I have tested this on a Dell m1330 and gnome-sound-recorder seem to work properly after selecting the right device in the mixer an unmuting the microphone. Magicfab sent me his alsa-info.txt output, which I have included here, as well as mine and the one from the m1330.
-- gnome-sound-recorder does not capture sound properly (static click sounds) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275046 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs