I have been using Audacity for years and I love it. I hope someone can help with this issue that I now have. I can record the first track just fine. But when I start dubbing other tracks, the playback gets distorted ONLY while I am recording the new track. When I a finished and play all the tracks, everything sounds fine again. I can't figure out why only the playback track gets distorted only while dubbing. Here's a video that shows what I am talking about. And some pics of my settings.
And a video of the issue
https://youtu.be/2BkeCjWbVGU
Playback track gets distorted ONLY while dubbing a new track
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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Re: Playback track gets distorted ONLY while dubbing a new track
Has this ever worked for you with the equipment that you are currently using?
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Re: Playback track gets distorted ONLY while dubbing a new track
Yes. As stated, I have been using Audacity for years. I don't know what caused this. The last time I suddenly had recording issues, the only thing that fixed it was getting a new a computer.