[TriLUG] How to hear what you're digitizing???

[Steve Litt]

Hi all,

I'm digitizing my vinyl records, and creating a script to do it quickly and 
efficiently. I need to hear what's playing, while I'm digitizing, so if it 
falls off the front of the record or starts skipping a groove I know it 
instantly.

I have to use arecord because it's the only command style recorder I could 
find that can produce 32 bit .wav files. I need 32 bits so i can record at low 
volumes and still have plenty of information for normalized volume at 24 or 16 
bits. The sox rec command won't do 32 bits, and audacity's point and click 
user interface isn't conducive to fast, repetitive recording.

So how does one use arecord in order to hear what's being recorded?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
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