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I have two laptops. Laptop 1 Toshiba <- have used for over a year no problems (Except user error) and record using microphone booster on. Laptop 2 Dell <- We recently have been trying to use this one so I am not using my personal laptop for recording. That way I can leave it at church and make it so...

Also,
I could tell no difference if the the power cord was plugged in or not.

ck1999

I brought the laptop home and plugged it into the headphone out of my cd player these are the readings With cord plugged into the microphone jack on the laptpp the red meter was reading between about -52 to -49. If i unplug the cord and record then the value is between -60 and -54. This was with not...

Stevethefiddle,

I have tried it at home as well recording from a cd player to see what it does and get the same type of noise.

I have not tried battery vs power plug. Have been using only powerplug. I will try the battery alone and see if this changes anything.

Thanks again

ck1999

Thanks for the replies. To answer your questions and for more insight. I am using Audacity 1.3.3-Beta. I have played with the noise removal levels and still do not get what I am trying to. I was recording the sermon from the Record out phono plug to a 1/8 microphone jack on the laptop. These worked ...

I am recording sermons onto my laptop and am having issues with trying to remove some noise or humming in the background. I have tried the noise removal and the mains hum removal effects neither one helps with the sound. The noise removal works some but not to my satisfaction. Can someone take a loo...