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
    2011-05-20T12:24:43+00:00

    This do NOT, I repeat NOT solve the problem.

    The problem is software-related and that means "Windows 7", NOT any third party driver.

    Microsoft dont care to solve this, because their corporate customers dont get in touch with this issue.

    The SOLUTION anyhow is to either:

    1. change to XP which is stable enough to not have this problem
    2. buy a mac

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-17T03:33:48+00:00

    This problem still persists.  I've installed the latest Realtek driver.  I've tried going through Asus' site to get the latest for the onboard controller and was able to get my realtek sound card working, but the delay persists.  It stinks for recording because there is a delay and it makes it impossible to time things right.

    I've also tried the steps outlined above but the problem remains.

    I've disabled all the enhancements on the sound device, I've set "immediate mode" both on the mic and on the sound device and it is still delaying.  This is a major issue for me as half of what I do with my PC involves recording sound input.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-17T08:57:35+00:00

    I am having the exact same problem on my new Asus laptop with Win7.  Terrible latency when recording any audio...also, 50% of the time my audio recording software crashes as soon as I press the record button...happens with Sound Forge, Acid, and Audacity.  Extremely frustrating!!! If anyone has answers, please share!

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-10-29T16:04:29+00:00

    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 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

    Regards,

    Afzal-Microsoft Support.

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