Audacity Help needed...

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seedyapartment

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I'm new to the recording thing and have recently been playing around usuing M-Audio Fast Track (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB-main.html) and Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/).

This might be a dumb question, but when I record one track, let's say guitar, and then I got to record over it with either another guitar or vocals, while I'm recording the second track, it does this sort of echo/reverb thing and screws me up royally. It could have something to do with the fact that when I record one track over another I've got the output on as well as the input, but I can't get around that because I need to hear the first track while I record the second.

Any suggestions or help?
 
Are you listening to the 1st track thru your monitor while recording into the 2nd track? Sound like thats what may be the reason.. If it is then get a headphone.
 
if its out of time then it may be a problem with your computer being too slow.. u can try losing useless programs and defragging and getitng rid of spyware(seriously it makes a difference)
another thing that may help. mute the track being recorded in audacity :)
 
seedyapartment said:
I'm new to the recording thing and have recently been playing around usuing M-Audio Fast Track (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB-main.html) and Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/).

This might be a dumb question, but when I record one track, let's say guitar, and then I got to record over it with either another guitar or vocals, while I'm recording the second track, it does this sort of echo/reverb thing and screws me up royally. It could have something to do with the fact that when I record one track over another I've got the output on as well as the input, but I can't get around that because I need to hear the first track while I record the second.

Any suggestions or help?
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Turn off your input monitoring in Audacity.
 
Try setting the output volume as low as you can and still be able to hear it. I've noticed the same lag between the recorded track(s) and the live track. I can't explain why but lowering the output volume cleared it up for me.
 
Moonrider said:
Turn off your input monitoring in Audacity.
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yeah. you monitor through your sound card, so you have to turn it off in the software. you are actually getting feedback, but due to the latency in the card/computer, it isn't squealing, it just sounds like a delayed echo.
 
turn off software playthrough. the software isn't good enough to do it. i hate that program, though so when you read that, do so in a very bitter voice.
 
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