Audacity Forum

I can start the the accompaniment and hear it in the headphones but the 'record' button is dimmed in the track I'd like to record to. Go to Audacity > Preferences > Recording and make the following settings: [X] Play other tracks while recording (overdub) [ ] Software playthrough of input [X] Recor...

I don't want the sound of the first track to be in the recorded track. There's a trick to that. For overdubbing, you need to be recording from a physical thing. Something you can reach over and touch. In this case, my black UM2 on the left is a physical thing. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pi...

I've created two tracks in Audacity and loaded an instrumental accompaniment into the first track. I'd like to play that track in my headphones and then sing into the microphone and record my singing in a second track. I can start the the accompaniment and hear it in the headphones but the 'record' ...