overdub recording on top of new tracks

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overdub recording on top of new tracks

Post by dlinford » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:25 am

I have a lenovo ThinkPad running Windows 8.1.

I want to overdub new tracks while listening to the original track with headphones. When I do this Audacity records my overdub but also the original track onto the overdub track. So I don't get a clean overdub recording. Several years ago I fixed this problem on another laptop but I can't remember what I did.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Re: overdub recording on top of new tracks

Post by steve » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:16 am

Set the recording input in the device toolbar to the device that you are using (such as microphone or line in).
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