Recording delay issues

[characterzzzzz]

So I just downloaded audacity and I'm trying to record through my snowball usb input mic. I have everything working, but when I try to record anything, the sound is delayed through my headphones. Makes it very difficult to record. Anyone have a fix for this?

[Gale Andrews]

So I just downloaded audacity and I'm trying to record through my snowball usb input mic. I have everything working, but when I try to record anything, the sound is delayed through my headphones. Makes it very difficult to record. Anyone have a fix for this?

Assuming you mean you have enabled Software Playthrough and only hear what you are recording after a delay, it's normal. Software playthrough takes time as it travels through the computer.

No fix, unless you use a USB mic with a headphones output that lets you hardware monitor (or something like the H2 recorder), or use a mic and pre-amplifier combination into line-in of the computer and try unmuting the line-in on the playback side of the sound card control panel.



Gale

[steve]

If you look at the pictures in the Snowball manual, none of the people are wearing headphones.
The usual way to record with this type of microphone does not involve monitoring the sound that is being recorded while it is being recorded. Just set it up and start talking/singing/playing.
If you are recording yourself playing to a backing track, turn off Software Playthrough and set the playback level for the backing track so that you can hear the backing track through the headphones and still hear yourself acoustically.