[Tfug] audio formats and programs

[t takahashi]

for recording speech and lq music, i am using rec from the sox package
with default options and a .ogg filename.  the file program says "Ogg
data, Vorbis audio, mono, 8000 Hz, ~22400 bps, created by: Xiph.Org
libVorbis I (1.1.0 RC1)".

i tried cvs, gsm, vms, ogg, and wav.  ogg and wav were good.  gsm was
small and good but reverbed sibilants.  ogg was fairly small and i
know it's standard.

i like the quality, but can i do better for size without sacrificing
standardness?

for editing i am using audacity, which is clunky but fast.

for sound system i have not bothered trying alsa yet, and i run kde. 
i will try alsa and quit kde in the future.

did i settle on what most people do?

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