Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Hello calibrated:

thank you for your contribution. However, if you plug a MIC or a guitar through the MIC input jack, can you hear yourself or the guitar through the speakers? The purpose of this thread is to be able to hear yourself or hear your guitar through the speakers when plugging it in through the MIC input jack without any delays.

I believe I have found a solution.  Maybe not THE solution - but A solution.

This is on Win7 - 32bit.  Dell XPS.

1.  DO NOT CHECK LISTEN TO THIS DEVICE ON ANYTHING.  This is a software override and introduces the delay this thread has been discussing for a year or so.

2.  Go to speaker properties. 

3.  Click the "levels" tab.  [ You should now be looking at all of the inputs and the main output of your sound card.  If you do not see the levels - install the driver from your sound card manufacturer; as in NOT from Microsoft.   Initially I saw no levels

• installed the Realtek driver rebooted - then I could see the levels. ]

4.  Mute what you want and set the others to 50% or whatever suits you.

5.  On the advanced tab - exclusive mode - check allow applications to take... and check Give exclusive mode ...

For me, I can now hear with no delays and recording works as it did in XP.  I hope this helps someone.

Hi gtfyre,

Thank you for visiting Windows 7 community.

This should be a driver issue. The driver update may not be installed properly. I suggest that you remove the driver, and then run Windows Update to install it again.

How to remove.

1. Click Start. In the Start Search box type "devmgmt.msc" and press Enter. 2. Expand "Sound, video and game controllers", double-click on the entry of the sound card. 3. Click the tab "Driver", click "Uninstall". 4. Click Start. In the Start Search box type "appwiz.cpl" and press Enter. 5. Remove the entries related to the display adapter.

Then, I suggest that you temporary disable the anti-virus, then run Windows Update to install the audio driver.

Also open the recording audio troubleshooter and check if it fixes the problem.

Open the Record Sound troubleshooter by clicking theStart button , and then clickingControl Panel. In the search box, typetroubleshooter, and then clickTroubleshooting. UnderHardware and Sound, clickTroubleshoot audio recording.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Please check this link for information on recording audio troubleshooter:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Recording-Audio-troubleshooter

Please refer this kb article for fixing sound problems:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Tips-for-fixing-common-sound-problems

Regards, Afzal-Microsoft Support. Visit ourMicrosoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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The fix proposed above does "fix" the issue. From what I noticed, the purpose is to uninstall the driver for the soundcard manufacturer and install the driver from Microsoft. Yes, when I set the Microphone to "Listen to this Device," I no longer hear that delay, when hearing the sound of my guitar and voice through the speakers. However, this introduces another problem: I have to deal with the annoying beeping sound when unplugging or plugging in the Laptop power charger. I don't think desktops will have the annoying beeping sound though.

I take back what I said. Even with Microsoft default drivers, the delay stands. I believe both Microsoft and Sound Card manufacturers need to come up with a permanent fix for this. Other than that, end users I recommend, as others have, to continue your live sound and recording with Win XP. Works like a champ.

Hi gtfyre,

Thank you for visiting Windows 7 community.

This should be a driver issue. The driver update may not be installed properly. I suggest that you remove the driver, and then run Windows Update to install it again.

How to remove.

1. Click Start. In the Start Search box type "devmgmt.msc" and press Enter.
2. Expand "Sound, video and game controllers", double-click on the entry of the sound card.
3. Click the tab "Driver", click "Uninstall".
4. Click Start. In the Start Search box type "appwiz.cpl" and press Enter.
5. Remove the entries related to the display adapter.

Then, I suggest that you temporary disable the anti-virus, then run Windows Update to install the audio driver.

Also open the recording audio troubleshooter and check if it fixes the problem.

Open the Record Sound troubleshooter by clicking theStart button , and then clickingControl Panel. In the search box, typetroubleshooter, and then clickTroubleshooting. UnderHardware and Sound, clickTroubleshoot audio recording.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Please check this link for information on recording audio troubleshooter:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Recording-Audio-troubleshooter

 Please refer this kb article for fixing sound problems:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Tips-for-fixing-common-sound-problems

Regards,

Afzal-Microsoft Support.

Visit our**Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum** and let us know what you think.

 

 

 

The fix proposed above does "fix" the issue. From what I noticed, the purpose is to uninstall the driver for the soundcard manufacturer and install the driver from Microsoft. Yes, when I set the Microphone to "Listen to this Device," I no longer hear that delay, when hearing the sound of my guitar and voice through the speakers. However, this introduces another problem: I have to deal with the annoying beeping sound when unplugging or plugging in the Laptop power charger. I don't think desktops will have the annoying beeping sound though.