Cubase LE/Tascam 144..latency problem

[luly]

Hi all. I just got a tascam 144 which comes with cubase le. I have Santa Cruz for a sound card. When I do my recordings, I hit the monitor button in the track so I can hear myself singing but it sounds like I'm talking to someone in an international country...I don't hear myself in real time. I tried adjusting the latency to a low setting but then I hear popping and clicking. Can anyone please help?

[TelePaul]

Make sure you have selected the US 144 driver, not the Snata Cruz one.

[luly]

I've done that.

[TelePaul]

You've selected US 144 ASIO as the driver in the preference screen in Cubase?

[AMcB]

Since it's usb you will have some delay, but not much. It should sound like yuo have a really fast delay on. Try getting a firewire interface like The FireBox it's a bit more expensive, but it has a few more inputs (if you have preamps) and it sounds alot better, with way less delay.

[TelePaul]

I have the original US 122, and I have about 25 ms of latency.

[luly]

Originally Posted by TelePaul

You've selected US 144 ASIO as the driver in the preference screen in Cubase?

Yes, I'm thinking I should probably just go back to a 122...this is so frustrating.

[luly]

Originally Posted by AMcB

Since it's usb you will have some delay, but not much. It should sound like yuo have a really fast delay on. Try getting a firewire interface like The FireBox it's a bit more expensive, but it has a few more inputs (if you have preamps) and it sounds alot better, with way less delay.

Excuse my ignorance, but I don't think I have preamps.

[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by luly

Excuse my ignorance, but I don't think I have preamps.

You do, they're built into the tascam. Defrag your hard drive, run a check for spyware, disable internet and antivirus while recording.