Windows 11
Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen
Mic: Rode NT1 Series
Hi everyone, I didn’t have this problem before. I don’t know what happened, if I clicked on a wrong button of if it’s the new version of Audacity. When I record, it seems that my audio is now limited to -6dB and I’d like to take that limit off. Can anyone help me please?
I haven’t edited the audio. It seems like it’s a presetting but I don’t see where. I checked the EDIT menu than PREFERENCES but I don’t see an option to limit the dB.
Thanks in advance.
If you record a single microphone by way of a stereo interface such as a 2i2, and your goal is to end up with a single mono performance, then somewhere, the system has to convert from the stereo 2i2 connection to mono. When it does that, it lowers the volume to make room. Say, instead of a single NT1 microphone, you connected two. If you yelled into both of them, they would both contribute to half of the performance (6dB is 1/2).
One way to deal with this is record the 2i2 in stereo. Put the NT1 on the left and nothing on the right. The recording should have perfect volume.
Split Stereo to Mono
and delete the single flat, dead track.
Koz
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Thank you, I tried this out and it worked 
I went through the Windows Sound control panel by setting the “recording” device to mono.
Thanks for your answer and the print screens
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I didn’t have this problem when recording 3 days ago (and before that). When I bought my interface, I was told I could use it directly in mono without any problem.
The mentioned method does work but it’s time consuming on the long run as I record a lot of audio.
But it would be a good solution for someone who has always had this problem and doesn’t record too much.
Is there a selection that tells the system which side (left or right) gets turned into mono?
Do a hold your breath briefly and then voice test using the record in stereo and then split later method, and then do one with the driver setting method. Make sure the driver adjustment doesn’t give you an increase in background noise. You could get up to 6dB higher (double) background noise if all the setting did was jam the Right and Left channels together.
Koz