AudioBanter.com - View Single Post - [Newbie] Playback latency, direct monitoring, tascam us-122

Hi Mike,

thanks again for your help. See below:

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1111414307k@trad...
In article writes:

I'm doing some multi-track recording using a tascam us-122 over USB
with Adobe Audition 1.5.

I find that if I use the computer's internal soundcard to monitor the
mix, the signal being recorded matches well with the existing mix.
However, using the us-122's direct monitoring to monitor the mix
results in a noticeable timing mismatch between the recorded signal
and the existing mix.

Is there a way to compensate for this latency?

The idea of the direct monitor is to allow the player to hear himself
without latency. If there's a lag in the recording when you play it
back, this is something you need to tweak in your computer, but
there's only so much you can do. How much latency are you
experiencing?

Yes, I'm able to hear myself without latency during recording - the
lag is only apparent when playing back the mix. I've just attempted to
measure the latency. To do this I created an initial click track, then
re-recorded the click track by feeding the Direct Monitor output back
as the input signal. Sound reasonable?

The newly recorded track is approximately 67ms behind the initial
click track. If I perform the same experiment but rather than using
the Direct Monitor output I feed the output from my internal soundcard
back as the input signal, the newly recorded track is in sync with the
existing track.

The usual way of handling this is to slide the newly recorded track so
that it lines up with the previous tracks, but this shouldn't be more
than a couple of milliseconds off if everything in working right.

Yes, I guess that will work. It seems a little clunky and manual
though, is this really the best solution? I'd probably prefer to get a
mixer and use my internal soundcard for monitoring if so.

Thanks again,
Jeste.