This is just the converse of what the Voice Narration function offers, which is a single button to start a voice recording synchronized with a video playback. However, I think I would still regard it as a nice feature if Camtasia offered a way to start the audio playback and the video recording with the click of a single button, which would guarantee they would be in sync. This solution is really no different than using another audio player, other than it saves you the trouble of opening a separate player and finding the audio file to play it. Pausing for a second or two of silence at the beginning of your voice narration will give you some flexibility to edit them so that they sync up the way you want. The only thing a little bit tricky about this method is that I have to manually sync the start of the playback and my recording, because you have to start each one separately, but I can get the hang of that. I found it is the software playthrough option. exe installer file running Windows 7 on PC Is there a way to listen to the recording while recording I have tried both speaker and headphones, neither seem to work. I want to record multiple guitar tracks and have them overlay, but without having direct playback to listen while playing the second part, I have no way to time them together without converting the first track to an mp3 file and playing it back from a separate device while playing the second part. I recently switched to a Rode NT1 mic and am no longer able to record while playing another track. I was looking for the option who permits to listen to my own voice (from headphones) while I am recording from microphone. Hello, Versions: Audacity 2.4.2 Windows 10 Issue: I previously had a Fifine microphone and was able to play music (or anything) while also recording on Audacity. I knew you could preview a media clip with video and audio, I don't know why I assumed that wouldn't work for audio narrations, just hadn't experienced it. I installed Audacity software some days ago. I am a novice with Camtasia, so I didn't know you could just click on the narration to play it-I am only used to playing media from the timeline. You can then play the audio while you record the video. This opens a Camtasia audio player and plays the narration in a separate window. All you need to do is double click on the narration in the media pane. The correct answer to the question would have been, yes, you can play an audio from Camtasia while recording video. I guess using another audio player would have been workable too, but just seemed odd and unsatisfying. It is stated above that you have to use a different audio player (other than Camtasia) to play the audio, but that is apparently not the case (at least not with Camtasia 9). Aha! So the answer stated above and also in the item from 3 yrs ago is incorrect.