Delay in Playback While Recording

[waxcylinder]

See this sticky forum thread for reviews of some external soundcards that are klnown to work with Audacity: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

WC

[allencmcbride]

For the specific problem of monitoring your speech, you don't need an external sound card AND a mixer, just one or the other. Either an external sound card that supports playthrough, or a mixer where you can just plug in headphones like Koz said. Of course, having both would be optimal for sound quality, if you're not on a budget. There are also USB mixers that combine both functions, though I've never used one. --Allen

[SKS]

Hi, this is my first post, but I have read every one of the posts about delays. I am working on a podcast to be aired over our website for our 50,000+ listeners per week. After reviewing and attempting everyone's suggestions, it appears the answer is in either the sound card or the mixer. So while I do not wish to get a new sound card, where can I find a very inexpensive mixer to hook up to my computer that will get rid of this slight delay I have when recording.

I am using Audacity beta 1.3.

[allencmcbride]

The Behringer 502 sells new for $45 on Amazon. I haven't used it myself, but from some Googling it seems to be pretty popular in the field of tiny, cheap mixers. It has just one XLR input, and a few more 1/4" inputs. Keep in mind that a mixer won't get rid of the recording delay in the computer; it's just that you can monitor the recording by plugging your headphones directly into the mixer, so you won't hear the delay. --Allen