Latency issue with Tracktion 2.0 demo

[amonte]

I'm using the demo version of Tracktion for a little while now and I'm pretty certain that I want to purchase it, along with some recording hardware (PCI card). The one constant issue that I've had is that when I'm playing guitar in Tracktion 2.0, I hear two signals - one in real-time, and one that sounds at if it is on a short delay. Now, before I go any further, I should point out that I am using the sound card that came with my Dell PC for this. I don't plan on using it in the long (or even the short) term, but it's all I had available for demoing the program. I'm just concerned that I will still have latency issues, even AFTER I upgrade the card. Plus, when I run in Cakewalk PA 9.0, I don't hear a delay - everything is in real-time.

I realize that until I drop a better card into my PC, I'm just taking shots in the dark, but do you guys thing that it's pretty likely that the issue is with the sound card?

 

[ssscientist]

do you guys thing that it's pretty likely that the issue is with the sound card?

Yep.

If you're going to buy the sound card anyway - which you should - hang onto the Tracktion demo and try it with the new sound card just to satisfy yourself everything will be kosher after you buy it. I use Tracktion 2.0 with a Tascam US-122 and have no latency problems whatsoever...