Audacity Forum

Hello, I am trying to record music from an external source and I am hearing a hiss on playback. It seems to only affect silences (just before songs play, during pauses and when songs end). I am thinking it could be a rather poor audio card that's the issue. I have de-selected "Enhancements" in my au...

In recording CD-quality audio (music) from the internet, what records is very quiet. To make the recording sound more like playing a CD on my PC, I will "normalize" the recording. Then on playback, I hear a low-level but noticeable (and slightly irritating) hiss - like I was instead playing one of t...