Latency?

dustinsitzes wrote on 1/28/2013, 12:34 AM

What am I doing wrong? No matter what changes I make I am still getting latency while recording. I have a brand new HP with A6 processor, IDT HD sound etc. I've adjusted the buffering, selected different drivers, uninstalled and re-installed everything, and still no luck. No thread has been helpful. Computer also has 'Beats Audio' could this be interfearing? My very old and out of date computer with xp ran magix music maker 16 with ZERO latency. i

I should also mention i've tried other interfacing such as mixing boards hoping thst would help. no change in delay. I'm about to throw in the towel on this one.

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VisionarySoundSystem wrote on 1/28/2013, 10:36 AM

Hi Dustin are you using ASIO?

dustinsitzes wrote on 1/28/2013, 10:47 AM

Yes, it doesn't matter when I select the drivers. Switching from 'Direct Sound' to 'ASIO with magix low latency 2011' It doesn't matter, the latency is exactly the same between the two. I don't know exactly bow many milleseconds, but it is similar to a slap back delay. I also ran an online  latency test on my setup, it said everything should be fine with no issues.

VisionarySoundSystem wrote on 1/28/2013, 10:55 AM

Afraid I can't be of much more help to you my friend. This seems like it could be a hardware problem rather then software. Seems like you've tried most possible fixes. Sorry I can't help.

Vis

dustinsitzes wrote on 1/28/2013, 10:58 AM

What do you mean a hardware problem? I used to run magix mm 17 on a very old 2004 laptop with windows xp, and and had zero latency. Is my 2013 stuff not as good?

johnebaker wrote on 1/28/2013, 5:07 PM

Hi

. . . . What do you meana  hardware problem . . . . 

Probably the old XP machine had a relativey simple sound chipset compared to the IDT HD audio chipset, modern software and hardware needs a lot of resources from the computer.

. . . i've tried other interfacing such as mixing boards hoping thst would help. no change in delay. . . .

This would indicate the problem is inside the computer and not external.

I think, as I said in your other post, that you have some reduced functionality of the IDT audio and only HP can confirm/deny this.  

This is where I think the problem with latency is - see diagram and explanation  - the actual process is much more complicated !

 

When you listen to the live input (blue arrow) some of the signal is sent direct to the mixer - green arrow and on to the speaker.  The audio in is also processed and sent to Music maker which the puts it on the timeline and saves as an audio file to the hard drive. 

At the same time you are listening to the audio in, Music Maker is also feeding the current recording and  previously recorded/created audio (purple arrow)  back to sound card, however this signal has a delay which results in echo.

HTH

John

 

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dustinsitzes wrote on 1/28/2013, 8:11 PM

Thanks, I tried going the HP route, and even though the computer is less than 30 days old, you still have to pay them 100$ to "take a look" at things. I've given up, I wish I had other options

dustinsitzes wrote on 1/28/2013, 8:25 PM

Is there a way to install another soundcard? I'm not familiar with laptop service. Or do they make external ones? I know it's an easy fix in a desktop.