Audacity Forum

How are you listening the the sound while you record? Headphones plugged into the computer?
How are you listening to the sound after you have recorded it? Headphones plugged into the computer?

stevethefiddle wrote:How are you listening the the sound while you record? Headphones plugged into the computer?
How are you listening to the sound after you have recorded it? Headphones plugged into the computer?

When I record I have headphones plugged into the computer.
After I have recorded it, I usually listen to it without headphones plugged into the computer.

Are you sure that the difference is not just the difference between your headphones and your speakers?

stevethefiddle wrote:Are you sure that the difference is not just the difference between your headphones and your speakers?

Yes

So at what point does it start to sound "stuffy"?

I seriously doubt that this is a problem in the Audacity program. Audacity does not, and can not process the sound in any way during recording or during playback. It just records the data that is sent to it and, on playback, sends that data back to your selected sound card. What we need to determine is why the sound coming out is not what you are expecting.

stevethefiddle wrote:So at what point does it start to sound "stuffy"?

I seriously doubt that this is a problem in the Audacity program. Audacity does not, and can not process the sound in any way during recording or during playback. It just records the data that is sent to it and, on playback, sends that data back to your selected sound card. What we need to determine is why the sound coming out is not what you are expecting.

If it's not Audacity, do you think it can be my sound card then?

I don't know if this have anything to do with this, but when I try to use some diferent sound editing software the sound doesn't come out propper neither.

I don't really know anything about sound cards, but maybe that could cause the problems?

Havok wrote:I don't know if this have anything to do with this, but when I try to use some diferent sound editing software the sound doesn't come out propper neither.

Well that could be a clue.

Perhaps if you describe (in detail - remember I can't see over your shoulder) how you have the equipment set up, and exactly what you are doing, perhaps we'll be able to narrow down the cause of the issue. Imagine that I am going to buy the same equipment, set it up the same way, and produce the same results that you are getting - what do I need to do?

stevethefiddle wrote:

Havok wrote:I don't know if this have anything to do with this, but when I try to use some diferent sound editing software the sound doesn't come out propper neither.

Well that could be a clue.

Perhaps if you describe (in detail - remember I can't see over your shoulder) how you have the equipment set up, and exactly what you are doing, perhaps we'll be able to narrow down the cause of the issue. Imagine that I am going to buy the same equipment, set it up the same way, and produce the same results that you are getting - what do I need to do?

My guitar is connected to my pedals (Zoom G1 and Boos DS-1). The pedals are connected to my Behringer Guitar Link UCG 102 and that's plugged into my computer.

When I record in Audacity, I turn off one of the pedals and choose an effect, press record and it comes out "stuffy" when I play it afterwards.

When I bought the Behringer Guitar Link UCG 102 it came with some sound editing software called Guitar Combo from Native Instruments. When I try to play some recorded stuff in that program (or even I if play the demo tones in it) it sounds like.. The same sound as if my speakers were broken - very very crunching and noisy.

And I have also tried Guitar Rig and some Ampeg software.

Another thing that could have something to do with this is that sometimes, very suddenly, the sound of my computer just freaks out. When that happens and I try to play some music for instance, it sounds like my speakers were broken (which they aren't, cause I have tried many different speakers). Then I have to shut down the computer and wait some hours and it works fine again. It's strange..

Thanks for helping me out by the way

Havok wrote: When I record in Audacity, I turn off one of the pedals and choose an effect, press record and it comes out "stuffy" when I play it afterwards.

How are you listening to the guitar while you are recording? What are your headphones plugged into?

Which version of Audacity are you using? (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

When you go into the Preferences menu (Edit menu > Preferences) the first tab is either "Audio I/O" or "Devices", what settings do you have in there?
On the "Quality" tab in Preferences, what settings do you have in there?

stevethefiddle wrote:

Havok wrote: When I record in Audacity, I turn off one of the pedals and choose an effect, press record and it comes out "stuffy" when I play it afterwards.

How are you listening to the guitar while you are recording? What are your headphones plugged into?

Which version of Audacity are you using? (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

When you go into the Preferences menu (Edit menu > Preferences) the first tab is either "Audio I/O" or "Devices", what settings do you have in there?
On the "Quality" tab in Preferences, what settings do you have in there?

When I record I only listen to the back ground track and not my guitar, but with headphones.

I use the version 1.2.6

In the Audio I/O:
First box: Microsoft Sound Maps - Output
Second box: Microsoft Soudn Maps - Input
Thrid box: 1 (Mono)
And then there is a mark in the box that says something like "Play other tracks while recording a new one"

In the Quality:
Standard recording rate: 44100 Hz
Standard recording format: 16-bit
Real-time converting of sampling frequency: Fast Sync Interplolation
High Quality sample frequency converting: High quality Sync Interplation
Real-time dither: None
High quality dither: triangle

The words might not be exactly as they are in your version, cause mine is in Danish and I just translated it into English

Thanks