Second Track Recoding Volume

[TommyWig]

Hey,

When I record the first track, either using my laptop's mic or an external mic, the sound gets picked up properly. But when I try laying down a second track, the sound barely gets picked up. Do you know what's going on? It used to not do this.

I messed with the "internal/external" mic setting, which screwed things up for a bit. I eventually got the settings back to normal (its set on internal mic), but I'm still having difficulties.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Dennis

[steve]

This sounds very odd, in fact it does not seem to make sense at all.
What are you recording? Your voice?

Try this:
1) Open Audacity and record you voice. That works fine?
2) Rewind to the beginning of the track and press the record button. This records at a very low volume?
3) Delete both tracks (click the [X] on the track)
4) Record your voice again. This works fine?
5) Mute the first track and repeat step 2. What happens?

[TommyWig]

Yup, that is exactly what happens. When I try to lay down the second track, it hardly picks up anything. Also, if I record for a long time the mic "crashes" and records nonsense sounds. I'll try the muting thing, but I don't think that will work. Plus I need to hear the first track to record the second one.