eli5 what does “gain” mean in regards to audio and recording?

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Basically just looking into external mics for my phone and all the reviews for the different products I’m looking at are talking about “too much gain” and “not enough gain” and I have no earthly idea what that means. I tried looking it up, but it’s confusing as hell for someone with no know, who just wants to record concerts to listen to again later

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imagine you are speaking into a megaphone

it amplifies your voice to sound like 100 times louder right? that’s gain
your voice ‘gained’ volume

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