On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Hans wrote: >>>>Does anybody know how to override the -d switch used with arecord? I simply >>>>want to start recording and exit when I want with ctrl+c. For now I have to [...] > need a problem free way to record. Audacity does only /dev/dsp > recording, ReZound can record but is too unstable, so what else is > there? I want a KISS solution. Any hints? You might want to try ecasound - http://www.eca.cx/ecasound ... sh> ecasound -i alsa -o foobar.wav [... record and end with ctrl-c] Some reasons why you should use ecasound for recording: - http://eca.cx/ecasound-list/2001/06/0016.html That's a mail I wrote in 2001, but most of the things I mention are still very much relevant. And some examples of what else you can do: http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/Documentation/examples.html http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/Documentation/tutorials.html Hope this helps. :) -- http://www.eca.cx Audio software for Linux!