Andrew and Gene,
Maybe I wasn't clear. I have it plugged into the mic jack but I have the
device set to line input. I'm not sure if that makes a difference. I just
made a recording with the recording slider at 45 and it sounds quite nice.
Thanks for the input.
Steve
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 9:34 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: monitoring and setting recording level
Or you could buy a sound card that has a line-in jack. Aside from problems
recording at all properly using a Microphone jack from an amplifier or
preamp, most microphone jacks in on board computer sound cards are monaural.
I don't know anything about the USB mixer option spoken of in the below
message. I use a USB sound card with a line-in jack with my laptop.
But it was also stated in the question that the level meter doesn't reflect
the volume level, showing zero. I don't know what's causing that problem.
I never used the level meter.
Gene
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From: Andrew Downie <mailto:access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 7:56 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: monitoring and setting recording level
The problem is caused by recording from a line into the mike input. Mike
inputs have a much higher sensitivity than line inputs to cope with
microphones. So when you connect a line distortion will be the name of the
game. Many years ago I bought a little cassette recorder which only had a
mike input. A padded cable was supplied with the machine, allowing
recording from a line out on another device. Even that is not done in the
best homes, but it worked quite well for the circumstances.
To get anything like a civilised recording you will need to pull the level
very low. Alternatively, a USB mixed, which need not be expensive, would
fix the issue.
Andrew
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Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2017 7:07 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] monitoring and setting recording level
Hello Andrew and anyone else who would like to chime in here. I'm doing
something wrong here. I have my source, a stand alone cassette deck
connected to my laptop via the audio output cable into the Mic jack. I'm
recording just fine but am having trouble with setting the recording level.
With Audacity open and the music playing while plugged in to the computer I
go to the recording meter and switch on Start Monitoring. I tab in and out
of the meter and make changes on the recording volume slider and go back to
the meter and never hear anything other than 0DB. I try the same while
recording with the same result. I'm attempting to record pre recorded
cassette tapes. Any idea where roughly the slider should be as a starting
point? What am I missing here. Thanks much.
Steve
