Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Hi Chris, I Need you to find a way to fix this.

Here's my Info........

System Information

Time of this report: 2/23/2010, 07:28:00

       Machine name: MARIO-PC

   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)

           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

       System Model: 1001P

               BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/04/10 15:54:41 Ver: 08.00.12

          Processor: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450   @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz

             Memory: 1024MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 1014MB RAM

          Page File: 725MB used, 1313MB 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: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes

      Display Tab 1: No problems found.

        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

          Input Tab: No problems found.

Sound Devices

            Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

 Default Sound Playback: Yes

 Default Voice Playback: Yes

            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0269&SUBSYS_104383CE&REV_1000

        Manufacturer ID: 1

             Product ID: 100

                   Type: WDM

            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys

         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5948 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

            WHQL Logo'd: Yes

          Date and Size: 9/29/2009 04:16:02, 2776672 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: 6.00.0001.5948 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 9/29/2009 04:16:02, 2776672 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Hi XM

Well, I'm not sure that the separate feature does the trick, so if you can't find it probably it's not important. Just check if the line in and the mic in appears in the console mixer. The important thing is if you can adjust the playing and recording levels from the creative console, not from the w7 audio manager, and most important uncheck the "listen to this device" in w7 audio manager.

I have an HP NC6600 Laptop with the same latency problems.  Here's my file:

System Information

Time of this report: 2/21/2010, 23:17:24

       Machine name: NC6400-SBEYER1

   Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.091207-1941)

           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

       System Model: HP Compaq nc6400 (RM100AW#ABA)

               BIOS: KBC Version 56.34

          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5600  @ 1.83GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz

             Memory: 1024MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 1016MB RAM

          Page File: 961MB used, 1077MB 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: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

Sound Devices

            Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)

 Default Sound Playback: Yes

 Default Voice Playback: Yes

            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1981&SUBSYS_103C30AD&REV_1002

        Manufacturer ID: 1

             Product ID: 100

                   Type: WDM

            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.0001.5240 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

            WHQL Logo'd: Yes

          Date and Size: 4/24/2008 13:26:28, 309248 bytes

            Other Files:

        Driver Provider: AnalogDevices

         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 (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)

  Default Sound Capture: Yes

  Default Voice Capture: Yes

            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.0001.5240 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 4/24/2008 13:26:28, 309248 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Line In (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)

  Default Sound Capture: No

  Default Voice Capture: No

            Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.0001.5240 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 4/24/2008 13:26:28, 309248 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Yes indeed.

It would've been nice, though, if you say which soundcard you have. Read this. My mobo soundcard is Realtek, but i think it's the same for any sound card with its own audio manager. If you've updated the drivers already, skip step 1, but only if you used the installer. Installing the new drivers from the device manager doesn't work as, probably, the sound card audio manager it's not installed, only the drivers.

• Step 1, download and install (uninstalling the old ones first) the latest drivers available for your sound card, if possible, from the manufacturer's site.
• Step 2, it's very important that you change the Control Panel view from "Categories" to "Large Icons". You'll see why later. A couple of captures in case you don't know where to look. My W7 it's in spanish, but i'm sure the menus are in the same place.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura2.jpg

• Step 3, go to Control Panel-Sound and click on "Recording" tab (or right click on the speaker icon at the systray and choose "Recording devices"). Look for the line-in or mic giving trouble and double click on it to open its properties window. Then click on the "Listen" tab. Once there, uncheck the "listen to this device" box and make sure that you've selected the default playback device.

http://www.kombitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/w7-sound-2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura3.jpg

• Step 4, click on the Playback tab and make sure that your sound card is set as default playback device properly. For instance:

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/sound-audio/36116d1257899013-most-mysterious-5-1-issue-w7-48000-dvd-quality.png

• Step 5, click on "apply", "ok" and get out of there.
• Step 6, open the Control Panel and try to find your sound card audio manager. That's why is so important to change the view from categories to large (or small, anyway) icons. In the categories view you will never find it, but in the large icons view should appear. In my case, if you look again at the second image, it appears under the name "Administrador de sonido Realtek" (Realted audio manager). I also have a C-Media sound card and its audio manager is there too. So I guess that, whatever sound card you have, the audio manager should be there. Double click on the icon to open the sound card audio manager. First of all, click on the "device advanced settings" and select "separate all input jacks as independent devices", as Dissfigured already said. The manager window will fade for a few seconds and then you should be able to configure every device separately, line in or mic, and adjusting the recording and playback volumes for each. Then click "Ok" and that's all, folks.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura4.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura5.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura6.jpg

For the C-Media sound card it's even easier, because everything can be configured in the same window.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura7.jpg

And that way, I got rid of the lag in both sound cards with both line in and mic, playback or recording. The problem persists, although, if your mic or line in device is USB, because the sound card doesn't recognize it (unless your sound card have a USB connector) and the only way to configure it is by W7 audio manager, so welcome back lag.

Thank you so much for posting this. I have been looking for my sound card audio manager in the control panel but I could not find it. I have a Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Audio card. I did, however, find a program called Creative Console Launcher. I fired it up and it lets you edit certain things but it does not have the seperate function you mentioned. I'll keep looking for it, maybe I am missing it. Do you have any idea where to go from here?

Thank you so much for your time!