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rraud wrote on 8/20/2019, 5:20 PM

What soundcard or converter do you have? From what are you trying to record? (External mixer, pre amp, mic plugged directly into PC? Can you elaborate some,

The record level is normally adjusted in your sound card or converter. also the source...
 Typically with a common integrated Realtek card in Win 10, "Sound control panel" >> Recording tab. The record volume can usually be adjusted in the device "Properties> Level" . 'Mic', for instance

Sorrento wrote on 8/20/2019, 6:45 PM

The sound card is Realtek. I'm recording a song off the internet. It records extremely low even though I raised the volume of the sound card, which appears to only adjust the volume of playback through the speakers, not in recording. I even tried raising the volume by clicking the Sound emblem found in Control Panel to no avail.

rraud wrote on 8/21/2019, 11:40 AM

When you state "low level", is that a actual source audio you are attempting to record or are you just seeing the residual noise floor on the SF meters? .. which is usually around -70dB or so,

Very similar to what I stated previously, In the 'Control Panel', Open the "Sound" settings panel and select the "Recording" tab; Confirm 'Stereo Mix' is enabled. Right-click 'Stereo Mix' and select 'Properties', then elect the 'Levels' tab. and adj the level. (see screenshots below) The Playback volume will affect the record level in the 'Stereo Mix' recording mode,

Some PCs (even with the Realtek soundcard do not allow recording the 'stereo mix'. I had two Toshiba Satellite laptops that could not. My four Dell PCs with integrated Realtek sound cards could record from the 'stereo mix' without issue (Dell #1, was a Win 98 desktop).

Sorrento wrote on 8/21/2019, 12:00 PM

I tried that also to no avail. I guess I'm stuck in having to always raise the volume in Sound Forge after the recording. Very odd...

rraud wrote on 8/21/2019, 12:43 PM

If the audio is getting into SF, there has to be a reason why the levels are very low, keep looking,

Otherwise, recording at a higher bit depth (24 or 32) will help minimize additional noise when you normalize it up to a usable level.

Sorrento wrote on 8/21/2019, 12:53 PM

Thanks...