Hello all,
I’m a music teacher and I’ve used Audacity for years now to create recordings. I have a jazz improv class that I use backing tracks to import and then overdub them playing the head of a tune, improvise, etc. and turn it in. It’s worked forever, however, this year, I’ve run into a new problem as I got a new work computer. I’ve seen other threads on my problem, but I have not figured out a solution or a work around and I’m baffled… Here it is…
Open up the backing track, then record myself playing over the backing track… when you play it back, the overdubbed track is cutting out all over the place. The backing track is fine. I have figured out to a point (at least I think) that it’s like overloaded to a certain point with signal and anything beyond that just doesn’t get recorded. I’ve turned the gain on the backing track all the way down and then it will record, but then the backing track very soft and not ideal to hear. It’s like Audacity is adding the signal of the backing track and the overdubbed track together. Anything in the overdubbed track that goes over the limit gets cut. For it to record right, I basically have to turn the gain of the backing track to 0.
There are other ways and programs that kids can learn to record themselves, yes, but all students have access to this tech and Audacity is a free program that everyone has installed on their computers. (I’m in a pretty poor, inner-city school) It has brought production to a halt that I can’t get them to make their recordings to turn things in.
Any input is welcomed out there and I hope this makes sense.
Micah