Audacity Forum

All microphones produce a bit of noise. The "absolute" amount of noise is irrelevant. The important thing is how much noise is there in relation to the audio signal - that is, the "signal to noise ratio" (SNR). If the audio signal is hugely greater than the amount of noise, then...

... As in red near the top of this page: Please state which version of Windows you are using, the exact three-section version of Audacity from "Help > About Audacity".

Yep I got my UCA222 back and it's solved everything. Thanks again for the help.

... show imputing sound. must be the computer mic. how can I change this. To be more specific I am using a behringer xenyx502 mixing board. someone help this not so tech savvy person so I can make some podcast!

Hi, I recently bought an AT2020 USB Mic, and have this annoying background white noise/hiss. I'm unsure what to do. No matter how quiet the house gets, it's always there. It's a very quiet noise though. http://clyp.it/5egxep0g This is a short clip of what I mean. Personally I think it's just due to ...

Thank you, Gunnar!

I will continue to try the method you described. It is exactly what I do to capture cassette tape analog signals while digitizing them and later exporting them as MP3.

Again, thank you for the help!!!

... but I still have static when I have audio, I've tried messing around with compress, noise removal and normalise but I cant shift it. can anyone help thanks

The latest versions of Audacity have "screen-shot tools" in the "help" menu.
You can use those tools to capture a frequency-analysis graph as a png image, (see attached).

Thanks - that's exactly what the problem was.

Ensure that playback is Stopped and not Paused (click the "Stop" button)