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# In the Audacity menu-bar, select '''EDIT''' -> '''Preferences'''
# The '''Audacity Preferences''' dialog box application will appear.
# Remain in the default '''Devices''' tab.
# In the Interface Section, select '''Jack''' to be the host.
Assuming that you are still in the Audacity Preferences dialog box(Devices tab), in the Recording section, click on the drop down menu for Devices. If you are running your Jack Audio server, and running Qsynth as well as Hydrogen, you should see 3 devices:
= Dealing With Latency Issues (Keyboard) =
When laying down multiple tracks among different instruments, you may find that a track may be <span style="lightblue;font-weight:bold">'''out-of-sync</span> ''' with the other tracks. This is probably due to the '''latency ''' or "'''delay'''" from playing your keyboard instrument.
Note that your keyboard is hooked up to a device to read input to the computer system. There will be latency (or in other words, a delay) between the time you press a key on the keyboard, and when that sound is generated via Qysnth. This is quite normal with other programs. In fact, when using my computer setup when playing keyboards, I have become so accustomed to the delay, that is takes me a second to realize it is not strange when playing a REAL piano with no latency!
The good news is that Audacity can be set to factor in the latency from devices such as keyboards. In fact, if you notice carefully after recording a keyboard track, that the length of the track (after recording is complete) will slightly compressto compensate for this latency or delay.Therefore, all that is required is to find the optimum "correction amount" to compensate for keyboard latency. Steps to Compensate for Keyboard Latency:
= Recording Demo =
