Microphone delay when recording in Windows 7

Anonymous

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

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Anonymous

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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Anonymous

2010-05-27T14:10:32+00:00

Hi Chris, I need your help please. I just purchased this laptop form dell and it cames with win7. I use this pc for musc recording so I need as many people to monitor myself in real time. I just configured two microphones one USB mic (Samson C03u) and another mic that I plugged in the line in jack. The point is that I have an anoying delay in both mics. I understand the lag in the USB mic, but Icant understand the lag in the line in mic!!!!!! What should I do??? Please I need this fixed! Help me.

Here is mi PC diagnosis

System Information

Time of this report: 5/26/2010, 00:42:08

       Machine name: JUANMANUEL-PC

   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)

           Language: Spanish (Regional Setting: Spanish)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

       System Model: Inspiron 1750

               BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06

          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T6600 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz

             Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4056MB RAM

          Page File: 1860MB used, 6250MB available

        Windows Dir: C:\Windows

    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

Sound Devices

            Description: Altavoces / Auricular (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280406&REV_1003

        Manufacturer ID: 1

             Product ID: 100

                   Type: WDM

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

            WHQL Logo'd: Yes

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

            Other Files:

        Driver Provider: IDT

         HW Accel Level: Basic

              Cap Flags: 0xF1F

    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

              HW Memory: 0

       Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Sound Capture Devices

            Description: Micrófono / Entrada de línea (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: Yes

Default Voice Capture: Yes

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Varios micrófonos (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No

Default Voice Capture: No

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Grabar reproducción (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No

Default Voice Capture: No

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
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Anonymous

2010-05-26T04:55:59+00:00

Hi Chris, I need your help please. I just purchased this laptop form dell and it cames with win7. I use this pc for musc recording so I need as many people to monitor myself in real time. I just configured two microphones one USB mic (Samson C03u) and another mic that I plugged in the line in jack. The point is that I have an anoying delay in both mics. I understand the lag in the USB mic, but Icant understand the lag in the line in mic!!!!!! What should I do??? Please I need this fixed! Help me.

Here is mi PC diagnosis

System Information

Time of this report: 5/26/2010, 00:42:08

       Machine name: JUANMANUEL-PC

   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)

           Language: Spanish (Regional Setting: Spanish)

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

       System Model: Inspiron 1750

               BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06

          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T6600 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz

             Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4056MB RAM

          Page File: 1860MB used, 6250MB available

        Windows Dir: C:\Windows

    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

Sound Devices

            Description: Altavoces / Auricular (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280406&REV_1003

        Manufacturer ID: 1

             Product ID: 100

                   Type: WDM

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

            WHQL Logo'd: Yes

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

            Other Files:

        Driver Provider: IDT

         HW Accel Level: Basic

              Cap Flags: 0xF1F

    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

              HW Memory: 0

       Voice Management: No

EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Sound Capture Devices

            Description: Micrófono / Entrada de línea (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: Yes

Default Voice Capture: Yes

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Varios micrófonos (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No

Default Voice Capture: No

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

            Description: Grabar reproducción (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Default Sound Capture: No

Default Voice Capture: No

            Driver Name: stwrt64.sys

         Driver Version: 6.10.6217.0000 (English)

      Driver Attributes: Final Retail

          Date and Size: 6/29/2009 01:44:38, 487424 bytes

              Cap Flags: 0x1

           Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
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Anonymous

2010-05-21T14:39:22+00:00

Hi people... try refreshing your computer's Windows Experience Index . After clicking on the "Re-run Assessment " link, you will be informed of your key system components rate. i had sound delay when i got a 1.0 base score coz windows informed me i should install a higher version video card. i have a 2.5 base score now and i don't have any sound delay anymore. btw, i also am using Vista_Win7_R246 for audio. i can play my guitar through the computer's speakers now ^_^
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2010-05-21T14:27:43+00:00

Hi people... try refreshing your computer's Windows Experience Index. After clicking on the "Re-run Assessment" link, you will be informed of your key system components rate. i had sound delay when i got a 1.0 base score coz windows informed me i should install a higher version video card. i have a 2.5 base score now and i don't have any sound delay anymore. btw, i also am using Vista_Win7_R246 for audio. i can play my guitar through the computer's speakers now ^_^
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