Audacity Forum

... situation, when you open Audacity, you get an echo when you play the keyboard? You don't need ... on the "Transport" menu in Audacity and find "software playthrough" (near the bottom of the list). It should be ...

... bottom of the Transport menu and ensure that "Software Playthrough" is switched off. Check your sound card settings ... disconnected from the mixer - does it still record an "echo"?

thanks for playthrough delay tip. But my main problem is echo with simple recording. If I just say "test 123" on record ... turn it off is my question. To get rid of the echo, turn off "software playthrough". However I guess there's some reason why ...

... the only way you can hear yourself in your headphones is by turning Software Playthrough On. Software playthrough introduces its own delay (different from latency) which ...

I'm recording audio and guitar and finally got my headphones to work with "software playthrough". But there is always an echo. How do I turn off the echo effect?

... the bottom of the "Transport" menu and enable "software playthrough". (if this is enabled when recording from other sources it is likely to cause either an echo or a loud screaming sound.) Audacity is free, open source ...

... track, while hearing the 1st track, i got the "echo effect" in the start, but after a few seconds ... help and that stuff. I have overdub on, and software playthrough OFF. Are you on Vista or Windows 7? That has ...

RoboticGenitals wrote:What other information would be helpful?

Everything

What operating system? Which audacity version? What's your source? Are you recording from a mic? How is it connected to the computer? What recording device have you selected on Preferences? Do you have hardware or software playthrough on?

... track, while hearing the 1st track, i got the "echo effect" in the start, but after a few seconds ... help and that stuff. I have overdub on, and software playthrough OFF. Hope you can help. Sorry for my english.

... When I try to record the tape there is an echo of the voice like two people singing but one ... voice. Click the Transport Menu and uncheck "Software Playthrough". For anyone using a 1.2 version of Audacity, ...