(earlier post referring to recording the output of the hardware synthesis directly to an (audio) file)... >> acreord -f wav -t S16_LE -r 44100 -d 60 -c 2 <file>.wav >>With "amixer" I set the "capture" slider to maximum and there >>is still a slider "music capture". I set this slider to >>maximum, too. That's all. > > Sorry to be boring... you mean without plugging a lead from > your analog out into your analog in and then simply recording > as above ? > > I've got an old SBlive but sfxload won't work (for me) on a > 2.6 kernel... so I can't test this right now. > > --markc Absolutly... When someone on this list pointed this out, I was blown away. I use My SB Live card to play my soundfont thru My keyboard and "capture" it to a file using ecasound. This has actually opened up a whole new approach to recording. It isn't the "alternative" to recording midi (and converting .mid to .wav with Timidity), but it gives Me another aproach to recording live when working with My sound fonts. Sometimes I just want to turn on My keyboard and start recording what comes out of it right to a sound file. It's just opened up some flexibility. I have the feeling that being able to "capture" things coming thru My sound card has other "hidden" benifits that I haven't explored. Unfortunatly, I have too many projects going. But even worse, I'm more "creative minded" than I am "techicnal minded", so I haven't been able to really work with the (many) sliders that offer "capture mode" in alsa mixer. Rocco
