[MusicTlk] Audio Interface And Latency

[TheOreoMonster]

Get an audio interface for best latency performance. Built in audio just will not hold up. Also you can mix in the DAW and that’s how its done on the gross majority of commercial releases now. I would strongly encourage getting into and learning a real DAW like Reaper sooner rather than later though, Audacity is great for some basic editing but much too limiting, especially from a Accessibility standpoint. 

> On May 22, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Richard Thomas via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi: I am new to Audacity and recording my voice and ukulele etc.
> I see, general reading on the internet,  where  many people recommend using an Audio Interface with a Digital  Audio Work  Station like Reaper or Audacity.
> Since I have read that latency, at least in Audacity, can be an issue I was wondering if use of an Audio Interface would eliminate this problem.
> I guess the more effects I would use the greater the latency problems may be so I am trying to get a handle on how to set up my  home recording/ mixing? Work space so I can add effects, drums and other backing tracks or instruments to individual tracks then mix, trim or otherwise modify each track and then combine them into a final version, perhaps mp3.
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> I understand a 0 latency Audio Interface would let me listen to the combined track output in real time but what about the recorded sync of tracks with various demanding effects added after a track is recorded? Are tracks kept in sync via the Audio interface when recording and playing, sort of a loop of the combined tracks through say headphones,  or will adding effects to one track put it out of sync with other tracks.
> Also, is mixing, say volume and effects and balance  and other mixing techniques usually done in the DAWS or do I need a stand alone mixing board?
> I run a 8 core Windows Machine so any comments on multi-processor and multi-threading performance of various software DAWS would be informative concerning latency.
> Rick USA 
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