noisy input when recording
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
noisy input when recording
Just bought a new windows 7 computer. Dell 15r 8 gig/ram, and i5 processor. downloaded audacity and about half the time i start up the program i have what seems to be an overdriving input from my usb microphone. high grass level and any audio input is off the scale. other times its fine. my old computer doesnt do this so its not the mic and ive replaced the cable. im wondering if a setting changes at times when audacity opens.
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