Hi
I'm new to the forum, and just a bit embarassed by this newbie question (I feel really dumb....). I am using Audacity for recording acoustic instruments - specifically, a guitar and hammered dulcimer, both mic'd. I have a Xenyx 1202 FX mixer, running into an M-Audio M-Track USB interface. When I initially installed the M-Track USB driver, all worked well.
I recently developed a problem which I can't figure out. Initially, I tamed recording latency for overdubs by doing a latency test with the click track in Audacity, and adjusting latency correction appropriately - all good. Initially, all worked fine - I have headphones running out of the M-Track, and when I went to record an overdub, I would hear the first track through the headphones with NO latency when I played the overdub. FYI, the headphones would not go 'active' until I began to record the second track.
This morning - for reasons I can't explain - the headphones appear to monitor all the time (even when not recording) - and there is a significant delay in the headphones when I play the acoustic instrument. When I attempt to overdub a second track, I can no longer play in sync with the previously recorded track. Yet there still appears to be no latency issue when I do a 'click track' latency test. I would appreciate any guidance from those who understand my confusing post, on where I might look to adjust a setting to remove the (new) monitoring delay.
Thanks,
Dennis
I'm new to the forum, and just a bit embarassed by this newbie question (I feel really dumb....). I am using Audacity for recording acoustic instruments - specifically, a guitar and hammered dulcimer, both mic'd. I have a Xenyx 1202 FX mixer, running into an M-Audio M-Track USB interface. When I initially installed the M-Track USB driver, all worked well.
I recently developed a problem which I can't figure out. Initially, I tamed recording latency for overdubs by doing a latency test with the click track in Audacity, and adjusting latency correction appropriately - all good. Initially, all worked fine - I have headphones running out of the M-Track, and when I went to record an overdub, I would hear the first track through the headphones with NO latency when I played the overdub. FYI, the headphones would not go 'active' until I began to record the second track.
This morning - for reasons I can't explain - the headphones appear to monitor all the time (even when not recording) - and there is a significant delay in the headphones when I play the acoustic instrument. When I attempt to overdub a second track, I can no longer play in sync with the previously recorded track. Yet there still appears to be no latency issue when I do a 'click track' latency test. I would appreciate any guidance from those who understand my confusing post, on where I might look to adjust a setting to remove the (new) monitoring delay.
Thanks,
Dennis