Two things come to mind, both fairly basic:

- Are you monitoring through your speakers when recording? If you are - get yourself a pair of headphones and the bleeding will go away. (Most of it, at least.)

- If you already use headphones it's probably a routing setting in your soundcard software. Is audio out being routed back to audio in? Cheaper soundcards sometimes do these things.

- If you already use headphones it's probably a routing setting in your soundcard software. Is audio out being routed back to audio in? Cheaper soundcards sometimes do these things.

I am using cupped headphones- its not from that...

I muted/umuted all of the items in the control panel of the sound card software (line in, aux, microphone, etc.) and tried differrent combinations...

Is there a way I can not "route the audio back to audio in"?

P.S. I am using a Behringer mixer:
..Line-out on card to L/R tape-ins on mixer
..L/R main outs on mixer to line-in on card

VxVxV wrote: P.S. I am using a Behringer mixer:
..Line-out on card to L/R tape-ins on mixer
..L/R main outs on mixer to line-in on card

This might be it. Is there a "2-Track to Mix"-button on your Behringer? If so, make sure it's turned off.

Yes, thanks, that was part of the problem...

Here are the settings so that there won't be any bleed when recording:

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Mixer:
Tape To Ctrl Room button = DOWN position
Tape to Mix button = UP position

Santa Cruz Control Panel:
"MAIN" tab: select Line in (not "Stereo Mix")
"Mixer" tab: mute microphone (all others ok)

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Thanks for your help.