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Have you got set in your preferences: "Software Playthrough" and " Play other tracks while recording new one" - if so, uncheck them.

See also this page from the Wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

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... card. Some .aup files develop an intermittent echo in several places along the track...and some ... track. If I export to .wav, the echo follows. Software playthrough is un-checked. Any ideas, please. Jerry

... don't confuse the poor chap :D Juggle between Software Playthrough and Hardware playthrough. On Windows, it is ... unless absolutely essential - it causes real bad echo delay. On Windows, "hardware playthrough" is not a ...

... > Audio I/O" there is a setting called "software playthrough" which should normally be off (not selected) ... the problem? If you make a new recording, is the echo there again?

... while recording new one". (do not select "software playthrough" as this will cause weird echo effects).

... microphone. Also, in "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O" make sure that "software playthrough" is NOT selected. Don't record in the bathroom, caves, tunnels or similar environments.

... unsure if this actually fixes this issue. Software playthrough will ALWAYS cause a delay (hence the echo) and there is no way round that other than switching it off ...

... to the 1st (M$ Sount Mapper), I get some weird echo effect, completely unusable. You've got a feed-back loop going on. Make sure that "software playthrough" is disabled in "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O". ...

... -Play other tracks while recording new one -Software Playthrough. Play new track while recording it. Still nothing ... set it to the 1st (M$ Sount Mapper), I get some weird echo effect, completely unusable. As you might surmise, ...

Awesome! Thanks for the swift reply. It really works. I de-selected 'software playthrough:play new track while recording it' and the echo disappeared. I found it on audio preferences. Thanks again.