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I'm just playing through the laptop speakers. Do you think I need a MIDI audio interface? I talked to my buddy about it possibly being that the alesis has its own interface which eliminates this delay. If this is the case, any suggestions of cheap interfaces? Or is it anything like an a/d converter ...

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That's why I don't understand, I don't feel like I'm doing anything different. Nothing else is hooked up when I use the keys. I actually have unplugged from it to plug a guitar in and the delay is still there. The alesis is a qs8.2 workstation. The adapter is just a radioshak 1/4 to 1/8 or whatever ...

I have toggled software playback on and off and had no success. I'm just connected to the mic jack using a cheap adapter. Is there a better cheap way? I just want a very inexpensive way to demo. Is it possible its just my laptop? Its five years old but I just reformatted it.

Hi all, I'm new to audacity. I have the 1.3 beta on my Toshiba laptop with windows 7. When I try to play my guitar or mic through my computer speakers I get a delay that really throws me off while trying to overdub. The weird thing is my alesis keyboard doesn't experience the same delay. I tried adj...