![]() With digital (streaming or USB) you are simply “capturing” the digital audio stream and Audacity won’t change it. I presume this means adjusting with the Win “Speakers” control on the Win taskbar and not the volume control on the tuner/amp that controls output. You should be able to adjust the volume with analog line-in. Usually this is a volume reduction and in cases where it needs boosting they won’t boost into clipping.įirst, thanks very much for a really illuminating and clarifying response. The popular streaming services use linear volume matching so they don’t mess with the dynamics. Then the vinyl cutting & playback process makes some peaks higher and some lower (without affecting the sound of the dynamics) so when it’s “maximized” the overall loudness is lower.īroadcast radio stations add their own dynamic compression & limiting so the recordings should be louder and more consistent. Most older recordings weren’t victims of the “loudness war” so they are more dynamic and quieter overall. ![]() Incidentally, I’ve succeeded in making several audio WAV and MP3 files that sound well (though audio volume seems depressed)Įven after Amplifying or Normalizing (AKA “maximizing”) digitized records & tapes can be somewhat quieter than modern digital recordings. ![]() I assume you have a desktop/tower computer with a “regular soundcard” and line-in? My main goal is to record from LPs via the tuner/amp Line In. (If you remember analog tape you wanted a hot signal to overcome tape noise but that’s not the case with digital recording.) With digital recording it’s good to leave plenty of headroom and amplify after recording. If the signal is clipping it can’t be fixed and the analog signal should be reduced before it’s digitized. If the digital signal is low you can use the Amplify effect after recording. (There are Windows settings and “enhancements” that can affect the signal before it gets to Audacity.) To experiment and learn, I’ve recorded 2 songs from YouTube and a snippet of FM broadcast via the Line In connection. Incidentally, I’ve succeeded in making several audio WAV and MP3 files that sound well (though audio volume seems depressed), but I’m concerned that excessively high input could create clipping and distortion in future recordings. There’s nothing that I’ve found that allows me to move any control associated with the input audio level.Īdvice on this would be greatly appreciated. On the Playback Volume control (righthand) I can use mouse pointer to move the indicator, but not on what seems to be the input audio control (lefthand). My problem is that I can’t find a way to adjust the input audio level on my my Mixer Toolbar. Thus to achieve the correct recording level you should use both the recording and playback level sliders on Mixer Toolbar …” … Both the output level of the audio you are recording and the level it’s being recorded at will determine the achieved input level of the recording. “Before recording for real, try to set sound levels by playing similar material from your intended source and monitoring it in Audacity, so that the recording level will be neither too soft nor so loud as to risk clipping. I’ve spent hours poring over the documentation and experimenting with the Audacity dashboard, and still can’t find the magic control, clickpoint, or whatever to control audio levels.įor example, here’s what the tutorial “Recording audio playing on the computer” advises: very limited, it is good in its main function, but it really can't offer us much more, today there are daw's and free software more complete than audacity, searching in the web we can find advanced options for any musician, especially for people who focus on mixing and mastering, functions that are very difficult to do in audacity.This seems an absolutely elementary question for an absolutely elementary need in audio recording, but Personally, I recommend this daw for people who only want to record voices for a podcast, or for musicians who only want to record demos in a quick and easy way, just by clicking the record button we will be doing everything we want. PROSĪudacity is that software with most of us start in the audio recording and editing world, its facility of use and simplicity make it one of the most notable options for people who only want to record audio (plus it's free). Personally, I use this software to record some voices in low spec PC's or when I need to record something quickly and easily, for these functions audacity is a great option, but when it comes to doing the full project I don't have the tools I would like to have, do I recommend audacity? Yes, but only as an alternative, not to use it as the main software.
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