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In the Transport menu, turn of "Software Playthrough" and turn on "Overdub". "Software Playthrough" should not be used when recording with a microphone because it creates a delay (echo).

... the input so you can hear it, unless you use the "Listen to this device" option for the input (which is software playthrough). The Radio Delay Tutorial I read was for Win XP. Having tried the Radio Delay on Win 7, I guess it will not be suitable for stereo mix or an internal mic (I have ...

Turn off "Software Playthrough" in the Transport menu.
It is not possible to listen a Logitec USB microphone while recording without an unacceptable delay. To b able to do that with a USB mic, the mic must have a headphone socket built in, but the Logitec mic does not have one.

... the chords. This is not immediate playback of the recording. You may be able to plug headphones into the Woodees to listen to yourself with less delay, depending what adaptor you have. Gale

... Software Playthrough when recording a tape deck, unless Windows is already playing the audio (which is hardware playthrough on Windows XP, so no delay) or unless stereo mix is being recorded (which is wrong, record from line-in instead). Or unless of course you are also listening to the tape ...

... "usb codec" selected for "speakers" and "usb codec" selected for "microphone." And I am STILL getting a delay/latency when I (try to) play the guitar. Have I overlooked something? Check that "Transport menu > Software Playthrough" is off (not ...

... playing in the computer speakers after you hear it in the headphones. It is possible you can hear the sound in the computer speakers without this delay, or with less delay. Look in the "Sound" or similar section of the Windows Control Panel and see if you can unmute the line-in in the ...

... this way with no problem. I recently got a new Inspiron 620 running Windows 7 and now we cannot record without the latency.(I'm referring to the delay in hearing oneself while recording, not syncing the tracks which I can do just fine.) In trying to fix this, everything I'm reading on this forum, ...

Also if you do want to hear the mic while recording, turn on Transport > Software Playthrough, but this inevitably has a delay (latency) so you will probably not actually want to do this.


Gale

... try "Software Playthrough" in Audacity, and the LineIn application if playthrough fails. Be aware there will be playthrough latency - a delay before you hear yourself. See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#Mac_OS_X . Gale