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
    2010-02-28T20:46:31+00:00

    I agree, Microsoft is doing nothing to help us!! There are hundreds of us, maybe even thousands with this problem and all anyone is doing is copying and pasting wrong information.

    Please help MS! Release a patch

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-28T20:43:57+00:00

    His Frustrated_Musician

    Incase u dont find that option then i would suggest you create one.

    go to the location below on your win 7

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings\filter\Speaker

    right click on the right hand side space and click new -> binary value

    rename it --"DisableMicInFromRender" -- without the quotes

    double click it

    -- and make the entry look like 0000 00

    exit and restart the computer -- best of luck. By the way are u getting the mic/guitar sound from only one channel? -- i cant seem to get it fixed.

    Hey man, I'm trying to do this also but when I get to the 0000 folder I do not have a Settings folder. I only have a Drivers and Global Settings folder. And under Global Settings there is only a SpdifIn and an SpdifOut folder. Where do I go from here?

    Thanks a lot

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-02-28T10:33:42+00:00

    His Frustrated_Musician

    Incase u dont find that option then i would suggest you create one.

    go to the location below on your win 7

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings\filter\Speaker

    right click on the right hand side space and click new -> binary value

    rename it --"DisableMicInFromRender" -- without the quotes

    double click it

    -- and make the entry look like 0000 00

    exit and restart the computer -- best of luck. By the way are u getting the mic/guitar sound from only one channel? -- i cant seem to get it fixed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-02-28T01:40:55+00:00

    BrahmaCJ,

    This is an option I'd like to try, but can't seem to find the keys in my Windows 7 registry.  How can I locate it beyond the standard "Find" option?

    Thanks!

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