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What software can I use for a simple sound recorder with LL2, so that I can record ambient sound via my laptop's inbuilt microphone?
There is the linux software gnome-sound-recorder 3.4.0, though I suspect it wont run on LL2 as an XFCE rather than a Gnome desktop.

Many thanks in advance for any ideas?

Regards
Mike

A lot of Gnome software will run just fine in Xfce but it may pull in a lot of dependencies (KDE software is awful for this). Try and install it and see if your happy with what it wants to add.

Audacity can record sound, I have not tried this using a mic.
I have just begun to use it to make a mix of mp3, but notice on the interface and user guide info about inputs.

mhwaveedit has always worked for me and is small and easy to install and operate.

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/mhwaveedit/

(09-20-2014, 07:38 PM)rokytnji link Wrote: [ -> ]~$ sudo apt-get -s install mhwaveedit

Many thanks, rokytnji.
When I used the code in it's form above it didn't work - when I left the -s out of the code it downloaded and installed, appearing in "Multimedia". I now just need to work out how to use it so will have a closer look at the link you provided.  Many thanks again.

Regards
Mike

(09-20-2014, 04:23 PM)elija link Wrote: [ -> ]A lot of Gnome software will run just fine in Xfce but it may pull in a lot of dependencies (KDE software is awful for this). Try and install it and see if your happy with what it wants to add.

Thanks Elija - I took your advice and tried downloading it.
However, sudo apt-get install gnome-sound-recorder didn't produce anything, and synaptic package manager did not have it.  When I downloaded it from softpedia, I was unable to install it with Gdebi package manager (after extracting the files), as the message back was that it wasn't a Debian file.

Instead, I went for the mhWaveEdit software suggested by rokytnji (sudo apt-get install mhWaveEdit).
Many thanks though for your suggestion - it was worth a go...

Kind regards
Mike

After a bit more digging I found it is part of a package called gnome-media which as I suspected does pull in a lot of dependencies.


rokytnji is very good at identifying light-weight but functional alternatives so I think you made the right choice. The -s in his original command simply tells apt to simulate the install rather than really do it.

Thanks again, for your reply Elija, very helpful.

Regards
Mike

cheers to roktnji!! thx u so much for the perfect advice. this may seem lame, but u, whoever ur, wherever ur, u r my hero for today!!!

(09-20-2014, 07:38 PM)rokytnji link Wrote: [ -> ]

Code:

~$ sudo apt-get -s install mhwaveedit
[sudo] password for harry:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  lame
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lame mhwaveedit
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 63 not upgraded.
Inst lame (3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [i386])
Inst mhwaveedit (1.4.23-1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [i386])
Conf lame (3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [i386])
Conf mhwaveedit (1.4.23-1 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [i386])

mhwaveedit has always worked for me and is small and easy to install and operate.

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/mhwaveedit/

If you prefer something even simpler and don't mind using a ppa, audio-recorder would be an alternative.
It's for years one of the first installs I do on a new system. It's very versatile with the sources you want to record and completely gets out of your way.


https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder