Davis wrote:
>>I made a track with jazz/timidity/csound that i would like to record
>>digitally to disk.
>>
>>I would like some way to monitior the soundcards output, and record it
>>to disk at the same time as im playing it.
>>
>>Im using alsa 0511.
>>
>>I've seen somewhere that this is possible with OSS, but dont remember how.
>>
>
> its not possible with OSS, and its not possible with current
> ALSA. ALSA 0.5.X had a way to do this, but I'm not sure anyone
> remembers how.
>
> what you want has been the subject of a massive amount of discussion
> on LAD over the last few weeks. its no simple matter, and "we're
> working on it".
>
> --p
>
-- Joakim Veronawww.verona.se joakim_AT_verona.se
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