Can't turn off playback

[dansve]

Audacity 2.0.3
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Hello, this is my first post and i'm not even sure if this is the right forum section so correct me if i'm wrong.
I have a Shure SM58 microphone (wireless) and a imultimix 8 USB mixer and they seem to work fine.
But when i try to record anything, say i put the beat (instrumental) into audacity, and i record my voice while playing it, it seems the music is recorded too.
Also when i'm recording just my voice, it also records all background sounds and system sounds.
This doesn't happen when i record with a regular PC mic.
So i guess it's somekind of playback from the mic/mixer ?
Can anyone help :/ i've searched in ALL the options, and i'm at a really dead end.
A friend said it's because my microphone is wireless and that's why there are no playback options for it on the sound tools.

[kozikowski]

You're recording the wrong thing. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording > Device. You should be recording your USB device, not Stereo-Mix, Internal Microphone, or anything else. "USB Sound Device" or something like that? It may not say the name of your mixer.

Also, Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording Select [X] Overdubbing and deselect [_] Playthrough.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... rdubs.html

Koz

[dansve]

You're recording the wrong thing. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording > Device. You should be recording your USB device, not Stereo-Mix, Internal Microphone, or anything else. "USB Sound Device" or something like that? It may not say the name of your mixer.

Also, Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording Select [X] Overdubbing and deselect [_] Playthrough.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... rdubs.html

Koz

I am recording with the microphone driver of the Shure SM58, sterio-mix is off in volume options. i disabled it in total.

[Gale Andrews]

What is your playback device in Audacity Device Toolbar?

If it's the mixer then you must have the mixer set up to send what you are hearing back to Audacity to be recorded.

Gale

[dansve]

I am using the mixer's microphone USB driver, and the USB driver for speakers. i've tried using everything. there is just no playback option ANYWHERE.

Here is how i got things cabled up. maybe there is a playback on the mixer that i don't see.

[steve]

This is the bit that Koz was asking for:

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I have a Shure SM58 microphone (wireless) and a imultimix 8 USB mixer

So have I got this right?
The microphone connects wireless to a receiver.
The receiver plugs into the imultimix (channel 1).
The imultimix connects to the computer via USB.
Your headphones / speakers are connected ????

If so, the problem would seem to be a setting in the imultmix. The microphone and the computer playback are being mixed in the imultimix and sent back to Audacity for recording.

[dansve]

This is the bit that Koz was asking for:

2qujhva.jpg

I have a Shure SM58 microphone (wireless) and a imultimix 8 USB mixer

So have I got this right?
The microphone connects wireless to a receiver.
The receiver plugs into the imultimix (channel 1).
The imultimix connects to the computer via USB.
Your headphones / speakers are connected ????

If so, the problem would seem to be a setting in the imultmix. The microphone and the computer playback are being mixed in the imultimix and sent back to Audacity for recording.

Yes, but i have cheaked everywhere and there is no playback options anywhere.

[steve]

How are you monitoring (listening while recording)?

[dansve]

How are you monitoring (listening while recording)?

I've tried listening while recording, i've tried turning without listening. it's all the same o_o

[dansve]

It seems to record everything. the only way to record my voice only is to either only record vocal, or put on a song, put Output Volume on the most left and then record. but then i don't hear the music.