Audacity Forum

I'm no expert but... have you checked your sound mixer to see if the 'stereo mix' isn't low or muted? Have you tried changing your ' Sound Recording Default Device' in 'Sounds and Audio Device Properties' in the 'control panel'' ? If this isn't the problem it may be the drivers your sound card is us...

I have sort of solved my problem. I have a little mic pre-amp that I have now plugged into my Griffin iMic. This now enables me to record without any latency. The only problem, as stevethefiddle suggested, is ‘Software Playthrough’ has to be disabled in ‘Audacity Preferences’. It’s a bit of a downer...

A half second delay is considerably more than just "latency". Latency is measured in milliseconds, not seconds. There must be something else going on. I know this is not an expensive piece of hardware, but you should not be getting latency anywhere near that amount. Here's what Griffin have to say ...

Turn off "Software play through". Software play through is slow and will cause an unacceptable delay for live monitoring. Cheers, Steve! I have tried that, but it didn't work. I think it may be that my PC is unable to cope. I'll buy a Ram stick and clear out my Hard Drive to see if that helps. I ha...

Thank you for your reply, koz. kozikowski wrote: ‘ Latency is one reason analog audio equipment didn't die out immediately. "What do you mean there's a two second delay...?" ’ There is literally a half-a-second delay in sound from the moment I pick the string or sing a note before I hear it via the ...

I am using a Griffin iMic, in conjunction with audacity, which I want to use to record my acoustic guitar and vocals with. I do get sound and can record to Audacity, but I get a half-a-second delay between playing a note and it actually sounding and recording. This is far too distracting to perform....