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Do I ever need to have the Software Playthrough box checked? Probably not. The main use of "Software Playthrough" is when recording from a USB ...

... The Fiddle, nice job, thanks! Question: Do I ever need to have the Software Playthrough box checked? I use Audacity to: convert cassette tapes to .wav files, record archived ...

Make sure that you have "Software Playthrough" switched off (not selected) in Preferences.

... audio from my web browser but with terrible echo. To the point where it builds on itself to ... barely audible. Any help???? 1) Ensure that "software playthrough" is switched off. (Transport menu) 2) Ensure ...

From your description I think what you're hearing is the "software playthrough" delay. Do you have "Software Playthrough" checked in the Transport menu? Do you get one echo or many echoes?

To answer your question, by default Audacity works from disc, not RAM.

-- Bill

... them. For systems that do not support hardware playthrough, or more generally, for achieving zero ... not have the drums through the headphones if software playthrough was being used as this would create a very off-putting echo. If the musician required a mix of the click/backing ...

... (screaming speakers), or at least an unwanted echo/reverberation effect. To listen to what is ... to what you are recording unless you enable "software playthrough" in Audacity (in Edit menu > Preferences). If ...

I'm using headphones.

If it is a slow echo (around 1/2 second) you need to switch off "software playthrough" (in Audacity Preferences).

I've turned that option off. Although when I record I still can't head it though the headphones as I'm recording. I can only hear it after it's recorded.

With my Mic I can't hear via the speakers an echo of when I'm talking any ideas why? You mean ... (around 1/2 second) you need to switch off "software playthrough" (in Audacity Preferences).

When I record from streaming audio and play back the saved item it has echo. How can I turn off the echo effect