Audacity Forum

Gale, I now know that the reason I was unaware that my Output Volume had been too high is that I also use a Volume Control Knob which is on the Physical Speaker Set itself. I am always able to adjust that knob and hear what I am recording without affecting the actual level that the computer is outpu...

I checked the volume slider for Sound:Recording:Stereo Mix. Whatever level it is at, the Audacity Input Volume Slider seems to be at automatically (when I move one, the other moves automatically). Still have to record at very low level. But wait a second, I think I just accidentally got it. If this ...

We may be making some progress, thanks again to all above: Koz: I was only able to find one of the things mentioned in your link regarding "Windows Enhanced Sound" -- and I Unchecked "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" for Microphone and any other devices other than the Rea...

OK, thanks everyone - here's the situation now: 1 - I have Realtek's up-to-date driver already installed 2 - Realtek Stereo Mix is checked as default for Recording Device 3 - Everything is set to 2 Channel, 16 Bit, 44100 HZ, stereo to match Audacity 4 - Sound levels 100% 5 - I have no problem when i...

Thanks, yes I am recording FROM stereo source(s) / stereo recordings. And I have Audacity set to Stereo input. Still have the problems described in previous posts.

Sorry, One more thing, when Audacity DOES record in the Stereo Mix mode, it records at such a high volume, that even when I slide the input level to the far left, it is still recording almost at max. volume. (when I used to use Audacity in Vista, almost all of my recordings were made with the slider...

Thanks for the reply. I am able to select "Stereo Mix" as instructed on the first link you provided. Does "Stereo Mix" mean that the stereo sound will be converted to mono on both tracks (as I explained above, that is what seems to be happening when I have that option selected). Or, should "Stereo M...

I apologize if this question is common, but I'm stuck. I've used Audacity before but am newly using Windows 7 from scratch; with a newly downloaded Audacity 1.3.13 beta version, and a new Sound Card (Realtek) Driver installed. I just can not seem to figure out this time how to get it to record (i.e....