Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Wow Eddie, read the thread first before posting? People either don't have that option, or it doesn't work.

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Good news, everyone! I have found a rather simple solution to this problem.

I am surprised you audiophiles were unable to find the reason for the delay! I too began by selecting the "Listen to this device" checkbox in the microphone's property dialog. I loved the feature and how it adds the microphone to the new Mixer, but I was very disappointed at the ~1/5 second audio lag that I was experiencing. I plugged in my headphones and tried it again. For reference, I am using an IBM ThinkPad T42p which uses SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio under the plain old AC'97 codec. The very first thing I noticed with the headphones on (aside from the delay itself) was that my voice sounded a bit more 'rounded off' and softened. This lead me to believe that the delay is being caused by post-processing of the incoming audio. Since Windows 7 also has much more advanced integrated speech recognition features, I would figure that such things as echo cancellation would play a part in it too.

As Chris stated "The "listen to" feature wasn't designed for this scenario.". With some thought, I figured this to be true; especially considering the text above the checkbox states "You can listen to a portable music player or other device through this Microphone jack". I unchecked the box and looked elsewhere. Although the Windows audio stack has been completely rebuilt, it still retains the basic functionality of the old Volume Control from Windows XP; the controls have just been made more modular for further customization possibilities. Here is what I did:

-Open the Sound dialog through Control Panel or by right clicking the audio tray icon and clicking "Playback Devices"

-Open the Properties dialog for your Speakers (your device may be different, considering how Windows 7 seems to handle different kinds of hardware)

-Click the Levels tab

-Unmute the microphone

-Apply and close

With the "Listen" option disabled, this solved my problem. No delay and back to the crisp, direct audio I had before! Hopefully, it will work for everyone else experiencing this issue.

I am still surprised that even users with high-end hardware would experience this problem. Very puzzling... In the spirit of Microsoft, "It's a feature, not a bug"

-Eddie

I don't have the "microphone" under the Levels tab. The only thing I have there is the Speakers' own volume.

Good news, everyone! I have found a rather simple solution to this problem.

I am surprised you audiophiles were unable to find the reason for the delay! I too began by selecting the "Listen to this device" checkbox in the microphone's property dialog. I loved the feature and how it adds the microphone to the new Mixer, but I was very disappointed at the ~1/5 second audio lag that I was experiencing. I plugged in my headphones and tried it again. For reference, I am using an IBM ThinkPad T42p which uses SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio under the plain old AC'97 codec. The very first thing I noticed with the headphones on (aside from the delay itself) was that my voice sounded a bit more 'rounded off' and softened. This lead me to believe that the delay is being caused by post-processing of the incoming audio. Since Windows 7 also has much more advanced integrated speech recognition features, I would figure that such things as echo cancellation would play a part in it too.

As Chris stated "The "listen to" feature wasn't designed for this scenario.". With some thought, I figured this to be true; especially considering the text above the checkbox states "You can listen to a portable music player or other device through this Microphone jack". I unchecked the box and looked elsewhere. Although the Windows audio stack has been completely rebuilt, it still retains the basic functionality of the old Volume Control from Windows XP; the controls have just been made more modular for further customization possibilities. Here is what I did:

-Open the Sound dialog through Control Panel or by right clicking the audio tray icon and clicking "Playback Devices"

-Open the Properties dialog for your Speakers (your device may be different, considering how Windows 7 seems to handle different kinds of hardware)

-Click the Levels tab

-Unmute the microphone

-Apply and close

With the "Listen" option disabled, this solved my problem. No delay and back to the crisp, direct audio I had before! Hopefully, it will work for everyone else experiencing this issue.

I am still surprised that even users with high-end hardware would experience this problem. Very puzzling... In the spirit of Microsoft, "It's a feature, not a bug"

-Eddie

yes, we need an official microsoft solution. still waiting for one as well. sad that i read this entire page and still haven't fixed this simple issue yet :( this becomes more ridiculous everyday.

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