Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

@Chris W:

Nope. Just "Speakers".

@tricky2k:

The realtek hd audio manager doesn't appear anywhere on the control panel. It seems like after installing to the latest realtek hd audio driver, the realtek hd audio manager has been uninstalled automatically. I can't seem to find the realtek hd audio manager download anywhere on their website either. This is frustrating..

Hi SpitsBeat,

Do you have anything listed under the Levels tab with the latest Realtek driver installed? I just checked on another machine with the same Realtek 889 codec and it does have volume/mute controls for the Microphone and Line In. I'll see if we have your specific MSI motherboard in our lab.

Thanks,

Chris [MSFT]

I'm not too sure what I'm suppose to do, but I've followed the instructions, and there's no entry for Microphone under the Levels tab for Speakers. 

I've also updated my driver from the realtek site, unfortunately the playback delay problem still persists and there still isn't the entry for Microphone under the Levels tab for Speakers. (by the way your link isn't working, I've navigated through the Downloads section instead)

Are there any other alternative solutions that I could try?

Thanks.

Check this out, Spits. I've posted it initially in this other thread http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7music/thread/603fcccc-4a98-412b-81a2-e3df9d141f21

Well, I don't know why am I doing this, because it should be Microsoft guys job, but anyway. Dissfigured gave you a solution already, me too, so instead of whining and complaining why don't you try to follow the steps we gave before and see if it works? Then, if it does work, come back and say thanks (or at least "it works!"), and if it doesn't, come back and say "not for me". Otherwise it's like nobody is reading, just coming here and whining. And almost nobody is saying which sound card they have, for example, which makes it very difficult to find an specific solution. So, there we go again.

• Step 1, download and install (uninstalling the old ones first) the latest drivers available for your sound card, if possible, from the manufacturer's site.
• Step 2, it's very important that you change the Control Panel view from "Categories" to "Large Icons". You'll see why later. A couple of captures in case you don't know where to look. My W7 it's in spanish, but i'm sure the menus are in the same place.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura2.jpg

• Step 3, go to Control Panel-Sound and click on "Recording" tab (or right click on the speaker icon at the systray and choose "Recording devices"). Look for the line-in or mic giving trouble and double click on it to open its properties window. Then click on the "Listen" tab. Once there, uncheck the "listen to this device" box and make sure that you've selected the default playback device.

http://www.kombitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/w7-sound-2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura3.jpg

• Step 4, click on the Playback tab and make sure that your sound card is set as default playback device properly. For instance:

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/sound-audio/36116d1257899013-most-mysterious-5-1-issue-w7-48000-dvd-quality.png

• Step 5, click on "apply", "ok" and get out of there.
• Step 6, open the Control Panel and try to find your sound card audio manager. That's why is so important to change the view from categories to large (or small, anyway) icons. In the categories view you will never find it, but in the large icons view should appear. In my case, if you look again at the second image, it appears under the name "Administrador de sonido Realtek" (Realted audio manager). I also have a C-Media sound card and its audio manager is there too. So I guess that, whatever sound card you have, the audio manager should be there. Double click on the icon to open the sound card audio manager. First of all, click on the "device advanced settings" and select "separate all input jacks as independent devices", as Dissfigured already said. The manager window will fade for a few seconds and then you should be able to configure every device separately, line in or mic, and adjusting the recording and playback volumes for each. Then click "Ok" and that's all, folks.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura4.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura5.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura6.jpg

For the C-Media sound card it's even easier, because everything can be configured in the same window.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/tricky2k/Captura7.jpg

And that way, I got rid of the lag in both sound cards with both line in and mic, playback or recording. The problem persists, although, if your mic or line in device is USB, because the sound card doesn't recognize it (unless your sound card have a USB connector) and the only way to configure it is by W7 audio manager, so welcome back lag.