Subject:Overall Sound input levels

Posted by: dirk

Date:9/21/1999 9:38:00 AM

I am digitizing vinyl audio. The signal goes from a
turntable to a mixer to my stereo receiver to my soundcard.
My receiver does not have a recording level control.

I keep getting very quiet audio files. I have tried bumping
up the volume using the Process>volume control but keep
getting a ton of clipping.

Questions:

1 - How loud should the input be? How can I tell?

2 - Should I be boosting the volume in Soundforge? If so,
how?

Thanks,

dave

Subject:Re: Overall Sound input levels

Reply by: SonicTom

Date:9/21/1999 10:44:00 AM

>>1 - How loud should the input be? How can I tell?

Check the Monitor box in the Sound Forge record window
to make the meters active. The level should be set so
it is as high as possible in loud passages without making
the Clip indicator light up.

>>2 - Should I be boosting the volume in Soundforge? If so,
>>how?

Sound Forge has no way to control the input level of sound
cards. That is done through the mixer for the sound card.
The controls for most cards are available by double-clicking on the
speaker icon on the Windows Task Bar (lower right on the screen). Go
into Options|Properties, select Recording and press OK. The window
will now show Recording Controls. Make sure that the Line Input is
active (Select checked or Mute unchecked) and turned up. You might
wish to leave this window open to adjust your CD volume once you are
recording.

Tom Hamer
Sonic Foundry Tech Support