Annoying problem when attempting to record
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:33 pm
howdy forums, new here - but not new to Audacity. I'm having an annoying problem when attempting to record.
I record rough draft rap tracks from my laptop (stock mic, stock speakers, ect - just as a rough copy). I recently upgraded (fresh install) from Windows Vista to Windows 7, and have been having some Audacity problems since.
When I record, I Project > Import Audio (to import the instrumental onto one track), and then when I record, I have it set to play tracks as I record (so I can hear the instrumental through my headphones as I record). It worked fine in Windows Vista, but in 7 I am getting a very annoying problem. I'll have the gain on both tracks (instrumental track + vocal track) on +0 dB gain, but sometimes my microphone is very quiet, and I like to turn the dB gain up on the lyric track without turning down the gain on the instrumental track, no problem right? wrong! when I do this (even if I turn the gain up just +3 dB), the overlapping tracks I guess create so much volume, that it's either so loud it's silent, or a mess of cracking and screeching sounds. I have checked my microphone boost in the Windows Control Panel, and have even set it to 0, with no luck and still this problem happening.
I've tried to equalize the tracks out a bit with a few different settings, which will work ok sometimes, but I have to compromise on volume. This problem also occurs when I make a seperate track to record adlibs over my original vocal track (everytime sounds overlap this problem seems to occur) with no luck. Any help would be appreciated!
-Alex
I record rough draft rap tracks from my laptop (stock mic, stock speakers, ect - just as a rough copy). I recently upgraded (fresh install) from Windows Vista to Windows 7, and have been having some Audacity problems since.
When I record, I Project > Import Audio (to import the instrumental onto one track), and then when I record, I have it set to play tracks as I record (so I can hear the instrumental through my headphones as I record). It worked fine in Windows Vista, but in 7 I am getting a very annoying problem. I'll have the gain on both tracks (instrumental track + vocal track) on +0 dB gain, but sometimes my microphone is very quiet, and I like to turn the dB gain up on the lyric track without turning down the gain on the instrumental track, no problem right? wrong! when I do this (even if I turn the gain up just +3 dB), the overlapping tracks I guess create so much volume, that it's either so loud it's silent, or a mess of cracking and screeching sounds. I have checked my microphone boost in the Windows Control Panel, and have even set it to 0, with no luck and still this problem happening.
I've tried to equalize the tracks out a bit with a few different settings, which will work ok sometimes, but I have to compromise on volume. This problem also occurs when I make a seperate track to record adlibs over my original vocal track (everytime sounds overlap this problem seems to occur) with no luck. Any help would be appreciated!
-Alex