Howard,

Thanks for the input.  I think I found an answer within goldwave.  under 
the Options/control properties menu (or F11 key), there is a "devices" tab.

In this tab there is a testing option for your input device (in my case 
the microphone).    it suggests that peaks should be at 75%, or -2.50 
db.   I found that  running the mic with no boost and 90% gain only gave 
-10 db.   Putting on the boost and dropping the mic to 25% puts me in 
the -2.5 to -3.5 range.

Of course this doesn't give real time info while recording, but I'm a 
pretty mellow guy and can keep my voice level.

73, Steve KW3A



On 9/27/2012 4:06 PM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
> Their is a program called mp3 gain.  I haven't tried it under windows 7.
> You could use batch conversion from goldwave, convert the files to mp3
> format.
> Then run mp3 gain on the folder and use batch conversion to return the files
> to .wav format.
>
> Their might be a way to do this from with in the effects menu of goldwave,
> but my way would probably actually be simpler.
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