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I didn't mean to imply the young man wasn't teachable. Please accept my apology for any confusion. We are all newbies - started recording just over a year and a half ago. We're using my laptop connected to our very small and very basic sound board. We are a small church and don't have the budget for...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I've also enjoyed the theological discussion! 8-) The sound guy is a 16-year-old kid, who's heart is huge. The other sound guy is my 17-year-old son. He has figured out how to avoid the distortion, so as soon as he is back from his summer job, he will show this guy how ...

We record our sermons on audacity, and one of our sound guys consistently puts the levels up too high, so there is a lot of distortion in the playback. Is there any way to lessen or remove that distortion? And yes, we're working on training this guy better!

Hey Koz, Yeah, it's a laptop. Dell Inspiron 1525. Not the biggest laptop around, but usually more than adequate for what we're doing. We've been recording our church sermons for the last few months, plugging into the microphone jack through our rather outdated soundboard. Up until yesterday, things ...

I have the same problem. All my meters are showing (and the playback meter says it is playing...), but no sound. I've already checked to see if my computer was on mute, or if anything else plays back (like just playing a CD in Windows Media Player), and everything checks out fine. I also checked wha...