Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Im having trouble with all this to. here is my setup.

System Information

Time of this report: 2/17/2010, 14:44:20

Machine name: DEAN-PC

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Acer

System Model: Aspire 5315

BIOS: Default System BIOS

Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU          540  @ 1.86GHz, ~1.9GHz

Memory: 1024MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 1014MB RAM

Page File: 1331MB used, 707MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

DxDiag Version: 6.01.7100.0000 32bit Unicode

Sound Devices

Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_10250136&REV_1000

Manufacturer ID: 1

Product ID: 100

Type: WDM

Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys

Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5443 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

Date and Size: 7/9/2007 20:59:00, 1792792 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

HW Accel Level: Basic

Cap Flags: 0xF1F

Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Sound Capture Devices

Description: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)

Default Sound Capture: Yes

Default Voice Capture: Yes

Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys

Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5443 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Date and Size: 7/9/2007 20:59:00, 1792792 bytes

Cap Flags: 0x1

Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

BTW, that link: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/18112824/18235810.aspx#18235810  seemed to work for me. I am running Windows 7 (32 bit) on a Dell Latitude E4200.  I followed the instructions for Vista. It tells you to find a registry key called SpeakerHP, i could only find HpOut and Speaker1, so i added the value to both of those and rebooted.  Now i have a microphone option on my levels tab on the properties from my speaker...which also plays in my headphones, WONDERFUL!  No delay.  But seriously microsoft needs to fix the feature "Listen to.." on the microphone...i should not have to edit my registry or be dependent on my hardware driver for this sort of mic monitoring / voice feedback feature.

I don't fully agree with you. Imho, the first thing should be, from Microsoft, to avoid any interference with third party software & hardware, I mean, provide compatibility but nothing else, and then leave to the hard & soft manfacturers the job of creating the drivers to manage the installed devices. Then, nobody could blame MSFT for a problem like this one which is, every time more it seems, related to drivers not to MSFT. For example, that Dell workaround. It's really that difficult for Dell to create an .inf file in its drivers, so when you install the audio card drivers that registry keys are automatically added? Not at all, but they don't do it and the user blames MSFT for something that should be done by Dell.

BTW, that link: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/18112824/18235810.aspx#18235810  seemed to work for me. I am running Windows 7 (32 bit) on a Dell Latitude E4200.  I followed the instructions for Vista. It tells you to find a registry key called SpeakerHP, i could only find HpOut and Speaker1, so i added the value to both of those and rebooted.  Now i have a microphone option on my levels tab on the properties from my speaker...which also plays in my headphones, WONDERFUL!  No delay.  But seriously microsoft needs to fix the feature "Listen to.." on the microphone...i should not have to edit my registry or be dependent on my hardware driver for this sort of mic monitoring / voice feedback feature.

hey guys,

isnt this ____ rediculous?!

The only way i could find to fix this problem (and like so many other solutions it probably wont work with usb mics)

was on a dell website, turns out alot of computers are shipped out with something called imput monitoring turned off in the registry by default.

Leave the dreaded "listen to this device" box unchecked in the recording device properties tab! that is where the lag is coming from, its not your drivers or your hardware its the OS, I guess Microsoft had more of an auxillary mp3 player imput than anything in mind with this feature, as the lag would not be a problem in that case.

Here is a link to the solution i found,

http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/18112824/18235810.aspx#18235810

i find alot of people are having trouble with realtek harware, mine was sigmatel so i cant guaruntee this will work for everyone but hey,

this is the ONLY thing i found that even half worked so.....

Hopefully in the future Macs go down in price and microsoft just gets the boot from the computing industry, i mean, the have x-box to keep them afloat now lol.