Audacity Forum

Why are you setting the Audacity volume control at 80%? Leave it at 100 % and control the gain of the mic pre-amp from the Steinberg.

Why do you want to do this, and for what type of recording - voice, piano, trumpet? Sounds to me like MIDI is a better approach.

Depends on what you want to do. If you want good quality, buy an external usb audio interface, one that has its own power supply, or provides independently created regulated power from the usb 5vdc supply. Lot's of suggestions above. You'll need some mics though. Just make sure you do some research....

If the attached file was truly raw data, you've got a serious problem. Your base level noise is sitting at about -36dBFS. It should be at least -60dBFS, preferably lower. Even without the squealing sound, the noise level is way too high.

Koz's suggestions are the best place to start.

If you could post a 10 second sample of silence (have the microphone on and recording volume set to normal level) I can analyze the file. 60Hz hum is rarely just at 60Hz - it includes numerous harmonics. One approach I use, that gives a 3-4dB reduction in base noise, as well as completely eliminatin...

I recorded each sample directly into Audacity using 'exclusive' mode, Audacity volume control at 100% for the Roland data stream, and the Audacity volume control at 50% for the internal mic. The Roland samples were copied into a single track, then normalized as a group. The same technique was used f...

A little OT, but still in the "exclusive mode" "mixer bypass" discussion, here is a 25 second audio file of six samples of base noise - three using the Roland Quad-Capture and three using my laptop Conexant microphone. The Roland had no input mic and the output level was set for 0 gain. The Conexant...

.wav files can be any sample rate desired. I often export Audacity .wav files in rates as low as 128 samples per second. This allows me to do FFTs in a 0 to 64Hz window with very high resolution. Most of the apps I use do not care what rate is provided. Apropos of the pitch shift mentioned by the OP...

This is the question that I think is still unanswered. WASAPI in exclusive mode is similar to ASIO but I'm not 100% sure that it prevents resampling. Why exactly are you not 100% sure? Windows should not be applying explicit sample rate or bit depth conversions. Gale You mention about Windows applyi...

This is an unsubstantiated statement by Cambridge Audio found at https://techsupport.cambridgeaudio.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/201787081/Audiophile_s_Guide_To_Bit_Perfect_USB_Audio.pdf "ASIO (Audio Stream Input/Output) is another method of audio transport which is superior to WASAPI as it bypa...