help. recording volume problem. asio driver related.

[BigBob1962]

if your volume is way too high on mic, try it in line level mode... you may have to crank things back up, but it may get you moving forward for now...

[me_101]

what is "line level mode"???

[jimmys69]

what is "line level mode"???

Don't bother asking dood. You just had 30 posts more info than the guy who has 2 total.

Big Bob, what have you been doing since 2007? Missed ya!

[me_101]

well you have 6956. so may be you can tell me. what is "line level mode"???

[Bobbsy]

Older sound cards used to have two inputs, one for mic level (which is super low) and one for line level which is what is normally used to exchange signals between and within mains powered gear. More modern "chip on the motherboard" interfaces don't have a spare socket but a few let you do a software adjustment to make the single input suitable for mic or line level--even this is fairly rare these days though.

I don't know if your interface has such an adjustment--if it does, it would likely be on the Windows audio control panel. Don't be surprised if it's not there though. And, even if you have such an adjustment I doubt it would do what you need, unless your high levels are something like 50 to 100 times too high.

Sorry to harp on, but the real solution is to spend $60 on a proper USB interface. The stuff built into computers is simply not designed for proper recording.

[jaynm26]

AsBobbsy said...

Okay, some basics here.You can't turn down the input gain in Audition because, by the time the audio reaches Audition, your computer has already converted it to a digital signal and any clipping from high gain is already done.

Meaning if the sound that is coming from your interface/sound card internal or external (into) your computer is already loud meaning high in voulme/dBs than its going to clip NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO in Audition or ASIO drivers you not fixing the SOURCE of the problem! On your interface/sound card turn down the GAIN.

Second, how exactly have you switched to ASIO? Not many built in sound cards come with suitable ASIO drivers. Assuming it's a Realtek or similar in your HP, it'll have MME drivers and you must be using some third party drivers. That could be your problem.

Check sound drivers that are currently in use