Thin, distorted recordings

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Bedub
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Thin, distorted recordings

Post by Bedub » Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:03 pm

I am new to Audacity (2.1.3). I have a newer laptop with Windows 10, a new condenser microphone running through a Focusrite 2i2. Before and during recordings everything sounds great in my headphones. But when I play back, the recording is really thin and distorted. It's unusable. Why? Any hep would be appreciated...thanks.
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kozikowski
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Re: Thin, distorted recordings

Post by kozikowski » Sat Jul 08, 2017 4:58 pm

Rich questions are good.
new condenser microphone
What kind?
Before and during recordings
Of what? Windows has voice processing that hates music.

Koz
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Trebor
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Re: Thin, distorted recordings

Post by Trebor » Sat Jul 08, 2017 5:03 pm

"Thin, distorted recordings" does sounds like Window's "enhancements" which need to be turned-off for a high-fidelity recording , see ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... _tunnel.3F
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Bedub
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Re: Thin, distorted recordings

Post by Bedub » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:03 pm

Thanks. I actually followed the instructions and I am off and running...

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/ ... Windows-10
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