Reply To: Is overdubbing possible?

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your details. We think FarPlay is a game-changer too!

For your Windows setups (without external audio interfaces), you can overdub on DAWs connected to your FarPlay sessions. Below is an example outline. I’m happy to provide more details, if that’d help.

  • Install VB Cable A & B.
  • Install a DAW (Audacity is a free example you can experiment with to start out).
  • In your DAW, choose VB Cable A as the playback device and VB Cable B as the input device.
  • Use one copy of FarPlay as usual for your live voice/instrument that you’re recording.
  • In a second copy of FarPlay, choose VB Cable A for the microphone and “No Audio” for the headphones. Use Broadcast Output (available with Standard+ and For Teachers subscriptions) to send multi-channel output to VB Cable B. With multi-channel Broadcast Output, you can send your live voice/instrument and your collaborator’s live voice/instrument to VB Cable B (and, thus, your DAW) on separate channels.
  • Now you can repeatedly record tracks to your multi-track project in your DAW. You might need to adjust your DAW’s latency compensation to improve synchronization among tracks you’re recording.

Thank you,
David Liao