strange problem

[jbsound]

I'm very new to home recording and just started mesing around with a couple of programs on my computer. I've run into this wierd problem with both. If I record a track and then set it for playback inorder to record another track along side it, the second one records this faint echo of the first, even after unplugging montiors and headphones, and mic. Like an acoustic echo thats happening inside the computer. Anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

[JonRC]

hey, it sounds like a problem i had on my old computer and it was because of a cheap sound card where the recording was just picking up the internal audio of the sound card. if you dont have a cheap sound card then it could be that in your PC audio options you have the recording interface set on " stereo mix" instead of "mic" or "line in". that would make it record your new recordings over top of the old ones and create a new track out of it while still leaving the original in tact.

[brandondrury]

Yup, it's a soundcard issue. I'm assuming you are using the stock soundcard.

Do do this whole recording thing right, you need a sound card designed for recording. Check out the Home Recording Soundcard Wizard in my signature.

Brandon