Previously recorded track records onto new track

[OzzyGreg]

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Hi guys,

Total newbie here, so please forgive me for asking this ..... I'm sure its been asked a thousand times before!
(Yes, I have checked FAQs and tried a search, both to no avail.)

I have successfully recorded a drum track onto Audacity.

When I try to record a bass track (yes, it's definately a new track), it records the bass no problem, but the previous drum track bounces down onto the same track!

How can I record a clean (ie. bass only) track, while playing the drum track to keep time?

I've looked through Preferences and stuff and can't, for the life of me, see how to fix this.

Help!

Greg

[kozikowski]

It doesn't "bounce down." You're actually recording it that way. You like to record YouTube and Internet Audio right? Those are the exact wrong Windows settings if you want to record a live microphone performance or do live audio production. Stop recording from Stereo Mix or Mix Out or whatever your machine calls it and record from the straight Line-In or Mic-In.

Follow these instructions backwards.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

I think you may have just about everything else working, but you may need to make sure that the Audacity "Play Tracks while recording New Ones" is selected.

Your next posting is going to ask about getting rid of the echo or delay in the recordings. There is no wiki for what you're doing because each computer is slightly different -- enough that you can't write an overall document.

Let us know where you get stuck next.

Koz