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Find Alsa Version

Binny V A — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:34:59 +0000

Find the version of alsa using this command…


cat /proc/asound/version

Thanks to Sreenath(Hacking With Debian) for this tip.

My KMix Settings

Binny V A — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:21:27 +0000

This kmix setting will setup your microphone for recording. I got it thru trial and error – its not perfect…

Create a Sound File from a Text

Binny V A — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:34:58 +0000

You can create a wav file of a written text using this command


echo "It's such a beautiful day! Why are you in front of the computer?" | festival --tts
echo "It's such a beautiful day! Why are you in front of the computer?" | text2wave -scale 50 -o beautiful_day.wav

Random Noise in Linux

Binny V A — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:02:56 +0000

Random Noise in Linux – I cannot think of any practical use for this command. You can use it for testing the speaker or something.


cat /dev/urandom  > /dev/dsp

Recording Sound in Linux

Binny V A — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:12:24 +0000

To record a sound in wav format from Mic, just use this command…

arecord -f cd test.wav

Use Ctrl+C to stop recording

To playback the recording, use this command…

aplay test.wav