Question about NB-track Studio

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I am having a difficult time learning to record on n-track studio because there is a good bit of delay from when I play something until I hear it because of the buffering.

I just recently started experimenting with home recording, and I'm using my guitar plugged into a Zoom 505, then to the mic input on my sound card.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
John
 
That's what happens if you monitor off of a soundcard that doesn't offer '0 latency' monitoring. You need a new soundcard or a mixer on the front end so you can monitor the live track and the prerecorded tracks at the same time with no delay.
 
Do you have any recommendations for an inexpensive soundcard with "0 latency monitoring," or alternatively how I can monitor from the front end by using a mixer?

I greatly appreciate your help!

Thanks,
John
 
The Maudio Delta cards will work fine.

The latency is caused by the time it takes to convert the analog signal to digital, store it to the HD, and then convert it back to analog so you can hear it.

When you use a mixer you can monitor straight off the mixer so your live track doesn't have to pass through the sound card before you hear it. I 'think' that's what 0 latency cards do. They pass on the signal to the monitor outs before it hits the convertors.
 
I have the same problem. I'm using a SoundBlaster Audigy with no mixer, does my soundcard have 0 latency?
 
I certainly don't think it does. Tex advice is right, I have a Delta 1010lt and it has about 4ms of latency. Anyway, I prefer monitoring from the mixer.
 
if there is a "good bit of delay" from when you play something and when you hear it, theres some other problem besides the sound card....ive used crappy soundcards where the latency wasnt that noticable......
 
The delay I get is less than a second, so when I'm playing my guitar through my PC its quite noticable and also very off-putting.
 
Gidge said:
if there is a "good bit of delay" from when you play something and when you hear it, theres some other problem besides the sound card....ive used crappy soundcards where the latency wasnt that noticable......
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That's true. You can check your buffer and latency settings in the soundcard driver and recording software. For many people though any noticeable latency is enough to mess with your head. That's one of the many reasons why SoundBlasters are not really recomended for doing any serious multi tracking.
 
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