On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 02:56:02PM +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > arecord displays the input signal with the -vv switch. If you don't > want to actually record to a file, use something like: > > arecord -D hw:0,2 -f dat -vv /dev/null So that's how I should use "hw:" ! It occurred to me as I posted the question that I should RTFM first. OK, I'll have to wait till I get home before I can try this. > (or "-f cd" if the input is 44.1 kHz) Yes, I must have read some of "man arecord" because I knew about -f cd Many thanks for the hint. -- Anahata anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: 01638 720444 http://www.treewind.co.uk Mob: 07976 263827