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Topic: Problem with Audacity recording Stereo Mix |
Henry Brooks
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Los Gatos, California, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 11:04 am |
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Recently, I have run into a problem recording the Stereo Mix using Audacity. Monitoring while Audacity is recording the stereo Mix sounds fine but when I play the track back it sounds like it was recorded using a phase shifter. Any idea of what is happening? I'm using version 2.0.1 Thanks.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 1 Apr 2014 2:41 am
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| Audacity has many effect options. Check that none of these are enabled. |
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Peter Lindsley
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Apr 2014 7:01 am
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Jack
This question one keeps popping up from time to time...
Audacity will have a latency as part of the very nature of software audio solutions. This latency can be corrected within the software itself.
Check this out
http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Latency_Test
Further micro adjustments may have to be carried even after you have done the above. This can be achieved by cutting or pasting small bits of ´silence´ at the beginning of the recorded track. Made easier if you make sure you record a tap or something in time with the count in from the backing track then you can align it with the count in, in Audacity.
Hope this helps. It´s a lot easier to do than to write about 
atb
Pete
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 4 Apr 2014 9:11 am
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I don't associate "latency" with a "Phase shifter" as described by the original poster.
I have a home recording studio, using Sonar X3 Producer and do a lot of recording. I've done two CD project sessions and a 3 song demo session this week. |
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Peter Lindsley
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Posted 5 Apr 2014 7:14 am
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Jack
sorry I targeted my response to you in error. Should of course been to Henry.
I take your point re latency v variable phase sound. I´d assumed he had meant ´out of phase´ by a fixed amount  .
In any event, Audacity effects are not enabled, as in switched on or off but have to applied to an individual track for them to be active. ie a very positive user interaction that he would unlikely not to be aware of  .
Henry
did you get this fixed yet?
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Henry Brooks
From:
Los Gatos, California, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2014 10:46 am
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Jack & Peter
Thank you for your replies. I guess Phase shifter wasn't a very good example. What I'm hearing is a slow wow sound. I used the Stereo Mix option to record just the audio track from a video on the net so I can figure out the chords to a song. I don't remember this happening on recordings I have made in the past but now it is occurring. I did check a few of my previous recordings and they don't have the wow problem.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Apr 2014 1:04 pm
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Is this just one time or have you tried multiple streaming audio from the internet recordings?
How about a local recording, such as a music CD? |
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Henry Brooks
From:
Los Gatos, California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2014 12:15 pm
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Jack:
Sorry I'm so late responding. It's only on streaming.
Henry |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2014 3:10 pm
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What do I do to listen while recording ? It works OK on my PC but not on my laptop.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Apr 2014 2:26 am
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| You have to have the "Stereo Mix" (also called System Mixer and "What You Hear" by Creative/SoundBlaster) as the default recording device to be able to record streaming audio. |
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