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The Audacity Preference is "Software" Playthrough - that always has delay while the sound is passed through the computer. See if you can unmute the input you are plugged into on the playback side of the system mixer. If it works it should have a lot less ...

One way that you could solve this would be to use a program that supports "ASIO" for doing the recording (you can still use Audacity for editing if you wish). ASIO allows software playthrough with very low latency, but due to licensing restrictions Audacity cannot be shipped with ASIO supp...

If I close Audacity I cannot hear the guitar through the device. If I use Audacity I can only hear the guitar if I check the Software Playthrough box. It is recording. The input/output devices are showing up in Audacity as 'USB Audio CODEC'. I don't know if that's relevant or not. Device Manager say...

I was listening with headphones plugged into the Guitar Link. I unchecked Software Playthrough in the Transport menu but cannot hear my guitar through the headphones. I generated a click track and tried to record and play along with my guitar. I can hear the click track throug the headphones but not...

de-selected software playthrough and now can't listen to what i'm recording but is working ok on playback

Turn off (de-select) "Software Playthrough" (near the bottom of the Transport menu).

You need to plug your headphones into the Guitar Link UCG102, not into your normal sound card.
In the Transport menu, de-select the "Software Playthrough" option.

... The choice is that either you just listen to the sound being recorded acoustically (not via the headphones), or via the headphones with a delay. This is a problem common to all USB microphones unless they have a headphone socket built into the mic itself. If you use a recording program ...

... speakers), or 2) Enable "software playthrough" (near the bottom of the Transport menu) Note that with option 2 there will be a slight delay (possibly around 1/2 second) before the sound comes out, but that should not be a problem.

... buggy Beta? When I enable software playthrough, I can hear the first track fine and record over it--the problem is that the recording is so delayed that I hear my mic input about a half second later. A delay with software playthrough is expected. Have you tried this Frequently Asked Question ...