
Hopefully some combination of these fixes will get your Audacity tracks to sync properly. Using fractions of a second will allow you to fine-tune this very closely to match up your two tracks so they sync with each other. This will push it forward in your timing to get rid of the lag. – Use the Generate menu and the “ Silence” tool to insert blank space in front of the “shorter” audio segment. – Verify the Sample Rates are the same for what you’re recording. If you’re not doing this already, this will greatly improve track sync. I assume this is what you’re doing when you say you playback through the headphones. – In Preferences -> Audio I/O, select “ Play other tracks while recording new one“. If your recorded Audacity tracks aren’t in sync, and are delayed by the same amount over the entire course of your recording, I have a few suggestions: When i play it back, my recording is always off beat to the instrumental.I know for a fact its not me…I also put my headphones on real low so that the mic cant pick it up.i clean my RAM(and i got enough) so that my pc wouldnt lag the slightest bit but something happens that causes my recordings to be delayed.

I use audacity and i’m trying to record…heres my procedure:
