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... a USB headset combining mic and headphones, all you can do is turn on software playthrough in the Audacity Preferences. This will have significant delay. A few more expensive USB mics may have a headphone jack you can plug into which will have minimal delay. Gale

If you want them to hear your voice through their headphones in-sync with your "live" voice, (i.e. no delay), then IMO there is no software solution to this playthrough delay problem: extra hardware will be required … Software playthrough introduces its own delay (different ...

Kila: What you are experiencing is "software playthrough delay" and there is probably nothing you can do about it. Tell us what computer and operating system you are using, and which version of Audacity and then we'll know if you have any options. ...

Upgrading to 1.3. is recommended , but I don't think it will solve your delay problem ... Note that using a USB microphone is not the best way to record overdubs. These microphones are great for podcasters who just want to record their voice and are not worried ...

If you are listening with Software Playthrough there is nothing you can do about that delay. Instead listen to the output of the mixer and turn off software playthrough.

-- Bill

... but most modern Windows machines can't unless you use ASIO drivers or "Software Playthrough", but software playthrough introduces a delay to the sound which is impractical for live playing, and Audacity does not support ASIO unless you build Audacity from the source code and add ...

Unless your USB cable includes a headphone socket it is not possible to monitor the guitar input without a delay. The reason for this is that there is no direct physical connection between the USB cable and your sound card, so sound going in through the USB cable can only be ...

thanks for playthrough delay tip. But my main problem is echo with simple recording. If I just say "test 123" on record I get an automatic echo. No headphones involved. How do I turn it off is my question. To get rid of the ...

... is that the only way you can hear yourself in your headphones is by turning Software Playthrough On. Software playthrough introduces its own delay (different from latency) which you will hear in your headphones. Tests on the same system used for the latency test below revealed that the Software ...

... playthrough in Audacity (or "listen to this device" in "Sound" in the Windows Vista or 7 Control Panel), but this will have delay so severely limits its value for overdub recordings. * You cannot expand the system to use more than one microphone. Audacity can only access ...