# How to record and play audio in Ubuntu's terminal
Wed Jan 06 2021
Today I learned how to record and play audio using
arecord (opens new window)
and aplay (opens new window)
via this blog
post (opens new window)
when I was trying to test my microphone.
You probably don't need to install anything extra if you're running Ubuntu to run these commands.
To record audio, run arecord <filename>. Press Ctrl-C to stop the
recording. To play back the audio, run aplay <filename>.
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