Audio Recording - Delay with USB Digital Connections

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DemonicRise

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Hello all!

I am so happy I found this website, as I am tired of posting on sites like yahoo answers and just getting dumb responses.


I fear I may be fighting a losing battle. I started recording about 6 months ago at home through my PC and found that the sound being sent from my guitar is delyed by just a fraction of second going into my computer. Keep in mind that the lag exists not only through my program (Magix Music Maker 16 premium), but through general playback of my PC, and my computer is deemed a recording only computer. Now, I somehow have trained my self to be able to play with the lag and sync it with my click tracks/drum tracks, but you can imagine how much of a pain this is. Between cutting my wave files and alligning them properly for correct timing, it digitizes my sound to a extreme extent and never sounds EXACTLY the way it should.

I have been researching and problem solving the issue but nothing seems to have worked. The last tip I got was to download ASIO drivers for windows. This should work from what ive read, but coincidencently I have the 64bit version of windows 7 and as of right now ASIO only supports 32bit version.

So here is my question
1. Basically I still havent even determined exactly what the problem is. I just read a post on the forum concerning DPC Latency... Do you think this would be a direct link to the problem?

I have conversed with friends in the industry and everyone who has recorded with a computer even 10 years old with out any updates to sound cards/drivers etc. worked fine with no problem at all

So is it possible that Windows 7 is the direct issue?

I just got a laptop here around christmas time, with advanced audio & graphics card. I was told by the sales rep that the laptop will work perfectly for it. But imagine it that, the lag continues.

So as I sit, I have 2 laptops, and a desktop computer. All encountering the same issue.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thank You!
Rob

And if there is any more information that I could provide that will help my savior of this horrible burdon please feel free to ask and I will post the info ASAP.
 
No Answers!

Grr! I really hope someone can help me out with this issue :*( Its been going on since I started..
 
The problem isn't DPC Latency, it's SOUNDCARD latency.

Basically, ALL onboard soundcards are made with 40cents worth of cheap parts for beeps and boops.
You need to bypass the internal with a low latency (asio driver'ed) interface/soundcard.

Here's a good guide and user-tested suggestions that work:
The Best Audio Interfaces for your Home Studio by TweakHeadz Lab
(you'll want to bookmark and read through all of Tweak's Guide while you're there...)

Another good article: Choosing an audio interface - Choosing An Audio Interface
 
What is the interface you are using?
are the headphones or speakers used to monitor plugged into that interface?
 
I have the 64bit version of windows 7 and as of right now ASIO only supports 32bit version. -poster

Do you have any ability to test out a USB interface at home, maybe a 144 Tascam or something similar, and see if that fixes your issues. These type units have the soundcard built into their own unit and might help you out in avoiding the pc soundcard issues.

Magix Music Maker 16
Support-http://support.magix.net/magix_relaunch/php/page.php?lang=us

Hope that helps, sounds like you are going to have to decide to upgrade fully, or downgrade?
 
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