Win 10, 2.1.3, .exe install
I am trying to learn how to determine the correct amount of latency correction for recording my bass guitar. I use Audacity by importing a .mp3 file and then while playing it, record my bass (bass>Zoom B3>USB>Audacity).
How do I determine latency correction so that when I play I don't hear lag?
How do I determine Latency Correction value?
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Re: How do I determine Latency Correction value?
If you listen to the Win10 machine, you're always going to hear an echo. That's machine latency. The only convenient way around that is listen to the Zoom instead of the computer. I don't know that the Zoom has zero latency monitoring, but it might. Consult your instructions.
All these methods of listening to the USB device work.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 54#p329754
Recording latency is set so when you play in time, the recording comes out in time.
Generate a click track. Play it back in overdubbing mode and put your headphones against your Zoom microphones. Like this although this is a different microphone. Write down the difference in time between the two ticks and use that as the Latency Correction.
Scroll down to -- Recording Latency -- in this publication. It's the wrong microphone from your Zoom, but the general idea is the same.
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/overdubb ... Track.html
Koz
All these methods of listening to the USB device work.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 54#p329754
Recording latency is set so when you play in time, the recording comes out in time.
Generate a click track. Play it back in overdubbing mode and put your headphones against your Zoom microphones. Like this although this is a different microphone. Write down the difference in time between the two ticks and use that as the Latency Correction.
Scroll down to -- Recording Latency -- in this publication. It's the wrong microphone from your Zoom, but the general idea is the same.
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/overdubb ... Track.html
Koz