I can hear myself while recording [SOLVED]

Carrythxd · February 12, 2016, 2:38pm

I recently bought a new headset as the mic in my old one broke, but along with the new headset came an issue where I can hear myself while recording in Audacity. Whatever I say, it repeats it straight into the headset while recording.
Is there any way to get rid of this or do I just have to get used to it?

Gale_Andrews · February 12, 2016, 2:43pm

Try turning off Transport > Software Playthrough in the Audacity menus.

Gale

Carrythxd · February 12, 2016, 2:50pm

I tried disabling that but I can still hear myself through the headset. Thanks for the help though!

Gale_Andrews · February 12, 2016, 3:09pm

Then right-click over the speaker icon by the Windows system clock and choose “Recording Devices”. Right-click over the headset then choose “Properties”. Then click the “Listen” tab. Make sure “Listen to this device” is not enabled.

Gale

Carrythxd · February 12, 2016, 3:19pm

That is also disabled

Gale_Andrews · February 13, 2016, 2:35pm

Then look at any control panel the headset has, which may have some playthrough option.

I assume it is a USB headset but you have not given its make or model number, so we can’t help you search for a solution.

Gale

Carrythxd · February 14, 2016, 1:06am

It actually was a problem with the headset, there was an option to remove the voice playback from the headset settings itself. But, thank you for the help!