Delay while recording- please help

[kozikowski]

And some computers just work.

The only way to get uncompromised Audacity overdubbing without complexity and unusual settings and software is a hardware solution. They work across all platforms and computer types.

Even if you get the delay down, you have to configure the machine to mix to your headphones and you still have to tune out the latency -- the difference between the track you laid down and the timing of the playback.

You can prepare (compile) Audacity yourself with ASIO support. There are instructions how to do that. It's a cousin to the MP3 problem. MP3 is paid, licensed software so Audacity can't include it. You have to install it separate.

Koz

[kozikowski]

This was an interesting discussion in the forum a while back. The hard core techies insisted that it could be done in pure software and settings, and it could be -- assuming you were on only one computer platform and had a death grip on the internal workings of the machine.

I walked up to my machine cold never having done an overdubbing session before and in a couple of hours (because I was writing it down as I went) had a three part song recorded.

No ASIO, no compiling, no system settings, simple instructions, and no money-based software licenses.

If you have your own mixer and microphone already, you can do this for $30 USD with the UCA-202 hardware device and Audacity

Koz

[mecatgrl]

One last question, is this all because I'm using a USB mic?