After testing a microphone on this & and other computers, we've determined the
sound quality is definitely much worse on the Audacity computer. Is it
possible for a sound card to go bad?
david
David Turk
Manager, Preservation Imaging Services
Indiana Historical Society
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
450 W. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 232-4592
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Tony B
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem
Bad cable or connection? You didn't say what it sounds like on the PC.
Does a mic plugged in there sound okay?
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, David Turk <[email protected]> wrote:
> We've been using Audacity for several months now to capture audio from a
> reel-to-reel, with good results. Today, all we seem to get is a low-level
> recording with lots of hiss. Listening to the audio through headphones
> attached to the reel-to-reel sounds fine. I've tried several different
> setting on both the r-t-r output & Audacity preferences, but no luck. I've
> gone into the PC Control Panel to make sure all the input levels were checked
> (we're using the microphone jack on the back of the PC). The r-t-r weighs
> about 40 lb., so before I try using it on another computer, any thoughts?
> tia.
>
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