recording wavs

[Squabsy]

On 22 Sep 2003 06:35:15 -0400, "burns" <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> said:
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 06:00, Squabsy wrote:
> > Yes indeed I'm in Sunny :-D Bournemouth on the south coast. For 36 years
> > (I haven't roamed very far I'm afraid)
> 
> I lived in Northwood, about 6 miles from Watford. The village is split.
> Half is in the Hillingdon borough of Greater London. The other half is
> in Hertfordshire. We lived on the Herts side. 
> 
> I enjoyed living in the UK. Wouldn't mind going back some day for a
> visit.
> 

Where are you now ?

I don't know anyone else using Linux even some of my techie  IT collegues
at work. So this list is proving very informative. Each little problem is
an enjoyable if sometimes frustrating learning experiance.

In terms of RAM I currently have 256mb on 2 128 chips and a 512 swap How
much more ram would you recommend ?

I seem to remember that someone advised that max swap should be double
your ram. I think the recordings I have made get more glichy once the ram
run's out and the SWAP kicks in.

By changing to 16bit I have managed about 7 mins recording so far before
it goes du-du-du-du-du-du-du

Recording wavs is really the only major problem I'm having with Linux so
I don't want to spend too much. I suppose I could replace one of the
128's with a 256 for about ?30 that would take me up to 384.

My objective is (still) a 30 min 16bit stereo wav at 44100hz

Are there no progs that can write direct to disk for linux then ?

(note :must change my sig to reflect my linux interests)

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