![]() The switch could be affecting the recording volume…and it could be dirty, corroded or broken. Try to keep your voice constant as you go. It should easily fit in ten or eleven seconds for forum posting. Stop Audacity, export the file and post it. While you’re recording in position 1, reach around and switch to 2 and then to 3 announcing it as you go. Your voice and the hiss both got louder, right?ĭo that test and do it live. īeyond magic computer behavior, your symptoms are typical of the microphone doing something wrong. You plug a USB device in and the volume controls go all the way up and turn gray. Typically, Audacity and Macs don’t change the volume of USB microphones. I have adjusted it to 1.00 and recorded a new sample. The mic is roughly 8 inches from my face. Does this sound to you like something is wrong from a tech standpoint? Or is it more likely that the audio I’m generating is normal, and my previous mastering techniques are no longer appropriate and I’m simply applying the wrong tools?Īnd yes, I’m definitely speaking into the front of the microphone, with a pop screen. Either way, it seems to intensify the hiss. Perhaps my volume setting got moved during a software change… I’m unsure. I have samples of the mic settings 2 and 3, but unsure if those are of any interest since I shouldn’t be using them anyway. Your comment made me check some Audacity settings. ![]() My OS X is Yosemite 10.10.5, and Audacity is version 2.1.1, as of very recently. The only things that have changed are my operating systems and the Audacity version I’m using. Yes, same computer and same USB cables and connections as always. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. When I normalize to -3.2 in order to bring the levels between -18 and -23, I get the intense hiss in the second sample. ![]() All my research suggests that hiss is not an indicator that a microphone is failing. But I don’t understand how the quality is getting worse if everything I’m using has stayed the same, and my recording space should (in theory) be better than before. I completely get that I’m using a lower quality microphone, and should upgrade. I don’t feel like I can continue putting out audio with these poor results. I’m absolutely astonished that this is happening, and am in a panic because I just began a project, and have at least 2 more lined up. After I sufficiently get the hiss out via Noise Reduction, my voice ends up sounding like I’m inside a tunnel. This leaves me with an excessive amount of hiss which I cannot remove without severely damaging the rest of the audio. Master the audio, using a combination of the limiter, compressor, and amplification/normalization to bring up the volume to required specs.After moving into a space that is smaller and more insulated, I am devastated that I’m putting out poorer sounding audio. My sound quality and noise floor is getting WORSE and I can’t understand why. I have improved my recording spaces from an open bedroom with virtually no safeguards in place, to an empty office in a commercial building, to an insulated closet alcove, to what I’m trying to work in now: a 4"x3" makeshift home booth insulated with blankets, foam with a homemade mudguard. I have used the same microphone (Blue Snowball), the same computer (MacBook) and same DAW (Audacity, obviously) since I began recording. I’m an audiobook narrator, on my 14th book. Record multiple channels at once (subject to appropriate hardware).Thank you in advance for maybe (possibly) helping me.Record at 24-bit depth on Windows (using Windows WASAPI or Windows DirectSound host), Mac OS X or Linux (using ALSA or JACK host).Up to 384,000 Hz is supported for appropriate high-resolution devices on Windows (using WASAPI), Mac OS X, and Linux. Record at sample rates up to 192,000 Hz (subject to appropriate hardware and host selection).Record at very low latencies on supported devices on Linux by using Audacity with JACK.Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.Timer Record and Sound Activated Recording features.Record computer playback on Windows Vista and later by choosing “Windows WASAPI” host in Device Toolbar then a “loopback” input.Record from microphone, line input, USB/Firewire devices and others.Clipping can be displayed in the waveform or in a label track. Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during and after recording.Device Toolbar manages multiple recording and playback devices.With some sound cards, and on any recent version of Windows, Audacity can also capture streaming audio. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from other media.
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