Hello, desperately hoping someone can help with this…I’ve searched all over this forum and google for a fix, but can’t find one.
This wasn’t an issue for me until I downloaded the new version of Audacity today:
I have several tracks already recorded. When I go to record over them on a new track, the audio is being picked up and recorded on the new track. This only happens when I select my playback as my mixer (Yamaha MG10UX), and I do that so I can use the expensive studio headphones that I bought. When I switch to crappy headphones that plug into my laptop, and switch the playback device to those headphones, the problem doesn’t happen.
There is no “stereo mix” on my Windows computer, it’s a Thinkpad. The only options available to record are either my mixer, or Microsoft Sound Mapper. I’ve disabled Microsoft Sound Mapper and the problem persists. On the mixer itself, I’ve lowered every single knob, every level, and have even removed the headphones and the microphone, yet it continues to record onto the new track.
It really seems like something with the mixer itself is routing sound onto the new track, but I don’t know how to fix this since like I said I’ve disconnected everything from the mixer and still am having the issue. I don’t see any setting that can help in Audacity either. The only thing that made it stop was “Transport > Transport Options > Hear Other Tracks during recording” and unchecking that. But obviously I need to leave that checked so I can hear what I’m recording over.
Like I said, really hoping someone can help. Very bummed out about this 