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THANKS! Problems now solved. I did uncheck the play through initially but was still having static problems until I reinstalled (and probably correcting whatever problems I created!)...but forgot to uncheck it again.....now no static, no echo! As for the other - not recording on other settings - well...

Update - I reinstalled Audacity and changed my settings to match a laptop I installed Audacity on. Static is now gone (not sure what I changed that solved that problem), but the echo remains. This is certainly a self-inflected problem. I get the echo when the recording and the "Mix Tool Bar" is set ...

Thanks for the idea. It was checked, but unchecking I still have static
It's so odd that it worked fine at first. I may just reinstall and see if that solves the problem.
Thanks Again.

Just loaded Audacity - great program. Everything was working fine.....until during a recording (right in the middle), for some reason I started to get a lot of constant static. I now get the static only when I click "record" (continues if I click "pause")...and it stops once I click "stop". Interest...