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title: Troubleshooting Unwanted Echo and Feedback
description: "Here are the most common causes of feedback (a loud screeching noise) or unwanted echo effects in your studio: With JackTrip, it's easy to track down the source of echos:"
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# Troubleshooting Unwanted Echo and Feedback

Here are the most common causes of feedback (a loud screeching noise) or unwanted echo effects in your studio:

- Using speakers instead of headphones
- Using audio routing software (Loopback, UA Console, a DAW, etc) in a way that loops JackTrip's audio back into itself
- The [Studio Echo volume](https://support.jacktrip.com/hearing-yourself-on-jacktrip-studio-echo-versus-monitoring?hsLang=en) level is not set to zero
- Using a [Soundscapes](https://support.jacktrip.com/using-jacktrip-soundscapes-to-control-your-audio-and-add-fx?hsLang=en) preset or configuration that includes a Reverb effect
- Using the local [Monitor feature](https://support.jacktrip.com/hearing-yourself-on-jacktrip-studio-echo-versus-monitoring?hsLang=en) in the desktop app with a slow audio interface (no ASIO driver on Windows, using a large buffer size, or just slow hardware)

With JackTrip, it's easy to track down the source of echos:

- While speaking or playing music, place your mouse/cursor over the video window of each participant. At the bottom of the window is a volume meter that visually displays the audio they are sending to the studio. If the volume meter moves in sync with your sound, it means you've found the source!
- If you don't hear an echo and everyone else does, it most likely means that you are the source.

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