no playback of first track while recording new track

[alkyjuana]

i just got audacity and looked through the instructions i could find and it didnt say anything about this. so anyways i recorded a track with my guitar and it plays back just fine but when i went to put a new track of lead guitar i couldnt hear the first track at all which makes it pretty hard to add new tracks. im just useing my laptop with a mic plugged in the mic hole and i understand i dont want it played out loud while recording another track cuz i dont want it bleeding into the new track so i tryed plugging headphones in the headphone hole and it still didnt play. i can record multiple tracks and play them all back together but i should be able to hear old tracks through headphones while recording new tracks. can anyone tell me how to make that happen?

[kozikowski]

There is an Audacity Preference called something like Play old Tracks while Recording new ones. Restart Audacity when you make system changes.

Koz

[alkyjuana]

how do i change the prefrences

[alkyjuana]

nevermind i found it thanx