I have a question if someone can help please let me know....

Using Audacity I cannot get the recording volume slider to stay where I put it...it bounces back to zero everytime...is there a setting I can use to keep it in place...my recordings are coming out with low volume...

Also...now that I've recorded at these lower levels can it be brought back up...

One more question...home vocal recordings often sound vauge or as if in a chamber...how do you get that more pro sound...is it mic quality or more enginering or distance from the mic...I want to get that up front sound instead of a background hollow type sound....thanks smile