I'm trying to do some basic recording stuff using audacity. the problem Im having is that whatever i record with the program is being spit back out the speakers. So when im doing a multiple track recording, i have the alread recorded tracks playing, and whatever im currently doing is coming out the speakers but with a slight delay so everything sounds weird and if im doing any percussive anything it really screws up my timing.

this mic coming through the speakers only happens when i try to record.. anything other time no sound comes through.

3/26/2006 11:34:42 PM

It's a configuration problem....

you could turn off the speakers or just screw around with your sound card settings and audacity settings until that doesn't happen.

3/26/2006 11:37:54 PM

thats what i figured but i havent found anything that looks like it would help. I cant turn off the speakers because we're recording a vocal track over a guitar track and we need to keep up with the guitar.

3/26/2006 11:47:08 PM

check your volume settings (sorry for the obvious).

i only know how i fixed it with my soundblaster and cakewalk.

3/27/2006 12:03:04 AM

have you tried headphones

3/27/2006 12:08:08 AM

File > Preferences > Audio I/O

then hit the checkbox that says "play other tracks while recording new one"

3/27/2006 12:12:08 AM

Headphones.

3/27/2006 12:14:32 AM

yea ive checked my volume settings, I dont think thats it.

With headphones, the problem is just worse, I have whatever im saying/playing whatever into the mic coming out into my headphones.

I'll try what you said kris although wouldnt that stop all playback of other tracks? because I want to play the already recorded tracks as im recording.

3/27/2006 8:26:38 AM

Try this maybe: In the Window's volume setting tool (start > run > sndvol32), mute your microphone input. You will still get a mic in signal but it won't come out of your speakers. I do this while using Skype so whatever I say into the microphone won't come back through my speakers.

3/27/2006 8:46:17 AM

latency is a bitch, huh


you may have to upgrade your soundcard i think....i had this problem with audacity, but i never really noticed it when i used Soundforge/Acid 4.0

3/27/2006 12:56:35 PM

yeah I'd say it's latency

you could just get a second soundcard

when using audacity I use my onboard shitty one for playback and my good one for recording, but that's because I don't really do any mastering on audacity

3/27/2006 1:13:52 PM

PERHAPS ITS BECAUSE YOU HAVENT DOWNLOADED ENOUGH 24BIT DAC CONVERTORS

3/27/2006 4:24:47 PM

bahahaahahaaaaa

[buy my studio monitors]

3/27/2006 4:37:48 PM

well, i tried what kris said and it worked. thanks yall for the help.

3/28/2006 12:20:19 AM