Hello

Would like to upload an mp3 file to an audio recording and editing program and record over it, and then be able to copy and paste and move bits around on it like a time line

Looking for an easy to use program, dont need a DAW or anything complex like that
Any recommendations please?

Thanks

Audacity is, in my opinion, the go-to choice. You can record with it, edit with it, do overlays and inserts with it, and so on.

You can find a number of excellent tutorials on how to use it on Youtube (along with a bunch of lousy ones).

Sorry but we went though all this on a music production forum and found we could never work out how to set up the recorder
https://gearspace.com/board/music-co...ing-sound.html

Then I asked about other audio editors or basic DAWs and pathetically that would run on my OS linux
But when the going gets tough, the tough get going!
or should i say; toys out the pram
https://gearspace.com/board/music-co...-wanted-2.html

Unless you know how to set the recorder up in Audacity that is?
Then we could be off to a flying start hear on linux questions!

Quick question regarding your operating system, are you using Debian install on a chromebook, or are you using Linux mode in ChromeOS?

Audacity is fantastic, I have made/recorded 5 cd's for my wife using Audacity and have used it in Linux as well as Windows. I looked at the thread you linked to and it seems like you were using ChromeOS at the time, yes?

It does take some work in the beginning but it is quite easy to fiddle with and the best place is Audactiy site itself. I encourage you to take some time and check the articles here. Once you get the settings working just make notes of what you selected and used.

I can confirm Audacity works on Rocky ...

Just the terminal

Did you see the video I uploaded?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvWCVrAqFM
Not recording sound; do you know how to set up the input audio on it?
Thanks

As an FYI, Audacity does not officially support running on ChromeOS, some folks get it to work well, others do not. With that in mind, I googled and found
this little help to get going. Click on Audacity so you can jump to the quick how to.

If you google for recording software on Chromebook you will find other options than audacity.

Look at this link for setting up linux on Chromebook.

Then scroll down and see this piece:

And this part:

Given these things I am not so sure you would find great success in running applications in Linux that need to operate outside the linux sandbox. You are, after all NOT running a full on distribution of Linux.

I would recommend you be more clear about your setup when asking questions that you are running Linux "inside" chromeOS. That is very different than running an actual linux distribution on bare metal and different also then Linux in a VM. It would help people answer you better.

I would recommend googling for software that can record and is for ChromeOS, I think it will give better results.

But htat is not what I am running! I am running a version installed from the linux terminal

As you can see from the video in the OP. the mic all ready works but just not in Audacity

There dose not appear to be any

What does that even mean?

Then try "recording software for chromeos" in duckduckgo...

Here's a couple of many links... https://soundpandas.com/software/bes...or-chromebook/
and... https://filmora.wondershare.com/audi...hromebook.html

A quick google search for "recording software for chromeos"

Did you read in the tips I pasted about allowing the Linux container to use the microphone?

@Jan K: The OP is using Linux inside a container within ChromeOS, hence the comment about "installed from the Linux terminal".

in saying

made me think of:

ffmpeg, another option. may be fiddly.


alsamixer may help check the microphone capture is on. (e.g. F6 to select sound card, left/right cursor keys to select which volume control to adjust (perhaps mic and/or capture, are relevant), spacebar to turn on capture on it, up and down cursor keys to adjust volume.)

... There may also be other new fancy pipewire(?)/pulseaudio(?) tools and such, but I dont know them at all (patchbay?). Many old great JACK tools exist too, to explore (I forget the names).

In Audacity itself, perhaps Devices and Recording tabs in Edit/Preferences need a jiggle too?
[edit: Also check the 4 drop down menus in Audacity's Devices Panel.]

Ahh!

But that makes even less sense to me... just strip ChromeOS and install a proper, pure Linux then.

But your missing the point! the mic dose work in cromebook. Please see the video in the OP. but not in Audacity