Comment 9 for bug 886449

Thank you Benjamin. I now have some new information which could potentially help!

This command will allow you to record sound through ALSA:

$: arecord -f cd -D plughw:1,0 -d 20 test.wav

Start speaking when it says recording and go to the home directory and double click on the test.wav and you'll hear that it works! But heres where I think the problem lies. It only works when you use plughw and not hw. Hence entering the command like this:

$: arecord -f cd -D hw:1,0 -d 20 test.wav

will not allow it to record any sound.