lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > In the meantime I tried to use arecord (which unfortunately does not > provide man pages) It does - I have one on my machine! > arecord -f S16_LE -r 48000 test.wav > > *but* this results in a mono file with too low signal level. You may have to set -c 2 as well to get stereo, this is not the default. Alsio the hardware device maybe. As for low level - are you sure the DAT is correctly leveled? After all, these tools do nothing with the level except if explicitly (and kindly) asked. -- A jury consists of 12 persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. -- Robert Frost