Re: voice-activated sound and missing initial sounds, and record volume

On 8 March 2017 at 17:03, carrt7 . <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Macbook Pro, OS 10.12.13, built-in mic and LS, Audacity 2.1.2)

Did you mean 10.12.3?

> When I set Preferences > SoundActivatedRecording on, level -50, everything
> works but the recording misses a fraction of the first syllable spoken after
> a pause.  I presume this reflects the time taken for the SAS to restart the
> recording.
>
> Will adjusting the Latency or Latency Correction settings make any
> difference?

Possibly Audio to buffer might.  Latency correction will not.

Really we need a "pre-roll duration" setting for Sound Activated Recording
to solve this.


> Also, when I dictate into the MacBook in normal speaking voice, the
> recording is way too quiet.  Even when I turn the microphone volume slider
> to max, and in Apple > SystemPreferences > InternalSpeakers set the volume
> slider to max, the display (Waveform) only peaks at around 0.2.

"Internal Speakers" is an output setting I would guess, not an input setting.

Look in System Preferences > Sound, Input tab for whatever microphone
you are using.


Gale

> On the Windows version I can set "microphone boost" to overcome this.  But
> not on the MacBook?
>
> Tony
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