When I go to play back the volume is either no sound or very low sound
What is going wrong and how do I fix… In laymans terms please
Let’s narrow down the permutations.
Are you asking about playing back audio in Audacity? Or playing back audio extracted from Audacity in some other media player?
Some other details are also important. What version of Audacity are you using? What computer operating system is it running on? What version of that operating system is your computer running on? What brand of audio interface is being used? The answer to your problem depends on those factors. Audacity has a lot of different versions that run on a lot of different operating systems.
Ideally the waveform in Audacity should look like this …
If the waveform is smaller the sound is quieter. Audacity’s mic gain slider controls the volume when recording … https://youtu.be/x2c-Znur56w?&t=62
Check the playback volume slider. It is integrated into the playback meter. It is easy to miss, and easy to adjust without realizing it.
In Audacity. 3.7.8
Windows 11 Home
HP
Device name DESKTOP-I516L6M
Processor Intel(R) Core™ i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz (1.80 GHz)
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.79 GB usable)
Graphics card Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (128 MB)
Storage 185 GB of 238 GB used
Device ID DF0FB844-7F42-4C3E-88CF-23E6704157EC
Product ID 00325-96560-68724-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Pen and touch support with 10 touch points
Audio Interface: Focusrite Solo3rd gen
Windows version 25H2