diff --git a/doc/release/yarp_3_5/audio_gain.md b/doc/release/yarp_3_5/audio_gain.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c05cc751c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release/yarp_3_5/audio_gain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+audio_gain {#yarp_3_5}
+-----------
+
+Important Changes
+-----------------
+
+## Libraries
+
+### `dev`
+
+* fixed parsing of parameters `hw_gain` and `sw_gain` in the two classes `AudioPlayerDeviceBase` and `AudioRecorderDeviceBase`
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diff --git a/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioPlayerDeviceBase.cpp b/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioPlayerDeviceBase.cpp
index e575f2fd9ec..c209e0952ff 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioPlayerDeviceBase.cpp
+++ b/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioPlayerDeviceBase.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ bool AudioPlayerDeviceBase::configurePlayerAudioDevice(yarp::os::Searchable& con
     m_audioplayer_cfg.frequency = config.check("rate", Value(0), "audio sample rate (0=automatic)").asInt32();
     m_audioplayer_cfg.numSamples = config.check("samples", Value(0), "number of samples per network packet (0=automatic). For chunks of 1 second of recording set samples=rate. Channels number is handled internally.").asInt32();
     m_audioplayer_cfg.numChannels = config.check("channels", Value(0), "number of audio channels (0=automatic, max is 2)").asInt32();
+    m_hw_gain = config.check("hw_gain", Value(1.0), "HW gain").asFloat32();
+    m_sw_gain = config.check("sw_gain", Value(1.0), "SW gain").asFloat32();
 
     if (m_audioplayer_cfg.numChannels == 0) {
         m_audioplayer_cfg.numChannels = DEFAULT_NUM_CHANNELS;
diff --git a/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioRecorderDeviceBase.cpp b/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioRecorderDeviceBase.cpp
index 7ee6fba783b..3dc5c503a75 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioRecorderDeviceBase.cpp
+++ b/src/libYARP_dev/src/yarp/dev/AudioRecorderDeviceBase.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ bool AudioRecorderDeviceBase::configureRecorderAudioDevice(yarp::os::Searchable&
     m_audiorecorder_cfg.frequency = config.check("rate", Value(0), "audio sample rate (0=automatic)").asInt32();
     m_audiorecorder_cfg.numSamples = config.check("samples", Value(0), "number of samples per network packet (0=automatic). For chunks of 1 second of recording set samples=rate. Channels number is handled internally.").asInt32();
     m_audiorecorder_cfg.numChannels = config.check("channels", Value(0), "number of audio channels (0=automatic, max is 2)").asInt32();
+    m_hw_gain = config.check("hw_gain", Value(1.0), "HW gain").asFloat32();
+    m_sw_gain = config.check("sw_gain", Value(1.0), "SW gain").asFloat32();
 
     if (m_audiorecorder_cfg.frequency == 0) {
         m_audiorecorder_cfg.frequency = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE;