Hello, What quality cable are you recording with? I had a similar problem recently and I replaced the cable with a higher caliber connecter and it works like a dream. I can echo that this has nothing to do with Audacity. I don't use it so much anymore and have Sonar these days but the cable problem picked up through the sound card anyway. Very best wishes, Sandra. On 10/16/12, Gene <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You are wasting time if you worry about keeping the microphone cable > separate from other wires. A properly connected microphone cable does not > pick up interference from other cables. I'm not sure what is causing the > problem. Have you disconnected and reconnected the microphone? What kind > of microphone is it? Is it a USB microphone or one that uses the > microphone jack on the sound card. If you unplug the microphone and > record, is the hiss still present or only when the microphone is plugged > in. Whatever the problem is, it has nothing to do with audacity. Any > recording program you use would produce the same results. The problem is > either a problem with your microphone or the sound card or a connection > problem. > > Gene > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vasundhara Raturi" <vasundhara.raturi.97@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "audacity4blind" <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:58 AM >> Dear Members, >> >> I have downloaded the latest version of audacity onto my PC. However, >> I am facing a problem while I record in audacity (this is a recent >> problem which was happening even when I had Audacity 2.0.1). When I >> record, a very distorted sound is produced, that is when I play my >> recording, a "hiss" sound is produced as if the microphone is in >> contact with any electric appliance and my voice is suppressed >> completely because of this. I always ensure that during recording, >> there should be a distance maintained between the microphone wire and >> other electric wires. I tried to adjust the microphone volume in the >> recording device section, but did not get any satisfactory results. I >> am using windows XP. I will be greatful for any help provided. >> >> Thank you, >> Vasundhara Raturi >> >> The audacity4blind web site is at >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind >> >> Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, >> Audacity keyboard commands, and more... >> >> To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to >> audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with subject line >> unsubscribe >> >> > > > > The audacity4blind web site is at > //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind > > Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, > Audacity keyboard commands, and more... > > To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to > audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with subject line > unsubscribe > > -- www.sandragayer.com The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe