Input gain control...where and how?

Peterjimmy · Post by **Peterjimmy** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:18 pm

Hi, love Audacity, however......my input and output levels are set on -24 and i cannot change them.....need to bring down the input level! Getting a lot of hiss on the track!
Where can i adjust them please? The sliders have no effect! Nothing in preferences to do this either!
Windows 7 premium home
Audacity 1.3.1.3.0 beta......on a previous computer my levels were set at -18......didn't get the hiss when i was set on -18
Thanks for any and all help, Jim

Post by **kozikowski** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:55 pm

Audacity is a complete slave to what the computer is doing. Open up the Windows Control Panels > Audio and see if you can set levels there. Some USB sound devices will not let you set sound level.

We don't know where your sound is coming from.

Koz

Post by **DVDdoug** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:35 pm

Also, Windows has separate recording & playback "mixers". (Sorry, I'm not on Windows 7 right now, and I don't remember how to access the mixers.)

-24 and i cannot change them.....need to bring down the input level!

What's your source?
Are you connected to mic-in, or line-in?
I assume you are recording, right?

The mic input on most soundcards/soundchips is low-quality (i.e. hiss). And, and if you are connecting a line-level source to your mic-in, you are probably overloading it (i.e. distortion).

Gale Andrews · Post by **Gale Andrews** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:07 pm

Please see my reply in your duplicate post here.

Gale

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