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If you change the playback device to "Presonus Firestudio Audio", then you should be able to hear click tracks and any other tracks by plugging your headphones into the Firestudio. "Play other tracks while recording new ones" should be on (as you have already selected) "Soft...

... (F5) after the recording to drag the recorded track backwards to be in synchronisation. The recorded track will inevitably be laid down with a delay. Software playthrough (which you use to listen to what you are recording) will also always have a delay. It's better to try unmuting playback ...

... you will probably need to also select "software playthrough". Unfortunately there is an inherent problem with this - you will get a delay before you hear the sound come out. This could make this option unusable. Many USB devices have a headphone socket on them for monitoring the ...

I have sort of solved my problem. I have a little mic pre-amp that I have now plugged into my Griffin iMic. This now enables me to record without any latency. The only problem, as stevethefiddle suggested, is ‘Software Playthrough’ has to be disabled in ‘Audacity Preferences’. It’s a bit of a downer...

... the performance so, for example, you can add tracks to an existing performance. There are two of them so you can use the one that offers the least delay and damage. By far the best place to listen is upstream--at the amplifier or the Mic Pre. Consider Audacity a very talented tape recorder. By ...

Can anyone explain why there is a slight delay in my headphones while I am recording ? It's really annoying. Here's what I did... on the Audacity Preferences page - Audio IO, I clicked on Software Playthrough. It doesn't matter if I plug my cans ...

... need to enable "software playthrough", but note that software playthrough is somewhat slower than hardware, so there will be a slight delay before the sound comes out - typically around half a second delay. To hear sounds from other software, or system sounds, you need to either; Go ...

... is my sound card (built into my DELL) doesn;t support hardware playthrough, so I am using Audacity's software playthrough which has a cost - the delay. Therefore I think I may need to buy a USB sound card which supports playthrough.

I dont have those settings though I do think it is caused by Audacity's Software Playthrough - Play new track while recording it.
If I disable that setting - so I no longer here sound through the speakers and just go by the level meter there doesn't appear to be a delay.
I'll keep looking.

To avoid the delay: If they are USB turntables, then you need to monitor the turntables directly from the turntable, not through Audacity. If the turntables are connected to the computer through a conventional sound card, go to ...