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half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:29 am
by rhodesmi
Hi
My turntables are connected via a mixer to my laptop and the sound is perfect
The speakers are around half a second behind what the record is playing.
i.e. if I listen to the music through the headphones connected to the mixer the sound coming out of the speakers is around half a second behind.
So is likley to be a problem with the line in on my dell laptop or have i missed a setting in Audacity?
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:39 pm
by steve
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 "Preferences" in the "Edit" menu, select the "Audio I/O" tab and de-select (un-check) "software playthrough".
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:30 pm
by rhodesmi
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.
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:58 pm
by steve
- Software playthrough setting
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Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:51 pm
by rhodesmi
Yep thats the setting. With this unticked I dont seem to get a delay but I no longer here the sound through the speakers. I would like to here the sound through the speakers with no delay.
Cheers
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:07 pm
by steve
And you are using a USB turntable?
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:43 am
by rhodesmi
No I am using Technics SL1200's
I think you have hit the nail on head, I think my problem 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.
Re: half a second delay between the speakers and the mixer
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:55 pm
by steve
rhodesmi wrote:I think my problem is my sound card (built into my DELL) doesn;t support hardware playthrough,
That will explain it.
rhodesmi wrote:Therefore I think I may need to buy a USB sound card which supports playthrough.
Yes -
hardware playthrough.
Most USB audio devices, as long as they have both audio inputs and audio outputs, support hardware playthrough (even the very cheap Behringer4 UCA 202 that I use supports this).