Audacity and bluetooth

[David Dorning]

I'm thinking of getting a bluetooth headphone for use with Audacity. With a plug-in the headphone lead is forever getting tangled, so the idea is to hear the backing track through the headset via bluetooth and have freedom of movement, while recording through a USB mic. Has anyone tried this? I have seen reports about Audacity causing bluetooth to freeze, but these were some years ago, and I'm not sure if the current version has the bug fixed.

 

[U CAN CALL ME AL]

Tried this. No problems with freezing (iMac) but had very frustrating inconsistent latency problems. Now use old fashioned infra-red cordless headphones (much cheaper) plugged into an audio output, it needs another socket for yet another transformer but have had no problems since.

 

[Taz]

I just use normal cans with a long lead that I keep tucked in my belt. It works a treat and doesn't get caught on anything and if it does then it just pulls the loop of lead out of my belt causing no issues at all.

 

[Ivan]

Infrared looks tempting but the technology is now pretty much limited to in-car use so the transmitter is powered by a cigarette lighter plug....

I use a USB audio interface

So to use bluetooth headphones I suppose I'd have to plug some sort of bluetooth transmitter into the audiojack output.... dunno if that would cause latency issues

 

[Colin the Bear]

Wire less cans

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