Re: [LAU] Best recording software for long session

From: drew Roberts <zotz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon May 19 2008 - 14:05:10 EEST

On Sunday 18 May 2008 20:39:35 Al Thompson wrote:
> I have need to record a lengthy (2+ hours) live show non-stop, stereo, and
> was wondering what Linux program is best at this. I've tried reading the
> docs and FAQs I could find, and those docs that I could find say nothing of
> any recording time limits, or file size limits. It's got to save in
> 44.1/16bit .WAV format, and run on non-jack Fedora.

Thought I could help until I got here. I record a band at gigs on my laptop.
Ubuntu and now ubuntu studio. ardour sitting on jack. Records several hours
just fine.
>
> I've got Audacity, but besides the fact that I don't know if it will do the
> length of non-stop recording, it's quirky on my laptop. Sometimes it
> doesn't recognize the input device, and only has one logical input device
> available. Other times it's fine. There is no apparent pattern to it, so
> I hate to trust it since I can never predict if it's going to work.

Give rezound a try. You could always record a few hours of background noise at
home... For testing purposes.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Al

all the best,

drew

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