=== Audacity === FYI: Audacity does have mixer/mixing options for selecting or recording only a Mono channel for the mic/microphone channel. ie. "1 (Mono) Input Channel" or "2 (Stereo) Input Channels" === Traceback into arecord (or aplay.c) === A little further into the source code of alsa-utils: alsa-utils-1.0.27.2/aplay/aplay.c @ Line 1238: err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(handle, params, hwparams.channels); if (err < 0) { error(_("Channels count non available")); prg_exit(EXIT_FAILURE); === English Grammar Corrections === 1) Concerning the incorrect usage of the word " non ", the following should find all occurances of the word " non " which imply " not ": fgrep /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.27.2 -r -e " non " 2) Although "Channel count" is the correct English grammar form, I think the programmeres intentions were to make explicit reference to the variable "channels", or "--channels". Following should find all occurances of the incorrect plural usage of "Channels", but I do not think this requires any correction! fgrep /var/tmp/portage/media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.27.2 -r -e "Channels count" -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user