I have been away from Audacity for years, but am back with a question I cannot answer.
The basics - a new HP laptop, Audacity 2.4.1 and the source is Youtube.
But when I hit the "record" button, there is a very, very loud feedback/oscillation which drowns out the actual music I want.
I have tried all possible variations of settings (and cussing) but nothing seems to work. I feel intuitively that the solution is easy and maybe even obvious to others - but I give up, and hope someone can enlighten me and fix this issue.
by the way, since feedback is involved I tried sticking a wad of gum over the microphone hole, but that did nothing.
Thanks in advance for your help
Felix (I hate computers, and they hate me)
feedback during recording
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
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/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Re: feedback during recording
Make sure
Software Playthrough is turned off (it can create an internal feedback loop).
Software Playthrough is turned off (it can create an internal feedback loop).
Re: feedback during recording
Thanks - that did the trick.
Felix
Felix