XP to Win 7 Audio Problem

[Abet Computers]

Just switched a desktop to windows 7 from xp pro and have a weird latency with the audio. This latency did not exist on XP, but with 7 it is there. He has been using just the motherboard soundcard (desktop for recording) with the 6 1/8" input jawns ... He has a dj mixer's output to the mic input on the soundcard and the speaker output to the sound system.

I have downloaded all the updated realtek audio drivers, but still have this 1/4 second latency. I have also tried running the mixer's output to the line-in opposed to the mic and get no audio recognition. Any ideas?

 

[shamrin]

Have you tried unchecking "allow exclusive access" in the sound properties? I've found that this function has some weird negative effects on older machines.

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[Abet Computers]

I do not see anything saying allow exclusive access

 

[tomdavies]

I do not see anything saying allow exclusive access

Sound > Recording > [Recording Device Name (Microphone)] > Properties > Advanced > Exclusive Mode

Although I'm not sure if changing that will solve it. To use the line-in input you'll need to make sure it's un-muted.

If you set "Listen to this device" to checked in the properties for the Mic input you should be able to tell if its latency caused by the hardware or latency caused by recording software itself.

I know the software play-through functionality in Audacity has a little bit of latency on it when playing something that is being recorded since it has to process and encode it before playing it again.