Thank you in advance for any help you may provide on my issue.
I have a very very strong desire to record some of the music I have written on my PC. The PC is newish.. it has an Intel i7 quad core, 12 MB of Ram. I can't imagine that such a computer would be unable to be used for decent recordings? However, when I try to playback a track and record a second instrument over it, there is a delay between the music and my the next instrument. Further, if I set the mic up so that I can hear it through the speakers, there is a large delay between what I play and what I hear. I believe the problem I am referring to is that of "latency" though I may be using terminology incorrectly. All I want to do is be able to play something into the mic and have it played over my headphones without delay so I can jam along to prerecorded tracks or do vocals over them.
I did not purchase a soundcard with my system. When ordering from Dell I asked if the Presonus Audiobox USB I own would function negate the need for a soundcard, he said yes this was even better than a sondblaster I could have installed. Is this true? Is this my problem?
Of note: my ableton live preferences show the following - I have no idea what these setting mean
Input buffer size: 0 samples
Input latency 0.00 ms
Output buffer size 4096 Samples
Output latency: 92.9 ms
Drive error compensation -2248 ("smp" is highlighted in an orange box)
Overall latency 41.9 ms
In/Out sample rate: 44100
Default SR and Pitch Conversion: Normal
I have a very very strong desire to record some of the music I have written on my PC. The PC is newish.. it has an Intel i7 quad core, 12 MB of Ram. I can't imagine that such a computer would be unable to be used for decent recordings? However, when I try to playback a track and record a second instrument over it, there is a delay between the music and my the next instrument. Further, if I set the mic up so that I can hear it through the speakers, there is a large delay between what I play and what I hear. I believe the problem I am referring to is that of "latency" though I may be using terminology incorrectly. All I want to do is be able to play something into the mic and have it played over my headphones without delay so I can jam along to prerecorded tracks or do vocals over them.
I did not purchase a soundcard with my system. When ordering from Dell I asked if the Presonus Audiobox USB I own would function negate the need for a soundcard, he said yes this was even better than a sondblaster I could have installed. Is this true? Is this my problem?
Of note: my ableton live preferences show the following - I have no idea what these setting mean
Input buffer size: 0 samples
Input latency 0.00 ms
Output buffer size 4096 Samples
Output latency: 92.9 ms
Drive error compensation -2248 ("smp" is highlighted in an orange box)
Overall latency 41.9 ms
In/Out sample rate: 44100
Default SR and Pitch Conversion: Normal