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
    2010-10-03T12:53:55+00:00

    Those who want to downgrade their drivers can go here to download

    http://download1.msi.com.tw/files/downloads/dvr_exe/realtek_hd_vista_mb.zip

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-10-07T03:56:14+00:00

    Right click the volume icon in the tray. Select RECORDIN DEVICES. Select MICROPHONE. Click PROPERTIES. Go to LISTEN TAB. I did the same except i did not uncheck LISTEN TO THIS DEVICE, I selected DEFAULT PLAYBACK DEVICE IN THE DROP DOWN BOX, using the front panel pink jack, htat did the trick for me

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-10-07T11:35:48+00:00

    I've tried everything in all these post and none of it worked, I spent a good 7 hours trying to get this to work.....HP dv4 with IDT HD sound on win 7 ....its garbage!!!! Theres still a latency issue with win 7 even when using an eternal sound card via usb. Anything interfacing through usb will not allow realtime monitoring which makes recording music impossible!!!!! Nice going Microsoft way to keep downgrading.....all the bells and whistles dont mean _____ if the basics dont work properly. XP was the last good thing microsoft made, near zero latency was heven windows 7 is a _____________....all down hill from here. Whats next the new and improved DOS OS for a real downgrade hey while ur at it why not add dial up for internet service. Im a pc and It wasnt my idea to have to learn how to write software for realtime recording monitoring with near zero latency. __________Thanks swathi B....for nothing.....Nice record audio trouble shooter that is completely useless...... really is a typical answer from someone who doesnt have a real solution.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-10-07T18:52:33+00:00

    I picked up a HP Dv4 2045 running: AMD Turion™ IIProcessor Speed2.3GHz Cache Memory1MB on die Level 2System Memory (RAM)4GBSystem Memory (RAM) Expandable To8GBType of Memory (RAM)DDR2 DIMMHard Drive TypeSATA (7200 rpm)Computer Hard Additional Audio/Video Connectors HDMI Audio: Altec Lansing support with SRS Premium Windows Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I need to be able to monitor recording in real time with near zero latency....Ive tried every sugestion here in this forum with no success when utilizing a usb microphone iterface. Is there a driver update for Altec Lansing soundcard....or can I run a realtek driver to get the functionality I need? I thought you have to run the driver for your hardware for it to run properly but, windows 7 sound manager is wak and wont allow me the realtime monitoring, there at least a .5 to 1 sec lag...this wont work. Why was this not a problem in XP??? I NEED HELP TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!!!!

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