recording problem with Audacity (distored recording)

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recording problem with Audacity (distored recording)

Post by justinrpg » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:43 pm

every time I load a separate wav file (such as instrument track or other vocals) and hit record to sing my own voice as a new track in Audacity, my voice ALWAYS records very distorted and staticy!!! I have Audacity 2.0.0 and this issue has occurred in all previous versions of Audacity as well!!! but if I just record my voice alone, this issue DOES NOT exist!!! I need Audacity for what I am trying to do because I am singing a chorus to a song with a friend ( a duet) who sent me her wav files in email all the way from AZ (I am in MI)
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Re: recording problem with Audacity (distored recording)

Post by Gale Andrews » Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:17 am

If you make an overdub you can get the tracks drifting apart over time or distortion problems due to poor sound card drivers or mismatched sample rates, or both.

Have a look at the "To fix this, try the following" bullet points here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... .html#sync .



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