Distorting when recording live show

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Christabal29
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Distorting when recording live show

Post by Christabal29 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:46 pm

I am new to Audacity and only used it a couple of times. I recorded a live show and I have alot of distortion in the recording. I turned the mic volume almost all the way down and it is still distorting. I am recording the the record out the sound board.

I tried recording through the headphones jack on the sound board but it is not a great recording. It sounds better running it the the record out but it is distorting.

When I record through the headphone jack the wave lengths are short and it does not distort. But when I record through the record out the wave lengths are very high and they are peaking off the meter.

What can I do to stop it from distorting?

Wisperbird
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Re: Distorting when recording live show

Post by Wisperbird » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:00 am

Do you mean that you record with a microphone in Mic-in. (live music)
Because if you mean a live show on your PC you should use StereoMix

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