Audacity Forum

Thanks for your comments.
Yes, I was aware of the advice to try to control the signal through Windows but having failed to do that I think that the only way to achieve some control of the recording level, if required, is to control the input signal in some way.

Yes, it works if recording from mic.
The signal does not reach the 'red' level so I was assuming that it needed to be adjusted nearer to that level when recording for best results, as generally advised. I take your point that it could be subsequently amplified.

It isn't greyed out, it just does not work.

Audacity 2.1.3 Windows 10 64 bit latest version I am attenpting to record from an audio cassette machine on to a Dell Inspiron 5567 laptop using a ClimaxDigital USB 2.0 audio capture device. I get a reasonable level recording signal in Audacity but the recording level slider, although movable, does ...