cant get rid of echo using live processing

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I cannot get rid of an echo (not delay) when using the live processing. I have looked everywhere and cannot find any FX on. When I use other FX it just over lays with the echo. Any ideas why this is so? Or is this normal? I even tried to reinstall n-track.

TIA

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Best guess - your sound card is performing some “direct monitoring.” When you turn “LIVE” mode on you’re also hearing the output from N-track, which will have some latency (how much latency is sound card / driver dependent) thus the echo. First you hear the sound card’s direct monitoring output, then miliseconds later you hear n-Track’s output.

For an experiment, close nTrack completely - can you still hear sound? If so your card is probably set to do direct monitoring. Turn it off via either a knob/switch on the soundcard itself (if an external audio interface) or in the soundcards software/driver. If you think this is the issue, tell us what kind of soundcard you have and someone may be able to help with how to switch off direct monitoring.

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Thanks for the quick reply HotDogWater…

Your post must have got the hamsters running faster because I think i found the problem. I was running my mic through a P.A.'s mixer (before going to the PC). And I also had the output of the PC going back to the the mixer. So I tried a few different ways of connecting and presto! No more echo. I now just have the delay witch is understandable. I guess it was some sorta feedback loop causing the echo.

Thanks again for you input on the problem :)