Slight echo

[stardust2003]

Hi,
Im playing some old cassettes in my small mus centre.... feeding the sound
into my comp and recording with audacity

Been doing this for a week or so .... getting good quality recordings.

Suddenly today Im playing the cassette but getting an echo on the sound making it
painful to listen to .... but the recording in audacity when I play it back ... is perfect ... no problem

I could go on but wondering ... any idea to stop this echo .... kind of double voice ?

thanks for any comment or advice .....

[kozikowski]

Are you listening to the computer or the music center? Both? I expect the computer sound to be late compared to the music center.

Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording. What is selected?

Koz

[DVDdoug]

Make sure you've selected the physical connection you're using as your Recording Device (i.e. Line-in on your soundcard, or USB, etc.). "Stereo Mix" or "Loopback" can sometimes create a feedback loop.

[stardust2003]

YES I reaalize this prob has nothing to do with audacity ....

I have a line going out of my desktop comp from the audio socket into a small sony
mus centre which normaly... gives me good sound and I can record audio from comp onto cassette

I take the cable out of the comp and suddenly get perf quality sound .... now from my TV
( I surf the net on TV )

I put the cable back in the earphone socket on my desktop comp .... play a video file and the sound is ok ...

so its only when I play a cassette on my phillips mus centre that Im getting this aweful double voice ....

very unusual .... for the time being though I can solve it by unplugging from the earphone socket in my comp and listening
to the cassette via TV .... in good quality ..... at same time recording with audacity !

strange how Ive had no prob for past week or so ... recorded about 7 hours into audacity no probs !