Re: [Alsa-user] can't capture sound with echo indigo io soundcard

[Colin K. W. <di...@uw...>]

Hi, thanks for the response. I suspect that I may need a mic pre-amp, I
read this from my soundcard manual:

The jack farthest from the volume knob is the line-level stereo input,
which is set to a fixed nominal gain of –10 dbV.





On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Giuliano Pochini <po...@sh...> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:20:38 -0800
> Colin Kincaid Williams <di...@uw...> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I can't capture sound with my echo indigo io soundcard. I've checked
> > and the capture is not muted. So far the steps I've taken are detailed
> > here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=74415
>
> Audio input cannot be muted. Type "arecord -l" to list available devices.
> Assiming the Indigo is your card #0, you should record sound with a simple
> command like this:
>
> arecord -fcd -Dhw:0 something.wav
>
>
> --
> Giuliano.
>