Audacity Forum

So I recently picked up a few items to start recording some music at home and these have all been great apart from my Prosound Microphone, http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/usb-podcast-and-vocal-microphone-a99jb?u=podadv_prosoundmic&c=affilwin7018& . Basically it's very weak at picking up sound even...

... I tried noise removal by doing the noise profile, but nothing changed. I'm not very well versed in Audacity, I'm just getting into using it. Any help is appreciated.

... communications activity:", choose "Do nothing". That should not have any effect when you are recording just the mic, but it may help when you are recording computer playback. Click OK. Restart Audacity then choose WASAPI host. For playback device, choose the device you chose ...

... recording device. I tried MME and DirectSound as well. No change. I've tried WASAPI as well, but the recording doesn't even start. Thanks for your help! ps: yes, it's a recording issue, not playback. the waveform shows it. Skype is not running.

... page or the Devices Preferences page in the manual for instruction on setting the input device. This page on connecting USB turntables might also help. The link Gale sent you too is the "freebies" page at the Rogue Amoeba website. The freebie you want from that page is "LineIn" ...

... sure what caused this - is there a way to fix it without re-recording all of my voice tracks? I am attaching a five second sample. Thanks for any help! Steve :oops:

If you use the recommended Windows installer, the user manual is included in the Help menu. Take a look at "Help menu > Quick Help". That opens the "Getting Started Guide". The on-line version is here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/quick_help.html

From the drums I have a usb that runs into my Lenovo desktop (windows 8.) The USB is MIDI only, not audio. Audacity does not support MIDI, so with audacity you'll need line-in. As you may know, with MIDI the actual drums sounds are generated in software and they will generally sound different from ...

... you can try boosting those frequencies. Boosting the high frequencies above 5000 Hz will bring out the "T" and "S" sounds to help with intelligibility. Of course, with music there are other instruments sharing the same frequency bands (sometimes playing the exact same notes ...

... or walkthrough I could watch? I can't find the tabs for those settings to change. For Gale: the cam is not in a USB hub. Thank you guys for your help!