Ecasound

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If you begin to play with a sample player like Specimen, or if you've got a huge number of virtual synths running, Ardour may become too cumbersome to record with. I've been looking for something simpler and finally found Ecasound.

To install it enter (in a terminal):

sudo apt-get install ecasound

Then you can start recording with (assuming jackd is started) :

ecasound -i jack -o somefile.wav

Connect your virtual instruments output in Qjackct>Connect>Audio Tab to the ecasound input. Then push play...

I used then Audacity to remove the blanks and add a fade-out. You can install it with

sudo apt-get install audacity

Ecasound as many unique sound processing feature, including some useful effects, that can be used realtime or not. See Ecasound Examples for more information.

Happy music making !