Trying to file system sounds and your microphone on the identical time on Ubuntu, and put it aside to a single audio file?
Reco is a free, open-source audio recording app for Linux, written in Vala and GTK. Though it’s designed for elementary OS it really works effectively on Ubuntu and different Linux distributions, and doesn’t look too conspicuous on the trendy GNOME desktop, both.
Higher nonetheless, Reco is obtainable to put in from Flathub.

With the ability to seize your voice and your system’s audio output (be it sport audio, software program, music, somebody speaking in a broadcast) concurrently is beneficial for content material creation, be it conducting interviews to incorporate in a podcast, making YouTube movies, or transcribing issues for weblog posts, and so on.
Equally, anybody collaborating in a web based lecture, seminar, or assembly could discover it helpful to have an audio copy of the speak to reference, use for revision, take notes from, and so on.
You need to use Reco to file audio calls on Ubuntu. Nevertheless, you could get permission from whomever you’re speaking to in order that they know you’re recording earlier than you begin recording. And sure, this is applicable even in less-formal conditions like chatting to your mates on Discord.

Probably the most compelling function in Reco for me is that it permits you to select which microphone to file from. If you happen to solely ever have 1 microphone, that received’t sound like an enormous deal. However you probably have a number of enter gadgets linked you don’t essentially need to use whichever one is about because the system default.
Options of Reco:
- Report sounds from microphone and system on the identical time
- Select which system(s) to file from
- Save to FLAC, MP3, Ogg, Opus, WAV
- Set a delay earlier than recording (as much as 15 seconds)
- Set whole size of recording (as much as 600 seconds)
- Audio waveform proven throughout recording
- Select to auto save recordings or select location every time
- Recording saved if app is stop
If Reco sounds helpful to you, go give it a whirl.
• Get Reco on Flathub