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... went to pref...... recording .. and saw the software playthrough box was nt ticked ! ticked it .... I went back ... I can hear the audio but there is suddenly a strange echo effect with the sound same on the recording I made ...

Software playthrough ON generates an echo of the input audio (ie bass); with both playthrough ON and overdub ON, ...

Overdub" must be ON (selected). "Software Playthrough" must be OFF (not selected). Is that how you have ... being recorded; Software playthrough ON generates an echo of the input audio (ie bass); with both playthrough ON ...

Software playthrough is off (not selected) by default. Software playthrough routes the incoming audio through to the audio ...

... Preferences, clicked on Recording and under Playthrough the second box (software playthrough) is checked. In parentheses it says uncheck when recording stereo mix and voila! no more echo on the Youtube recording. Any idea why this worked? ...

... (Stereo) Input Channel. If you get an echo in the recording select Transport in Audacity and make sure Software Playthrough is unchecked. Now this work for me, your parameters ...

... (Stereo) Input Channel. If you get an echo in your recording open the Transport window in Audacity and make sure Software Playthrough is unchecked. Now this works for me, so I hope ...

... bug that is fixable by changing version. Playthrough done by routing audio from input to output through software processing always has latency. Please see Why is there a delay or echo when listening to what I am recording? . You have an ...

Carl H wrote:I can hear my voice echo back at me ...
Any suggestions on how I get out of this, please?

Try unchecking "software playthrough" in Audacity preferences ...

... I made was in Edit >Preferences...I checked Software Play Through. Now Playback seems to be ... Thanks for your help and attention! Software Playthrough does not affect playback. It only operates ... Playthrough switched on during recording, the echo of your voice would not be recorded if you ...