2nd track is distorted/squelching when recording..

[Justalilbit]

Hello, I apologize in advance if I missed an answer to this problem via a past thread or sticky.. I checked both, yielding only two 5 year old posts which did not solve my problem. If the answer is located elsewhere, please direct me there rather than not answering.. thanks!

Anyways, when I'm recording, (anything; mic, guitar, piano, line in, USB), the first track comes out clean and sounds fine. When I record another, the first track plays fine, but the 2nd comes out extremely distorted and 'squelchy'. I haven't a clue how I would fix this. I've spend hours reading the audacitiy wiki before, and this kind of troubleshooting gets so complicated my eyes crust over.

[Gale Andrews]

Have you read this:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... ings#drift ?

Those are exactly the steps you have to try.

If absolutely none of that helps (including updating sound device drivers) tell us what version of Windows, what version of Audacity (all three numbers at Help > About Audacity) and what the USB sound device is.


Gale

[Justalilbit]

Thank you for your help. I changed the in/out to the same source as it said, an that fixed the problem. There was a slight bit of latency though, so I tweaked the buffer amount. This caused the squelching to return, so I decided to revert the buffer amount and live with the latency. The squelching didn't go away this time, though. This is honestly so frustrating...

I'm using Audacity 1.3.-13 beta on Windows 7. I've tried recording via a multi effects pedal (Boss GT-10), and a Tascam US-1641 Interface.. both produce the same squelching on the second track.

[Gale Andrews]

Thank you for your help. I changed the in/out to the same source as it said, an that fixed the problem. There was a slight bit of latency though, so I tweaked the buffer amount. This caused the squelching to return, so I decided to revert the buffer amount and live with the latency. The squelching didn't go away this time, though. This is honestly so frustrating...

I'm using Audacity 1.3.-13 beta on Windows 7. I've tried recording via a multi effects pedal (Boss GT-10), and a Tascam US-1641 Interface.. both produce the same squelching on the second track.

Current Beta is 1.3.14 though upgrading is probably not going to make any difference. Have you rebooted after changing the audio to buffer?

Are you connecting GT-10 via USB or to the mic or line-in? USB could be the problem. Are you using a spare USB port?

What project rate are you recording at (bottom left of Audacity screen)?

What are your inputs and outputs in Device Toolbar?


Gale