Bug: recorded audio(especially voiceovers and vocals singing) is slightly off sync when reviewing the recorded sound

[BlazikenMan600]

Did anyone look into it? I need an update on the situation.

[steve]

I'm trying to understand exactly what you are trying to do. I got lost at: "and then splitting the Stereo to Mono"
Why did you do that?

[jademan]

This is a bug that's severely bothering me and causing my vocals song covers to sound worse that they already sound. Back when I did vocals covers on my Windows 7 desktop computer and the Windows 7 legacy versions, I had no problems. But lately I've been having this issue. Just today(Nov. 7th, 2020), I was trying to record a cover of ABBA Medley 2017 by De Toppers, but after finishing recording the cover, I played it back to see if it was decent enough to save to mp3, but my singing was slightly off-sync with the custom backing track I was using, like where the backing vocals said "Half past twelve", when I said that same part(which was at the very beginning of the medley), my vocals was heard slightly after the backing vocals sang it instead of in-sync. Is there an easy fix for this, or is it a more difficult issue that needs a patch or something?

If you still have the raw performance recording (Project) with your voice on its own track, it's a simple matter of selecting that track alone and push it into sync with the Time Shift Tool (two sideways black arrows).

what koz said. See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/latency_test.html
Follow the directions on the *whole page*. Yes, I know, there is a lot there, but just do it. That should get you to almost perfection.

If you are then off by a tiny amount, you will know how to correct it with the Time Shift Tool.

I hope this helps.

[BlazikenMan600]

Thanks SOOOOOOOOO much! I got a perfect cover of Glee's version of Mama Mia recorded and ready to show my friends!