Microphone Auto-Gain Adjust?

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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I’m having a problem with recording some songs. I’m a singer and whenever I hold or sustain a note the microphone seems to auto adjust the gain and turn it way down. If I apply vibrato it comes back.

I tried adjusting the microphone setting on my computer by un-checking the box “allow applications to take exclusive control of this device”. But it didn’t fix it.

I can’t seem to find anyone else with this problem. Any and all help would be appreciated.

I am running Windows 8 and Audacity 2.0.6
My sound board is a Xenyx502

Thank you

~CM

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Make sure all [u]Windows Enhancements[/u] are turned-off.

Audacity just “captures” the digital audio stream, so it won’t change anything during recording… But sometimes Windows does…

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Windows Enhanced Services naturally assumes that any sustained tones or sounds are noise and tries to cancel them out. When it’s working right, it lets you talk in a noisy room. It hates music.

Koz