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... together without echo issues or voice/music audio being too low. If your voice is being played through the computer, there will inevitably be a delay due to the time it takes for the signal to go through the computer. "Listen to this device" and "Software Playthrough" are ...

... is off, existing tracks are not played while recording. Software Playthrough in Audacity plays what you are recording through the output, after a delay. Software Playthough should be off, because you should be able to monitor your recording without any latency by using the headphones port on the ...

... old Audacity didn't allow). I don't know how you are monitoring, but you should not use Audacity's software playthrough because that always has delay (and the Audio to buffer setting is disregarded if software playthrough is on I had "Overdub" and "Software Playback" checked ...

... Nap" like you suggested, then I changed the latency/buffer. I think I messed with those because I was adding on top of drums and the delay was a bit distracting. So I put the Audio Buffer at 150 and Latency at 130. They seem close to default, now I've imported a Blues Traveler song ...

... Set the Recording Device in Device Toolbar to your preferred microphone. Ensure Transport > Overdub is on. You can't hear yourself live without delay using the equipment you have, so turn Transport > Software Playthrough off. If necessary, have one earpiece of your headphones off your ear then ...

... should have a plain soundcard or device to record from and to play to. Do you get your voice twice, once immediately and once with the latency delay? Apparently getting the software drivers and settings correct on this soundcard is a career move. Utterly fed up, I stripped all the drivers from ...

That's normal. Well actually, less delay than usual. The only way to get no delay at all is if there is a hardware "playthrough" path. With software playthrough there is an unavoidable delay due to the time it takes for the sound ...

... port, Not sure what you mean by that, but your headphones should be plugged into the Yeti. That's the only way to monitor the recording without a delay. I tried again by setting the Recording Device to Windows WASAPI and the Recording Device to Speakers (Yeti Stereo Microphone) (loopback). The ...

Hi; Thank you for the software. I'd like to do the following, Record audio from a microphone and then play it while recording with a given delay. Say 500ms. Example: I Say "Hello", Audacity records it, adds a 500 ms delay and plays it. All while still recording. Can it be done? I ...

yep got it, head phone in Audiobox, thanks.