Hello, I'm running Audacity 2.0.0. on Windows XP and having a little recording problem. Having successfully laid down a stereo backing track on track 1, I am now trying to record additional intruments via the Aux input on my computer tower to track 2. This happens successfully, but also records the backing track from track 1 onto track 2 as well as the new instrument sound. I find I can stop this from happening by muting track 1, but then cannot monitor the sound from that track.
Any ideas please ?
Bazza
recording problems
Forum rules
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.
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.
-
kozikowski
- Forum Staff
- Posts: 69384
- Joined: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:57 pm
- Operating System: macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Re: recording problems
Did you follow along with those overdubbing/multitrack tutorials we wrote?
You hear the old track when you switch audacity to Preferences > Recording > Overdubbing. You should use the device tool bar to make sure you're recording directly from the connection and not Stereo-Mix, Wave-Out or something like that. Those are "fake" connections designed to make it easy to record internet audio. They will mess you up when you're trying to sing.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... rdubs.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... olbar.html
Koz
You hear the old track when you switch audacity to Preferences > Recording > Overdubbing. You should use the device tool bar to make sure you're recording directly from the connection and not Stereo-Mix, Wave-Out or something like that. Those are "fake" connections designed to make it easy to record internet audio. They will mess you up when you're trying to sing.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... rdubs.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... olbar.html
Koz