Recording microphone and speakers at the same time

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Recording microphone and speakers at the same time

Post by BanelingAspect » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:53 pm

Hi,

I'm interested in doing a Let's Play for a video game, and I need to be able to record both the game sounds and my microphone input at the same time for this. However, I'd like to be able to dub my voice over if I flub a line without messing up sounds from the game. So, my question is, is there a way for Audacity to simultaneously record microphone input and game sounds, but in separate tracks that I can edit separately?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Recording microphone and speakers at the same time

Post by steve » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:26 pm

The best way to do this is probably to do one track at a time.
Record the game track first, then overdub the voice track onto a new track.
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Re: Recording microphone and speakers at the same time

Post by BanelingAspect » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:16 am

Mhh, alright. I was rather hoping to be able to capture my reactions in real time, but that works too. Thanks!

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