

You should not have to strain in order to hear your voice. This is called peaking, and will have a sound of more vibration in your voice than is normal. The wave forms consistently reach the highest point.Your volume needs to be adjusted further if: Set the computer's volume to about half of maximum, and play back the recording in your recording software.Make a short test recording of you reading as you will for a normal audio book recording.

Start with all recording levels set to about three quarters of maximum.

Make sure to test after you have changed your settings as well, to be certain your volume is at the correct level before you record. Make certain it is neither too loud nor too soft. You will need to test the input volume on your recording set-up to
