When I press record, the recording continues on the first row and doesn’t play to the next column as the music making should, what do I do?
Press Shift while clicking the Record button to record onto a new track. See this page in the manual.
If you’d prefer that a click in the Record button always records to a new track, you can change set it that way in Recording Preferences.
– Bill
There is a delay when I start recording, the recording isn’t aligned with the track when I play it back, what do I do?
there is latency when I play my audio recording back how do I fix this problem
Try adjusting the [u]Latency Compensation[/u]
there is latency when I play my audio recording back how do I fix this problem
I’ve got some Beatles CDs without about 50 years of “latency”. 
how do I know what to adjust the latency compensation too?
Ive tried what the page says but there still seems to be a little latency, can you recommend any latency settings. I tried -494, but there still seems to be a little latency.
It sound like you are trying to do overdubbing. Is this correct? If so, please read this tutorial.
– Bill
I’m trying to do just a regular recording where while the beat is playing when I speak into the mic it is in sync and timed right to fit the recording. I deleted audacity and every file because it was saying that there was an audacity file already running, so then I re downloaded it and ever since I’ve been having this problem.
regular recording where while the beat is playing when I speak into the mic it is in sync and timed right to fit the recording.
Computers naturally want to play or record, never both at once. To get both at once is the special condition called overdubbing. Play a backing track while you sing or play to it and record your performance.
There are two latencys. Overdubbing or recording latency where your performance lines up with the backing track. That’s the one you can set with Preferences > Devices > Latency.
Then there’s machine latency. That’s the one where you hear yourself in your headphones while you perform. That one will almost always be late with an echo and you can’t easily change it. There is no slider or setting.
The three sample methods of overdubbing mentioned in the tutorial all have you listening to the device, interface or microphone, not the computer.
That’s the only easy way to avoid performance delay or echo.
– Set Latency –
If you’re using a microphone, you can jam your headphones against the microphone and play a rhythm or metronome track as backing.
Look at the two tracks on the timeline and the latency adjustment is the difference between the two tracks.
Koz