[nzlug] Recording audio notes under KDE

[Craig Box]

Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 17:57 +1200, Dirk Pilat wrote:
>> I have just finished producing my second podcast with Audacity and am
>> blown away by its simplicity. Why use some 3rd rate KDE-specific tool
>> when you can use the best?
> 
> Simple. Because Audacity doesn't use ALSA, and my built-in sound chip
> and sound card won't work without it. 

Try 'aoss audacity', or rebuild Audacity with a newer PortAudio:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=LinuxIssues#OSS_vs_ALSA

Craig