I commented that you needed a dedicated musical interface BECAUSE....

You mentioned
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I'm running my mixers through a USB port. I've got a digitizer attached to the mixer that plugs into the USB ports. I'm confused. Maybe I'm just gettin' too old for this stuff. But I'll think of something. I've done work arounds before


First.... a mixer via USB with a combo sound card isn't necessarily a good interface. Often it's a combination mixer and sound card.... trying to be both and excelling at neither.

Get a good single purpose USB interface that uses ASIO drivers like I described above and from one of the brands I mentioned. Trust me... you will be happy with the results.

You can not usually use 2 soundcards together which it appears you are trying to do. Listen on the computer card and trying to hear other things from the mixer card..... They don't sync clocks and there are so many other issues.... several of which you are dealing with from what you have said so far.

Get a good interface that gives you the audio and midi inputs and outputs in the same piece of hardware and one that runs on true ASIO drivers. Once you do that, your problems will be over. That system should run on ANY OS that's on the market today from before Vista up to W-10. I have Vista on my lappy and XP-pro-32 on my desktop and they both run fine with the external interface and ASIO drivers. Flawless Performance is the phrase I use.

Before you upgrade the OS or waste time spinning your wheels with other gadgets, buy a nice interface from a store that offers 30 to 45 day no questions asked returns so you feel comfortable trying a good interface before you do other things that probably won't work.

Signal path should be..... mic & guitar direct into the interface, (no mixer needed).... interface connects to the computer.... headphones and speakers connect to the interface for output monitoring. DONE... set up the interface properly and you're golden from that point on.

Midi is similar.... you can run to the interface if it has midi inputs or direct to the computer. The program will see the inputs and you route the output to the audio interface...again.... DONE. And you're golden.

That's the setup I use. ^^^^^ No mixer. Keep it simple and it will work just fine. Lots of guys are gear-heads and have complicated and convoluted signal paths. I guess they like the flashing lights and cables.... just say NO and keep it simple. The interface has audio preamps and all mixing gets done in my DAW software. I get flawless audio and midi performance with NO discernible latency delays on the midi no matter where I use the midi.

Try that before you get more frustrated.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 12/28/15 09:32 AM.
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