How to record very faint sound from the analogue input?

[Steve]

On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:46:16 -0000, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>> There are battery powered amps some folks buy for their  
>> headset-microphone
>> combos.
>>
>
> So there is no way to boost the input signal?
>
>
>> One method I used is Google Voice, where I had it call my Gizmo IP  
>> phone and
>> then it completes the target call.  I had the Gizmo client software  
>> record
>> the call to file.
>>
>
> That won't do for me here, sorry. I need to record from line in.
>
>
Might be an idea to ask on the ubuntu-studio list, as they’re into  
recording.

-- 
Steve

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