On ubuntu/debian

Start off try using the standard packages:
  * Sound Recorder

This is ok but it is gui based and no way to automate

Also how do we edit sound files once ripped
  * GNUSound: installed ok but kept crashing and couldn't work how to do what I wanted to do
  * 
aumix-gtk
audio-mixer

Doing it by hand:
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1. Work out what your audio input device is

  * read: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO/x504.html
  * on my system /dev/dsp worked

2. Decided which tool you are going to use to capture sound:

  * dd: this will just capture raw bits. Not that useful.
    * $ dd if=/dev/dsp of=sample.au
    * test: $ cat sample.au > /dev/audio 
  * rawrec:
    * $ sudo rawrec --audio-device /dev/dsp > rawrectest.raw
    * test: $ sudo rawplay --audio-device /dev/audio rawrectest.raw 
  * rec:
    * $ rec -c 1 -r 44100 -s w cohen1.wav
    * $ play -V cohen1.wav 

References
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[1]: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Rip/rip-analog.html