# Sound is barely heard

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-is-barely-heard/154896>\
**Category:** Audacity 4\
**Created:** [November 8, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-is-barely-heard/154896 "2026-11-08T07:52:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ET\_music](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ET\_music](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/ET_music)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-is-barely-heard/154896/1 "2026-11-08T07:52:20Z")

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My sound at playback was so low, I had it at full volume but barely could hear it. I think it happened after i install a usb software for a “Real 5.1 game sound card”. I uninstalled and then also did a repair on 4.0. did a repair on 4.0 did not resolve. I rebooted computer, did not resolve. I removed 4.0 from my computer and installed 3.78 and it worked. Then i updated to 3.79 and its still working. I then unistalled 3.79 and installed 4.0 and now it works again with 4.0. Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![davidhooper](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/davidhooper/32/31241_2.png) [@davidhooper](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/davidhooper)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-is-barely-heard/154896/2 "2026-11-08T23:49:28Z")

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This is the volume you’re referring to or your computer volume? Because this could lower what you’re hearing.

 ![bbp-audacity - Audacity 4.0 2026-11-08 at 5.47.57 PM](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/3X/a/0/a0473dbd4824f91dd5434346eb81d9ac73f9d059.jpeg)