karaoke function

[jungelbobo]

Is there a function on adacity that can allow me to hear what i just said while sound recording through microphone, like in karaoke?
any help would be appreciated

[steve]

Is there a function on adacity that can allow me to hear what i just said

Could you explain more precisely what you mean?

[whomper]

audacity can facilitate that ONLY IF your PC allows it
check your sound card for stereomix or similar name
like whatyousee is whatyouhear ....

if its win7 and a laptop you dont got that feature no more
and would need an external sound card to do it

[jungelbobo]

audacity can facilitate that ONLY IF your PC allows it
check your sound card for stereomix or similar name
like whatyousee is whatyouhear ....

if its win7 and a laptop you dont got that feature no more
and would need an external sound card to do it

Then how do you enable the feature in audacity?
I cant seem to find it anywhere. I even did some googling

[jungelbobo]

Is there a function on adacity that can allow me to hear what i just said

Could you explain more precisely what you mean?

Say you are recording stuff now, when you say a word to the mic, you simultaneously hear the word from the speaker.

[steve]

Say you are recording stuff now, when you say a word to the mic, you simultaneously hear the word from the speaker.

It may be possible to configure your sound system to do that, but it is not an "Audacity" feature. For recording purposes it is a bad idea to have the sound coming out of your speakers while recording as the microphone will record the sound from your speakers as well as the sound of your voice, which will cause the sound to echo and become unclear. If the sound from the speakers becomes too loud, it will be continually amplified through the microphone and turn into a loud squeal which is called "feedback".

If you need to monitor the sound of your voice while recording, you should use headphones to avoid getting feedback.

Simultaneous monitoring of the microphone is not usually possible with USB microphones, though you can enable the feature of "Software Playthrough" in Audacity Preferences (Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O). There will be an unavoidable delay before the sound appears in your headphones/speakers.

For conventional (non-USB) microphones, simultaneous monitoring of the microphone input may be possible (depending on your sound card) by opening the "Playback" settings for your sound card and enabling playback of the microphone. To do that, open your sound card mixer (look for a loudspeaker icon near the time/date on your Desktop) and in the playback settings, see if there is a control for the Microphone.

[jungelbobo]

Say you are recording stuff now, when you say a word to the mic, you simultaneously hear the word from the speaker.

It may be possible to configure your sound system to do that, but it is not an "Audacity" feature. For recording purposes it is a bad idea to have the sound coming out of your speakers while recording as the microphone will record the sound from your speakers as well as the sound of your voice, which will cause the sound to echo and become unclear. If the sound from the speakers becomes too loud, it will be continually amplified through the microphone and turn into a loud squeal which is called "feedback".

If you need to monitor the sound of your voice while recording, you should use headphones to avoid getting feedback.

Simultaneous monitoring of the microphone is not usually possible with USB microphones, though you can enable the feature of "Software Playthrough" in Audacity Preferences (Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O). There will be an unavoidable delay before the sound appears in your headphones/speakers.

For conventional (non-USB) microphones, simultaneous monitoring of the microphone input may be possible (depending on your sound card) by opening the "Playback" settings for your sound card and enabling playback of the microphone. To do that, open your sound card mixer (look for a loudspeaker icon near the time/date on your Desktop) and in the playback settings, see if there is a control for the Microphone.

Thanks I totally got my problem fixed