Slight lag between hitting a string and hearing it

[rwwilkinson18]

Software: Adobe Audition CC

Interface: PreSonus Audiobox 44VSL

I am having an issue where I try to play bass along with a track that I just recorded in the system, but there's a lag between hitting the string and hearing the note. It's very slight, but it's enough to throw you off the track, making it impossible to record properly.

Is there a way to fix this? It's driving me nuts!

[ryclark]

How are you listening to the sound that you are recording? Are you using the Zero Latency monitoring function built in to the Audiobox?

[404erroraklsdjhflkasjdf]

i was actually just listening through the headphone port on the MacBook

[emmrecs · Accepted solution]

404erroraklsdjhflkasjdf wrote:

i was actually just listening through the headphone port on the MacBook

There is the problem!

As ryclark implies in his reply, the problem you are "hearing" is Latency, the fact that the signal sent to the Mac's headphone output is "delayed" because it must go through the operating system before you hear it.

Using the Zero Latency feature on your Audiobox completely bypasses all that latency.