Recording levels way too low

[Dekey]

I am trying to record live streaming and although I can hear what I want to record perfectly loudly (indeed all pc mixer levels are 100%), I cannot get the Audacity input meter to go high enough. Subsequently I can hear the recording but incredibly faintly and with very poor quality. I have followed the forum advice about Win 7 and enabling features and devices in Control Panel and I have experimented with maximising the input and output volumes and gain in Audacity.

In summary, I can hear it but only just. Any tips on how to improve this?

[kozikowski]

You may be the victim of Windows Conferencing Services. Out of the box Windows tries to manage sound to make a multi-person video or audio conference come out right. That can kill you when you're trying to record theatrical presentations.

Windows Enhanced Sound
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 79&start=0

Koz

[Dekey]

I followed your suggestions but alas, no improvement.

[steve]

Are you absolutely certain that Audacity is recording from "Stereo Mix" and not from another source (such as an internal microphone)?