Volume Level Controls not Working Correctly MAC OS

[tinyorca]

Audacity - 3.5.1
Macbook Air - Sonoma 14.5
Microphon - Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Connected via USB-C

I’m having an issue where I will set my recording level in audacity and no matter what the level is set to, it records a very low volume level. But, if I pause recording and enable silent monitoring and change the volume level then it suddenly starts recording at the correct volume level and will adjust the volume if I change the level. It will then record at this correct level for a little while, but after I pause an resume recording a couple of times, the volume level drops very low again.

Has anyone else had this issue or found a fix for this. I’ll link to a video where I show how it starts low even with the volume set to 100, but jumps up really high if I mess with the volume slider. I couldn’t get it to drop back down to a low volume in the video, but as soon as I stopped screen recording and when back to test it, the volume dropped again.

Link to Video of Issue

[DVDdoug]

It’s normal with USB mics.

Usually the Audacity recording level control doesn’t work at all.

You can run the Amplify effect after recording.

If a microphone doesn’t have a recording-level knob they are usually calibrated low so loud sounds don’t clip (distort) the analog-to-digital converter inside the mic.

Many USB “podcast mics” have a recording level knob and all good USB audio interfaces have knobs.

[tinyorca]

That’s good to know, thank you!