How do I play back while recording?
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chazzmatazz99
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How do I play back while recording?
When I have a click track in audacity, and I'm recording other tracks over it, how do I do that without the overdubbing? Overdubbing causes everything to become ugly, distorted, messed up, and mushy, but i cant record into audacity without everything synced to the metronome or else it does not sound good. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you!
Re: How do I play back while recording?
Overdubbing should be enabled (Transport menu).
Software Playthrough should be disabled (Transport menu).
Ensure that Audacity is set to record directly from the line/microphone (whichever you are using) and not from "Stereo Mix".
Software Playthrough should be disabled (Transport menu).
Ensure that Audacity is set to record directly from the line/microphone (whichever you are using) and not from "Stereo Mix".
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waxcylinder
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Re: How do I play back while recording?
This set of tutorials from the 2.0 manual should help you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... rdubs.html
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