Input gain control...where and how?

[Peterjimmy]

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

[kozikowski]

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

[DVDdoug]

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]

Please see my reply in your duplicate post here.



Gale