Recording Vocals on a Track

I am using the built in microphone and sometimes a usb mic to record my vocals. When I play it back my vocals and the music is coming up on the track which sounds awful. How do I get the music to stop playing in my vocals. Please help

I assume "the music" is some other track that you record to? Do you have speakers on when you record your voice? Then it wouldn't be a wonder that the sound is recorded too.

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I do most of my music on a Mac Pro, running Logic Studio 9, but the location of the computer really isn't a suitable space for recording vocals in.
I can't keep lugging the Mac Pro about, so ideally I'd like to record the vocals in a suitable (different) space on to a laptop, then import the resulting audio files to the main project on my Mac Pro.
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but the location of the computer really isn't a suitable space for recording vocals in.
Is there any other room that would work better at your location? If so, consider buying a snake.
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Or reinstall Logic Pro on your laptop, but without all the content. Your license permits this, as you're not using two copies at the same time.
First question - would this work?
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Second question - if so, can anyone recommend any portable, Firewire 800 audio interfaces
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- Pinch of eq (they say the human voice benefits from boosts around 4k - try playing subtly with eq around this area
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I bought a new MacBook Pro, trying to record vocals on the updated version of GarageBand and the sound quality is less than ideal.
I used to use (LIVE PERFORMANCE) Vocal feature on version 6.0.5 which sounded great. Now with this update it has less then relevant options for a person trying to record demos and audition pieces...
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