MacOS – Recording with Audacity using Soundflower causes echo/reverb

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I'm using Audacity and Soundflower to record sound internally on my MacBook Pro. For example I can play a YouTube video and listen to it with head phones, while recording the sound output. All that works fine, the problem comes when I click record in Audacity. It records the sound, but it is adding an echo or reverb which distorts the sound, especially the bass drum in techno music. How do I turn this echo/reverb off?

Btw, if I listen to the music with my headphones, through Audacity, but I don't click record, the sound is great. The problem comes when I begin to record.

Best Answer

I had same problem just fixed it, so assuming you are trying to record audio from Sound Card. The echo reverb is cause by the microphone in your comp, go SoundFlowerBed-->Audio Setup--> Then right click SoundflowerChannel(The one you've setup)---> Set as "Use device for sound input". And that way the microphone its trying to listen to doesnt exist in that channel.