Hi,

I read a ton of forum posts about that and no solution working.
How can I record my microphone AND the sound played by the computer ?

Thanks.

Assuming ambient noise in the immediate background isn't going to be an issue, you would need to perform two recordings simultaneously to achieve the result desired here. You would then need to combine these two audio files, which software such as Audacity might be able to help you do.

In order to record the output from your computer, you will need to ensure a loopback device is enabled.

Thanks, it kind of work, here is how :
$ arecord r1.wav & arecord r2.wav&
Then, in pavucontrol, set the first recording to internal audio, and the other one to "Monitor of ..."
when finished :
$ killall arecord

This is better than nothing, but not ideal because :
- It requires a lot a manual command (launching arecord, swithching settings in pavucontrol, mixing the tracks).
- The synchronisation is not perfect, I can hear a delay when I try to hear both track at the same time. So I need to sync afterward, I can't mix them directly.

Perhaps you could try using a Pulseaudio native recording application - such as "parecord", which might offer more direct options to select your desired audio devices?

Thanks !
Something like :

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 parecord -r -d 3 r1.wav& parecord -r -d 1 r2.wav&


Just need to adapt the device number for your computer.
Then, killall parecord when finished.

To play both files at the same time :

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vlc r1.wav& vlc r2.wav&


So it's easier now, and the sync looks good.
I think this can be usefull to many people, because a lot of questions about that on forums stay unanswered.