Audacity Forum

Thank you for replying so soon. How loud are you talking, and how far away is the microphone from your face. I speak from about my outstretched hand's length away from the mic (must be about 18-20 cm), and at more or less normal conversational volume. I don't use a pop shield as I have never had any...

Windows XP Pro Creative Audigy SB 4 sound card Samson Q1U USB mic (plugged into front USB port, not adjacent to any other USB device), not using SoftPre Plantronics headset (mic muted on headset and in Windows Volume Control) plugged into sound card Audacity 1.3.4-beta (Unicode) I record talking bo...