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Audio Playback Feedback Loop? (n-track)

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by techstop

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I'm using N-Track to record some old audiotape lectures of mine onto CDs. I have a cable from the earphone jack on a Walkman to the microphone jack on a Sony Vaio laptop. When speakers are plugged in to the laptop's speaker jack, I can use the "LIVE" feature of N-Track to listen to the tape as it records. If I plug in a Jensen Digital Audio headset instead of the speakers, a feedback loop appears to result; it is impossible to use this way.

Can anyone explain what I need to change in order to get the headset to work properly? My wife cannot work at her computer when I'm trying to record, due to the distractions, and I wish to monitor the recordings.

Thank you.

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by ann777

Try a different headset; it may be that your Jensen Digital Audio Headset may not be properly shielded and that could be why you get the feedback. Try non-digital; although the quality will be lower in listening, it might work without feedback.
To tell the truth, I've be able to record from old LPs to CD (with the computer), but I have not been able to use speakers or headphones to monitor the recording process. For the same reason you have... the feedback and squealing is just too loud. I play and record without hearing it; I just check it afterward. Not ideal, but it does work at least.

by techstop

Well, ultimately, I got it working. I had to put a kind of "splitter" on the tape recorder, with one cable running into the computer's input (microphone) jack, and the other is the headset. It works; I just no longer use the "live" function. Different headsets made no difference.

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