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Well if the delay does not bother you, check that "Software Playthrough" is enabled in the Transport menu.

... have no monitoring latency either. However, when I uncheck "Software Playthrough" on Audacity so that I don't get that distracting delay when I'm singing, something is horribly wrong. The cursor moves VERY slowly. and the track plays very slowly. The audio that it records is also ...

... hear yourself late. Ok yes spot on. with "Listen" checked I can now hear myself through the headset while recording. There's a slight delay, I might play around with the latency settings. Think I saw instructions for that somewhere. I don't think there is any way to adjust the "Listen" ...

... hear yourself late. Ok yes spot on. with "Listen" checked I can now hear myself through the headset while recording. There's a slight delay, I might play around with the latency settings. Think I saw instructions for that somewhere. But you're right it's actually a little distracting ...

... through headphones. there is latency with headphones and also with speakers.i sing with the right time and when I listen to the result it's good.delay is only while i'm recording.to sing hearing my voice in delay is annoying .to hear my voice on the headphones I set the choice with the microphone ...

... of the latency, or is my computer just not up to the task? Did you read http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#delay ? All software playthrough has latency. You can't monitor an input on a motherboard audio device without latency unless you can unmute it on the ...

... into the laptop back to the desk into the headset i have also tried going from the desk into the laptop and listening directly from the laptop the delay is a lot better The delay should be worse if monitoring in the laptop, so Steve may well be correct (turn off Software Playthrough in Audacity ...

I am using Audacity 2.06 You will get latency with software playthrough whether Audacity performs the playthrough or whether you make Windows perform it by setting "Listen to this device" (on Windows Vista or later). It makes no difference what Audacity version you are using, but I sugges...

Monitor directly in hardware, not use software playthrough which is delayed because it has to route through the computer from input to output. Hardware playthrough usually means connecting your headphones to some USB mics that have a headphones port, or to ...

... out to be attached to it). You can then adjust the level of the recording and you can monitor with Software Playthrough in Audacity (with a little delay). Combo ports meant for Apple headsets on new MacBook Pros can't be changed in Sound Preferences and even with an adaptor are not suitable for ...