How to improve volume, noise in my tracks?

My setup is pretty unpolished. Bastl microGranny, Korg NTS-1 feeding right into a TASCAM, sometimes with Old Blood Noise Endeavors Signal Blender. My tracks so far have been incredibly loud for typical headphones, even when played at volume setting 1. And a lot of white noise creeps in.

Any tips for fixing these issues? Should I look for a menu somewhere in Audacity?

Example:

https://app.box.com/s/vw526gbfxj80mcfatnhgxqbpxtud44nx

There’s grunge, and then there’s just physically harmful waveforms.

I think once the noise is there, you have to live with it. Either you record louder signals or try to filter high frequencies with an EQ.
I had the same problem today. But I didn’t try anything against it cause it never really worked out well for me.
I use Audacity as well and I know there’s a tool where you first analyze the noise and the tool goes over the mix, but no changes really… It’s difficult.

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once the noise is there, you have to live with it

Truth.

Audio Wanderer was king enough to point out that my TASCAM mic gain was a likely culprit. Once I changed the factory default, even just to automatic, the next recording was much better!

https://app.box.com/s/tuyarrpkhsl9e52t79mm2sbe467z16zh

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Good!