Audacity Forum

Hi there,i'm having a little trouble with the program.It recording fine and playing back fine but while i'm actually playing there is no sound coming through,so have to plug headphones into synth which is annoying,any help would be appreciated

Thankyou

while i'm actually playing

You mean while you're actually recording?

Audacity Preferences > Recording > [X] Playthrough

There are sometimes Windows Control Panel settings that can affect this.

Koz

Thanks for that it worked but now I have a delay from when I press a note to hearing through audacity,is this something to do with latency and can it be fixed

Thanks

The Audacity Preference is "Software" Playthrough - that always has delay while the sound is passed through the computer.

See if you can unmute the input you are plugged into on the playback side of the system mixer. If it works it should have a lot less delay, but likely it won't work. See:
http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=reco ... laythrough

Otherwise you have to buy a USB interface with a headphones output and hardware monitoring. The interface can then be the recording and playback device for Audacity and you can monitor the input you have plugged into the interface without delay while listening to the Audacity output. If you want recommendations for equipment, let us know.


Gale

Ok thanks for that,I have found alternative means,thanks for your help!