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
    2009-12-30T21:56:03+00:00

    Same problem here. In my case, I've tried with the integrated Realtek HiDef soundcard and a CMedia PCI soundcard, old, fresh installed and updated drivers for both cards, different mics connected thru mic in, line in or thru USB port... and the same latency, like 1-2/10 of a second. And the so called "solution" is useless as I'm trying to use my PC as a home karaoke system, so I can't uncheck the "listen to this device" option. Nothing at all in support.microsoft.com, as if they never heard of it when a simple search in google gives a lot of results about this unsolved problem that someone said is there since Vista SP2.

    If at least they say they're working on a hot fix or something...

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-31T16:42:46+00:00

    Hi arseoniotall,

    Welcome to Microsoft Windows.

    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 the Start button , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting. Under Hardware and Sound, click Troubleshoot 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

    Hope this information is helpful.

    Regards,

    Sujan – Microsoft Support

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-31T17:47:01+00:00

    Hope this information is helpful.

    Not at all, the same as the 100 times some microsoft support guy pasted it before you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-31T18:11:03+00:00

    doesnt work. There is a problem with your OS. Just state that this is fixable or not so I know whether to take this garbage back to the store and get a MAC BOOK.

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