Subj : Re: sound: very low volume when recording from the microphone
To   : alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
From : Michael Heiming
Date : Sat Nov 13 2004 09:43 am

In alt.os.linux Alain Rey <amrey@free.fr>:
> Hi,
> I can't get a decent sound when I record from the microphone.
> When I do:
> arecord -t wav -d 3 test.wav
> and speak in the microphone, then playback with:
> aplay test.wav,
> the volume is very low, and the quality of the recording very bad.

I'd try starting up some mixer 'aumix' or alike and check
settings, quite often those are pretty low, resulting in poor
quality.

Good luck

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