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How to install Audio Recorder in Ubuntu

Install Audio Recorder in Ubuntu

Audio Recorder is a free software that is used for recording music to audio files. It uses the system’ s card, microphone, and other devices. It supports almost all formats of audio files. Installation of Audio recorder is explained in this manual.

To install Audio Recorder

Before starting with the installation of Audio Recorder, add the following repository by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa 
 This is a new package archive for Audio-recorder.
It has packages for Ubuntu 15.x, 16.04, 16.10+ and Linux Mint 18.x.
This PPA belongs to the team.

Installation:
0) Remove the OLD, PRIVATE PPA that belonged to the developer.  Run:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:osmoma/audio-recorder

1) Add new PPA.
Then update your package list and Install the latest version of audio-recorder.  Run:
sudo add-apt-repository  ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get -y update 
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 More info: https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpm_oakzo7/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpm_oakzo7/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key ACF9669F from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpm_oakzo7/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key ACF9669F: public key " Launchpad PPA for Team audio-recorder"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Then run the following command to update the newly added repository to the system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update 
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                                                  
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [16.3 kB]                                                
Ign:3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  InRelease                                           
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                     
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nemh/systemback/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        
Hit:6 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  Release         
Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                             
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [456 B]    
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [461 B]             
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/audio-recorder/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [447 B]
Hit:11 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                  
Get:12 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  Release.gpg [481 B]
Fetched 18.1 kB in 1s (9,205 B/s)                   
Reading package lists... Done


Lets now start installing the Audio Recorder.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install audio-recorder -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  casper cifs-utils grub-efi-amd64-bin isolinux keyutils libsystemback localechooser-data lupin-casper syslinux-utils
  systemback-cli systemback-efiboot-amd64 systemback-locales systemback-scheduler user-setup
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  audio-recorder
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 201 kB of archives.
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Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up audio-recorder (1.7-5~xenial) ...


Search for the Audio Recorder from the Unity dashboard and then click on the icon to open it.

Now the audio recorder software is ready to use.

To uninstall the Audio Recorder

Utilize the following command to remove the Audio Recorder software.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove audio-recorder -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  casper cifs-utils grub-efi-amd64-bin isolinux keyutils libsystemback localechooser-data lupin-casper syslinux-utils
  systemback-cli systemback-efiboot-amd64 systemback-locales systemback-scheduler user-setup
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  audio-recorder
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.1-1~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Tag : Audio Recorder
FAQ
Q
How to order the numbering of soundcards, if using ALSA drivers?
A
In /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (debian based distro) one can give an option line as:

options [sound-driver-name] index=[number]

When a driver handles more than one device, you have to specify multiple values for the index option, like this:

options snd-usb-audio index=2,3

How do I specify order of *several* USB soundcards in alsa-base.conf?

If you have several soundcards of one type (=the same driver), you can additionally specify product-ids, as follows:

Look at the output of “lsusb” and “lsusb -n” for the vendor/product IDs of the devices, then specify these IDs in the vid and/or pid options, in hexadecimal. For exampe, if your first USB device has IDs 0123:4567 and the second 89ab:cdef, use the line

options snd-usb-audio index=2,3 pid=0x4567,0xcdef
Q
How to eliminate noise from live production in Audio Recorder?
A
Live noise has many causes, including ground-loops, and other equipment near and far injecting static of many kinds. This includes including weak but audio-active USB signals, PC fan noise, firewire, et cetera, into powerline, ground, and thence into the system. There are many approaches to this, and often more than one approach is needed.
Q
Can you give me the repository to install the Audio recorder ?
A
For the installation of Audio recorder on Ubuntu, use the following command as given below "add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa use this"
Q
Some of my applications sound a (half)tone too high/low, have a wrong pitch ?
A
It's likely, that the sample-rate of the programs you're using doesn't match. Decide for a samplerate and make sure all applications actually use it. When running a sound-server (jack), make sure it uses the same samplerate. (For example when running fluidsynth, set the -r parameter appropriately)
Q
How to remove noise from recordings? How to restore old recordings (from vinyl/tape) in Audio Recorder?
A
Some noises can be removed by surpressing specific frequencies, by applying EQs or Filters. Audiofile editors as audacity and rezound offer different solutions for noise removal.

Related articles

Noise Removal with Audacity
Article about noise reduction
SoundsOnSounds article - Comparing audio restoration plugins
wikipedia - Audio restoration
librivox wiki - Detailed: Noise removal with Audacity
CedarAudio Company - with some tech. info

Applications

The Gnome Wave Cleaner Project
Speach noise removal (?)
Dynamic Digital Declicker for Audio Files
GramoFile - digitalize old recordings
"Declick 2000" plugin - not open source, but priceless