Sound Activated Recording starts too soon [SOLVED]

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Sound Activated Recording starts too soon [SOLVED]

Post by royofherts » Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:04 pm

Hi When i press the record button it starts recording eventhough i have The sound activate ticked, has anyone any sugestions as to what i am doing wrong please. Roy
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Re: Recording

Post by steve » Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:08 pm

My guess it that the background noise level is higher than the threshold level for Sound Activated Recording.
Try setting the threshold level higher (smaller negative number). http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tran ... u.html#sar
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Re: Sound Activated Recording starts too soon [SOLVED]

Post by royofherts » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:28 am

Hi Steve Thanks for your reply it seems to have worked, sorry for delay in answering.Roy
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