Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-10-28T14:53:55+00:00

Since upgrading from Vista to Win7, my microphone input has a delay of 500ms to 1s when recording.  This is most notable in apps like Ventrilo.  Anyone else having this problem?

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

HTOmega Claro+ sound card

E6600 Intel CPU

6 gigs of RAM

Nvidia GTX 280 video card

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

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Anonymous
2010-03-25T22:37:38+00:00

Hi Everyone,

Please see my earlier replies. No functionality has been removed in Windows 7. If you have an audio driver and codec that exposes the hardware loopback, it will still be present on the Levels tab of the Speakers device. However, not all drivers expose this. If you had this option on XP and load the same audio driver, it should be exposed on Windows 7. Same with the stereo mixer. If the audio driver exposes it, it will be available. It is hidden by default on Vista/Windows 7. But on the Recording tab if you right click in the open area and select show disabled devices, you can enable it. If a Stereo Mix device is not shown, then the audio driver is not exposing one. If you had this option on XP, then please try installing the same driver version that was previously installed.

Thanks,

Chris

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-11T10:25:20+00:00

    I'm having the same problem. Still no solution in Windows 7. Probably I'll have to use chrisnix "hotfix"...

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-13T04:04:05+00:00

    I am having this problem as well. I tried my usb mic and my regular mic pluged into the on-board soundcard as well as a pci sound card. Still a delay of 1/2 to 1 second. I paid $120 for windows 7 and it has just crippled my recording ability. I hope microsoft can address this soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-16T01:52:50+00:00

    I have found the fix to this problem first go to www.asio4all.com then download and install. Read the instruction pdf that comes with it and follow the instructions. This worked for me and my friends. I am back to recording with no delay!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-28T15:37:31+00:00

    Hi all.

    I'm experiencing the same problems. I tried two different soundcards; Rrealtek and Creative XFi. No use. Windows "support"- don't make me laugh- has nothing on this problem. It was running OK for while then the delay kicked in and I can't find a solution. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate. Like everyone else here I can't get any audio/vst work of any kind done until this can be fixed. I've even placed an order for more RAM thinking that may have been the problem. Oh well I needed to up-grade that anyway so no bug loss there. But Microsoft really need to get a grip here, or we'll all be saviong our pennies and buyinng Macs.

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