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The "dictation" setting is for when you are talking into the recorder (close). You may find that it records more clearly on one of the other settings. Unfortunately, if the sound quality is so bad that you can't make out what is being said, then there is probably nothing that can be done i...

Take a look in the "Recording" tab in the Windows Sound Control Panel. You should see bouncing green meters when the mic is working. If Windows does not hear the mic, then Audacity won't either.

Does the recorder have a headphone socket? If it does, does it sound bad via that headphone socket?
Do you have the recording level set high enough?

Bochets34 wrote:Thanks a lot for your reply, but unfortunately this is wrong...did you try it?

To measure "sound pressure level" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure) you need a calibrated measuring device (such as a "sound pressure level meter"). A recording on an uncalibrated system can only show you how loud one sound is compared to another, it cannot tell you ...

6887 wrote:I have a recording that has a lot of white noise distorting it.

What did you record, with what equipment?
If you are recording with the built-in mic on your laptop, be aware that the mic on laptops are often very poor quality.

What operating system do you have?
Which version of Audacity? (look in "Help > About Audacity")

Anettevoice wrote:How do I manage to higher up my volume? Its to low as it is now... Any suggestions?

Turn up the volume?
What are you trying to do?

Please see: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=86814

Please state which version of Windows you are using, and the exact three-section version of Audacity (look in "Help > About Audacity")

ArielAramburu wrote:We need a different type of fourier processing.

Do you have references to the type of processing that you are proposing?
The next version of Audacity has some new options: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Spectrogram_View