It looks like you got the issue resolved.

That's good news.

Should it return at some future point, I would recommend switching to an external 3rd party USB connected musical interface which runs native (real) ASIO drivers.

On my Dell laptop, I was not ever able to get my DAW software to work properly. BB & RB worked fine on the MME drivers as long as I worked with audio but add a synth and latency was out the window.

I bought a Focusrite Saffire interface with audio preamps built in, running native ASIO and after setting it up in it's control panel, my synth latency is for all practical purposes, non-existent.

I run my DAW on the interface with the ASIO drivers, AND, at the same time, I can run BOTH Band in a Box AND Real Band using the MME drivers and hear ALL of it through the Saffire interface with my Mackie studio monitors.

In the (custom built) DAW I now use, there are no factory sound card chips/boards. I built it that way by design. But in my DELL lappy, I needed the Saffire to get latency free music.

Since you got the issue resolved, no need to run out and buy some new gear just to buy something. But keep this in mind. Perhaps not in this forum site, but in some other music forum sites I am active in, I would venture to guess that 95% or more are using the third party external (and some internal PCI card) sound card interface solution because it works, because it is convenient, and because the inputs and outputs available are easier to access, and it gives us a seamless recording experience.

BTW: if the interface has audio preamps, there is often no need to use a mixer in the audio chain unless you really need more inputs than the interface can handle. I plug mics and guitars straight in to the interface. (guitar= POD 2 guitar amp sim/processor) There is no mixing board in my studio.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 03/19/14 05:11 AM.
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