Hi, I get the impression that Matthew's issue is that he needs blind steps written out for him so as to perform the Latency Test: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/latency_test.html . I had a thought for example that he may be able to use Analyze > Sample Data Export to export a Time Indexed list file, then open that file to read the distance between the peaks of the recorded clicks. Has anyone done the latency test non-visually and can they help Matthew out? Or is the best scheme to just do it by experimenting with the Latency Correction value until it sounds correct? Gale | From Rich De Steno <ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx> | Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:16:16 -0500 | Subject: Vocal Tracks Never Perfectly Align in time > It works perfectly for me, I guess it depends on your system. In fact, I > must go to negative 300 for my music keyboard. > > > Rich De Steno > > On 11/18/2013 7:41 AM, Matthew Orts wrote: > > Isn't -200 a bit too much? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Rich De Steno <mailto:ironrock@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > *To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2013 7:34 AM > > *Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Vocal Tracks Never Perfectly Align > > in time > > > > FYI, I had to increase my latency correction to negative 200. > > > > Rich De Steno > > > > On 11/17/2013 7:49 PM, Matthew Orts wrote: > >> Hi, I'm having issues with recording vocals. When I record the > >> first track, the vocals are fine, but every subsequent track > >> after that, the tracks are out of step, even when I adjust the > >> latency. I have my latency audio bset to 50 and the latency > >> correction set to -130. The way I test the tracks is put my > >> headphones up to the mic so it picks up the backing track from > >> the headphones. I record about three tracks, and they're all out > >> of step with each other. I want the tracks to be perfectly in > >> time with each other. Using Audacity 2.0.5 with Win 7 Ultimate 64 > >> Bit. Soundcard is IDT High Definition soundcard, could that be > >> part of the problem? Every subsequent track after the first one > >> has been recorded goes out of sync. So for example, say I'm > >> recording a vocal or instrument onto a track. I have the main > >> backing track as the primary track, and when I hit the record > >> button, I record instruments or vocals onto a new track. That > >> first newly recorded track would be out of sync with the backing > >> track. All subsequent tracks will be out of step with each other > >> the more I record, until it turns into a huge mess. I've attached > >> some sound files to give an example of tracks out of step and > >> what they should sound like while they are synced together. This > >> demonstration wasn't necessarily mixed with audacity, but is to > >> show an example of the latency issues I face when doing overdubs > >> and/or recording instruments. Audio Track 1 is the wav file with > >> tracks out of step, and audio track 2 is an mp3 of what the > >> tracks should sound like if they were perfectly aligned with each > >> other. Hopefully that helps? The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe