audacity recording

[Layni]

Ok I've asked some people but the suggestions I've gotten havent worked- so I'm trying to record a podcast, it worked fine last time i recorded and sent it to Will, so I know it works, athough i have had to download it because it got deleted. Ive checked to make sure boost is checked and that the microphone is turned up- but still sounds as if im talking from accross the room very very quietly. Its not a typical mic, it is a headphone with a mic. Looks like the kind you see at drive through
Any ideas or suggestions?

[Maximal]

well commonly when that problem occurs the headphone plug is plugged in to the mic port and the mic plug is plugged into the headphone port

other than that the headset might be screwed up

[Irondog]

More than likely..............It's the operator

[Layni]

Originally Posted by Maximal

well commonly when that problem occurs the headphone plug is plugged in to the mic port and the mic plug is plugged into the headphone port

other than that the headset might be screwed up

Its all one thing- I KNOW youve been to fast food places maxi- when you go through drivethrough, and drive up to the window-



But it worked from before, it hasnt been unplugged.
and iron~Bite me.

[BunnyMan]

what he is saying is make sure your red plug is in the red jack and the green plug is in the green jack.

If nothing else fails, you can always select all in audacilty, go into effect, choose amplify and raise the volume. You may need to play with it a bit to figure out how much you need to raise it. If the feedback is too much after you do that run a remove feedback or noise effect (can't remember what it is called now.) To do that you must highlight a portion of the audio that is just background noise (no talking) and then click "get noise profile" in the "remove noise/feedback/etc" effect menu. You then need to select all the entire audio file and go back to the remove noise effect menu and tell it to perform the noise removal. You may need to tweak how much it plays with the audio (there is a slider I believe to control that)

[qwazywabbet]

or ya might need to go into your control panel and check out the settings in "sounds and audio devices"

[Layni]

I tried all what Bunnyman said and then went to control panel when it didnt work, clicked on test hardware and actually got it to work. Thanks for your help