Echo during Audacity recording



Question:

When listening to a playing of an audio casette while recording, I hear both the playback and record audio a millisecond apart, creating a confusing echo. How can I mute one or the other?

I was a formet audio engineer at NBC-TV in Burbank for the news when Tom Brokaw was there. The mixing boards have come eons awy from that era.

Answer:

In Audacity, in Edit->Preferences, you’ll see two checkboxes – “Play other tracks while recording new one”, and “Software Playthrough”. Make sure both of these are unchecked.

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4 Comments

  1. Khan:

    Thanksss so much :D

  2. Zack:

    Thanks a lot that echo was driving me nuts

  3. Al Reid:

    Excellent! Thanks very much.

  4. Omcsesz:

    I unchecked the “software playthrough”, and “Play another tracks….” buttons, and it worked. Many thanks.

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