Jul 19, 2004 01:19 pm Latency is your prob, may I ask what sound card you are using? FYI, filling out your gear profile would help :-)
recording problems
Posted on Jul 19, 2004 12:41 pm
cleveland
Member Since: Jul 19, 2004
i have had successful recordings on my pc, but for some reason everytime i try to do a playbeack and record simultaneous to do overdubs or leads always for some reason the second track i recorded is off a little in timing and i have to line it up with the first. if anyone can help me figure out this issue i would greatly appreciate it because it is driving me crazy.
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Jul 19, 2004 01:19 pm Latency is your prob, may I ask what sound card you are using? FYI, filling out your gear profile would help :-)
Jul 19, 2004 11:39 pm Hey db, I've had latency problems in the past. I've since quit recording direct to my computer, using my digital multitracker as a sort of "go between". Recording to a smartmedia card and transferring to my computer for mixing and editing. It's something of a pain sometimes, so I'm curious; What is the cause of the latency? I though it was that my computer wasn't fast enough (903mhz Intel Celeron). I know my soundcard sucks hella bad, being an imbedded piece of motherboard crap, but didnt upgrade because I though my PC wasn't up to snuff for recording. Would a decent soundcard stop those pesky latency problems, or would I need a beefed up PC (which is not really an option)?
Jul 20, 2004 01:23 am i'm sure it works for some people, but using an onboard soundcard is almost like asking for latency. 903MHz (what a weird number!) should work fine, as long as you have a decent amount of RAM.
Jul 20, 2004 04:53 am Latency is, by definition, the length of time sound takes to travel from the sound card to the speakers. What affects the latency is many factors, but far and away the biggest things are the sound card itself, and the quality of the drivers, and the ability of the application to deal with it. Low-end sound card typically use MME drivers, the worst of the bunch, tho some are now starting to use WDM, which are better, but not a lot. ASIO is the best of the commonly support driver standards and will almost every time, provide the lowest latency.
However, as Minkus says, the rest of your PC does play a role, just not as great of one.
903mHz?
Jul 20, 2004 06:23 am Aye...for sure it will be mainly attributable to the internal soundcard.
I used to use my internal soundcard when I first got started (some Sigmatel piece of junk). Man, it was so far out I started to question my own timing skills thinking - ma guitar playin sucks these days!!
Then I realised thru this good site - its ma soundcard and no me!!! Bought a Delta 44 and my problems disappeared instantly!!
Magic...all my timing/latency problems gone for £150! Canny be bad. Would recommend, wholeheartedly. I'm sure the speed of your PC will have an impact, but if youre recording straight in, it should not be too bad. What will have an impact is the use of many FX, Virtual Instruments etc - just recording may be fine but what a mad speed 903!!!
Aye..a wierd one.
Good luck all the same.
Coco.
Jul 20, 2004 01:30 pm db - i have a phillips sonic edge 5.1. plus my motherboard which is via audio i think. that is what it says. is there anyway to fix latency other than buying a new card. if not, what would be a good cheap alternative. on the other hand i also seem to get a lot of background noise like a mid air sound. though i have had successful recordings by adjusting my input eq's may my soundcard also be the culprit or would it mainly be just my input quality.
Jul 20, 2004 04:12 pm That's one heck of an overclock; 903mhz
Rats, mine only goes to 900. =)
sorry, it's late in the day
Jul 20, 2004 08:21 pm Processor: Intel(r) Celeron(tm) GenuineIntel 902mhz. (As defined in system information)
RATS! I just KNOW that extra 1mhz of speed is gonna make all the difference! And here I kept thinking it was a 903mhz. Ah well. I guess I'll have to eventually get a soundcard. Though my RAM will have to get a helluva boost before I worry anything about a soundcard. I've been needing to upgrade from the 128 megs I've currently got. Without the video card I've got, most of my programs wouldnt even work! Thanks for the help fellers. Maybe PC recording isn't all that far-fetched an idea for me after all. :-)
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