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Originally Posted by showard44
I am not in to spending a lot on home recording, but big problem coming into play for me is recording latency. It is making it next to impossible to record tracks in time with tracks I'm trying to play back for timing purposes.
Now what is the cheapest way to correct the latency problem?
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Alas, latency is generally the product of several problems:
1. A sound card that is not state of the art and/or uses out of date drivers
2. Out of date drivers--Windows XP uses WDM drivers as default, but most newer generation sound cards use ASIO, which delivers better performance with far lower latency
3. Hardware issues: Not enough RAM, a processor that's not fast enough, and/or a hard disk that's not fast enough.
If you don't have the $$$ to upgrade your computer and/or soundcard (and, hey, who does these days?), you can try to squeeze better performance out of your PC by stripping everything possible out of memory. This means:
1. Turning off all TSRs and other memory hogs--anti virus software, network drivers, Internet connections, screen savers, Itunes helpers, software firewalls, "Pretty Windows interface" stuff, disk indexing.
2. Disable all hardware you don't need to use whilst recording--this includes network cards, CD-ROMs, modems, disk drives.
3. Defragment your hard drive.
4. Create a separate partition on your hard drive that's used exclusively for storing audio data (i.e., don't mix your audio files with your program files on the same partition).
5. If you don't have Windows XP, get it. XP has far better audio recording capabilities than earlier versions. Also, if you have Windows XP, get service pack 1 at least, which comes with better enhanced audio drivers.
6. If your Protools is running all sorts of FX in the background, disable them to maximize memory.
Jeff in Boston