Audacity Forum

Thanks for the help guys! I will record some stuff tonight, and link a good recording when I'm done!

I thought I was pretty close to the mic, but I may be wrong. Try about 10 to 15 cm from mouth to mic. What level ideally should my microphone be in recording settings? The "right" level ;) It depends entirely on how loud you talk. If you have a quiet voice the mic will need to be turned u...

Ahh, sorry about that! I'm running Windows 7 home premium 64-bit on my desktop. I attempted on my Windows 8.1 Laptop too, and got the same noise. I thought I was pretty close to the mic, but I may be wrong. What level ideally should my microphone be in recording settings? I honestly didn't think it ...

That noise is "normal" with USB devices. You have not recorded loud enough to mask the noise. Your words should be up to +/- about 0.5 on the blue waves. Do you have the mic slider turned up in Audacity? Is this really normal? It's pretty loud during silence, and you can even hear it when...

One of the steps in this tutorial is set up to make a simple recording. If you can't do that, then all the later steps will just drill you a hole deeper and deeper. It appears that the Yeti is one of the microphones that can do a good job of perfect overdubbing — once you set it up. I actually do h...

So I just bought my blue yeti, and was really excited to use it. I plugged it in and pluuged my headphones in to it to hear myself and it sounds crystal clear. However, when I open audacity and press record, I get this weird feedback noise...I've attached it below. This only occurs when recording, b...