Audacity Forum

Is there anyway to change it within my laptop control panel?

There is no way to adjust or compensate for the playthrough delay. Most of this is out of Audacity's control and has to do with buffering audio within the computer operating system.

-- Bill

... Software playthrough listen while recording or monitoring new track. I could really like this feature but, it seems to have a longer then normal delay so it sounds like im kinda stuttering instead of following myself. Anyway to change the delay or latency something to change the delay time? Thanks, ...

If you look at the pictures in the Snowball manual, none of the people are wearing headphones. The usual way to record with this type of microphone does not involve monitoring the sound that is being recorded while it is being recorded. Just set it up and start talking/singing/playing. If you are re...

... audacity and I'm trying to record through my snowball usb input mic. I have everything working, but when I try to record anything, the sound is delayed through my headphones. Makes it very difficult to record. Anyone have a fix for this? Assuming you mean you have enabled Software Playthrough ...

You've posted in the Audacity 1.2 part of the forum, but the recommended version for Windows 7 is Audacity 1.3.13. Audacity has known problems on Windows 7. In Audacity 1.3.13 there is an option near the bottom of the "Transport" menu "Software Playthrough" which should be OFF (n...

Turn off "Software Playthrough" (near bottom of the Transport menu).
Select the UCA 202 as the playback device and plug your headphones in there rather than into the computer sound card.

Go to Transport > Software Playthrough. However, there will be a delay between the time you strike a key and the time you hear it. This is the time it takes the OS and Audacity to buffer and process the sound samples and there is nothing you can do about ...

... for over-dubbing is that the only way to listen to your own voice is by using Software Playthrough in Audacity, which introduces an annoying delay, and there is no way to compensate for that delay. It's like listening to yourself using speakers placed 100 feet away. I've heard tell that some ...

I'm getting about a 1/2 second delay in monitoring what I'm recording. Can anyone tell me why and what to do to fix it? You cannot "fix" the delay with software playthrough monitoring. If you must use a USB mic, upgrade to one ...