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Overdubbing - 2nd recording sounds "phase shifted"
On my old Xp, using a cheapy microphone (plugged into sound card), I successfully overdubbed one guitar part onto another with no perceived loss in quality. I had a SB card and used "record what u hear" which I assumed took it directly from the card BEFORE it hit the speaker (i.e. it's recording the amalgam of any sound from the PC that hits that sound card at that instant).
On my W7 PC (integral soundcard), I have tried BOTH a webcam and a 3.5mm soundcard direct microphone.
So, I record 5 seconds of guitarplaying using either Sound Recorder OR my Logitech Webcam software (muting the video).
I then play that 5-seconds using WINDOWS EXPLORER preview and then record that again (adding NO other part). Using either webcam or the 3.5mm microphone, the second recording comes out horribly phase shifted (you almost can't tell its a guitar).
Any suggestions? I've tried all the combos I can think of. I have BOTH speakers and recording set to 192000-bit (i.e. they match).
Additionally, on my sound RECORDING tab, what is SPDIF? Is that akin to "what u hear"?