Recording Problems

[strummer117]

I'm having trouble recording on Audacity. I plugged in my audio-technica ATR20 directly into my pc and started recording and it was fine. However, when I try recording on top of that recording (overdubbing), Audacity records the previous sounds and amplifies it, which makes my overall project sound bad. I'm using headphones, so I know its not from the speakers, help me?!?

 

[guitarplayr82]

I'm having trouble recording on Audacity. I plugged in my audio-technica ATR20 directly into my pc and started recording and it was fine. However, when I try recording on top of that recording (overdubbing), Audacity records the previous sounds and amplifies it, which makes my overall project sound bad. I'm using headphones, so I know its not from the speakers, help me?!?

First of all, the microphone should really be plugged into a preamp and audio interface, not just your onboard soundcard, but we'll skip that for now. What version of Audacity do you have and what are your monitoring settings?

 

[Armistice]

There are better free tracking options than Audacity. Jump over to the Newbies forum and read up...