Input volume up, does not record all sounds

[juanidibuja]

Hello, I have tried again and again to find a solution to this, but I cannot find an answer. I am using the latest Beta version of Audacity 1.3, and when I try to record with my microphone most of the sound does not get picked up at all, and the sound that does it highly distorted. I used to have Audacity 1.2 on an older computer and with the same microphone everything worked fine. I don't know what I am doing wrong. The sound will suddenly stop getting recorded if it is too quiet, I supposed. Please help, I would appreciate it, and I hope not to have wasted anyone's time.

[kozikowski]

You might have two problems. If Audacity stops recording dead when you stop speaking, that could be Audacity Preferences > Recording > Sound Activated Recording. Deselect that.

If you're on a newer Windows machine, you could be struggling with Windows Conference Services.

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

Depending on the microphone, it may not work with your new computer. What's the microphone and the computer?

Koz

[juanidibuja]

Oh my goodness, I am using Windows 7, so when I saw a post about Windows Vista I thought it wouldn't work. Thanks, problem is completely gone. Here I thought I was helping myself by check all the enhancements and such. Thanks again!