Audio is really low
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Audio is really low
So just about an hour ago it was recording perfectly, the audio level was great and I tested out the normalize effect on it and even then it sounded good. After closing Audacity and opening it back up I did a voice recording and it was really low. But when I tried the normalize effect on it the audio just blew up and it sound distorted. I never played around with any of the other stuff on Audacity, just the normalize effect. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Re: Audio is really low
USB microphone? Maker? Laptop computer? Fill in the stuff from the pink band above.
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Re: Audio is really low
When you make a recording, the red sound meters should jump and the timeline should make blue waves that indicate the sound volume. If you don't get something that looks a lot like this...
...then you are probably making a poor recording. I make my sound meters larger than normal and you can too. Grab the right meter edge and pull sideways.
If you have a USB microphone and it became disconnected, then Audacity may "lose it." Restart Audacity or Transport > Rescan.
Find the microphone again in the Device Toolbar.
[windevtool][/windevtool]
And continue recording.
Koz
...then you are probably making a poor recording. I make my sound meters larger than normal and you can too. Grab the right meter edge and pull sideways.
If you have a USB microphone and it became disconnected, then Audacity may "lose it." Restart Audacity or Transport > Rescan.
Find the microphone again in the Device Toolbar.
[windevtool][/windevtool]
And continue recording.
Koz