Hello, I need to record live sound with Audacity 2.2.2 via a USB output from a new Mackie VLZ2404 mixing board.
I have downloaded drivers for the USB outputs on the board, loaded them onto a Windows 7 Asus laptop.
The laptop sees the board outputs and can input sound to the board via the same USB connection.
Problem: recording levels from the board are very low. I can gain Audacity to maximum recording level and recording levels are still low (less than 50 on the Audacity linear recording scale) and the noise floor is greatly increased.
Mackie tech support states that this is a known issue with Audacity, and suggest that I use an Audacity suite tool - I think it was "gain tool’ or similar - to increase the recording levels from the USB input without increasing the noise floor substantially.
Does anyone know anything about this tool in the Audacity suite? I am unable to find either a suite or a gain tool.
Thank you.
Tim