Posted by duncan webster on 22/03/2022 20:15:14:
Thanks for the replies. I've played with the Zoom microphone settings to no avail. Not tried Audacity, but someone has given me another webcam, which seems to work a bit better. No gain control knobs to be found anywhere on existing webcam or mic. Would a preamp help, or does the mic do the digitising. I'm plainly well out of my pay grade here! Stand alone mic connects to USB
Never even heard of Audacity, but it looks like just the thing for digitising audio tapes?
For some reason Microsoft hide the solution really well. Loads of places to access different aspects of microphones, but this is what you want.
Type 'sound' in the search bar.
Choose sound settings
When this opens on the right choose 'sound control panel'
On the sound control panel, choose the recording tab.
Select your microphone and double click.
Now choose 'levels' – I have mine set for 100 on level and maximum boost (30dB).
This should make all the difference.
Neil
On the right of this choose