Probably every novice musician in his creative quest sooner or later comes across a desire to immortalize his musical opuses through sound recording. Often, the first recordings are made at home on a computer using a cheap microphone. And it often happens that in this case there are problems with the volume of the recorded sound. That is, the recording is taking place, but the sound level in the resulting track is too low.
Necessary
Microphone, computer with sound card, audio editor software
Instructions
Step 1
Check your sound card settings. To do this, open the control panel of your audio device (usually located in the lower right corner of the screen, next to the clock).
Step 2
In the window that opens, find the volume controls that are responsible for the connector into which you inserted the microphone (depending on the sound card model and position, they can be called "Mic", "Front Pink in", "Rear pink in" or similar). Set these controls to maximum volume, make sure they are on (a switched off channel is usually indicated by a red cross on the speaker schematic; to turn on the volume, click on this symbol). Make sure that your sound card is selected in the "Recording" tab, and the recording level control is also set to maximum here.
Step 3
Find the item "Microphone gain" in the settings. For example, in one of the most popular models of embedded sound cards, it appears when you press a small button located under the volume control of your recording channel. After pressing it, a window will appear in which you need to put a checkmark in front of the item "Microphone gain".
Step 4
You can also increase the volume level after recording. Modern audio editors have convenient tools for this. Usually, the functions that allow you to work with the amplitude of the sound are located in the tabs "Effects", "Amplitude", "Normalization". Or similar, depending on the editor.
Select, for example, the "Normalize" function. Specify the level at which you want to normalize the audio track (for example, 100%) and click "Ok". A weak recorded signal will become louder.
