Set Record Volume

There are two ways to adjust the recording volume, either automatically or manually.

While you are setting the volume level, play a louder portion of audio in the player or device that you will be recording from.

To Preview the record volume level at anytime, click Preview, then click Go. This activates the level meter on Recording Options and the meter on the main interface.

Watch the record level volume meter to determine the proper level. The ideal level is generally when the two blue bars are hovering over or are centered over the green line. You may find after some experimenting that you prefer to have it a little higher or lower.

To adjust manually, move the Record Volume slider up and down.

To adjust automatically, click Auto Set, then click Go. If Auto Set is already selected, click Go at anytime to adjust automatically. You can do this repeatedly until you achieve a setting that you like. The recorder will attempt to zero-in on the proper setting within a few seconds. It's important to be playing a louder passage while using this function. If the audio played is too soft, the slider will be driven too high.

If you find that moving the slider all the way up or down still won't get the level into the proper range, click the Play Volume button which opens your Windows Master Play volume controls and adjust the Wave setting. If you don't see Wave as a choice, click Options, Properties, then look for Wave in the list at the bottom. Put a check-mark next to Wave, click OK. Then you'll see Wave shown as one of the volume settings that can be used. Make sure it is not muted and that Mute all is not selected.

(If you ever have any recordings with no sound, check to make sure the proper Input Source is selected, and that the Play Master, Wave, Line In or other play volumes are not too low or are not muted).