Old 03-05-2007, 10:13 PM   #1
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I have been using reaper about a month but only for mixing. IO cant record because of the latency problem. I just got a new Dell pc with the standard soundcard. What should I do to fix this problem. Thanks!!
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Old 03-05-2007, 10:22 PM   #2
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I have been using reaper about a month but only for mixing. IO cant record because of the latency problem. I just got a new Dell pc with the standard soundcard. What should I do to fix this problem. Thanks!!
The latency problem is not REAPER (in fact, REAPER seems to do better with latency than most other apps).

The problem is you need to get yourself a proper recording sound card (believe me, it will be more convenient and it will sound better as well).

The other option, until you get a proper recording sound card, is to download ASIO4ALL (google it, and you shall find!), which is a generic low latency ASIO driver that will work with all sound cards.
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Old 03-05-2007, 10:30 PM   #3
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What would be a good soundcard for me to get. If i get a Line 6 Toneport will I still need a new soundcard?
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Old 03-05-2007, 10:42 PM   #4
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i have a presonus firestudio... it all depends on what you wish to do with it... something with USB or firewire seems to be pretty low latency... i hear PCI cards are better but i'm not sure. my firestudio is almost no latency with a 2.8ghz dell 512mb ram running 8 simultaneous inputs...
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i have a presonus firestudio... it all depends on what you wish to do with it... something with USB or firewire seems to be pretty low latency... i hear PCI cards are better but i'm not sure. my firestudio is almost no latency with a 2.8ghz dell 512mb ram running 8 simultaneous inputs...
atm PCI cards are certainly better than firewire or USB... but between those two i would choose firewire, something about USB not being as suitable for audio as firewire, something about burst rate speeds, or something....
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Old 03-06-2007, 11:09 AM   #6
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Excactly Jason, USB soundcards are not suitable: they cause "less or equal IRQ" driver probs, even my onboard sound with asio4all works better, i agree that pci cards are more suitable like Audiophile, and other M-Audio stuff
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Old 03-05-2007, 11:20 PM   #7
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What would be a good soundcard for me to get. If i get a Line 6 Toneport will I still need a new soundcard?
I have a toneport and it's good for recording guitar and other audio. It has no midi input. If you want to record midi I would suggest looking around. I use an audigy card by creative labs for midi stuff. It's decent and cheap. There are alot better cards though. I'm happy for the time being with the toneport and Audigy card. In the future I will probably upgrade. It all depends on what you want to record. Asio 4 all is a good suggestion to for getting the best out of the card you have right now. It was written for that purpose and it works pretty well. I have it installed to and use it sometimes.
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Old 03-06-2007, 09:22 AM   #8
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I have the same problem with my Creamware-soundcard, and It works fine in Sonar. That's why I think it's a Reaper-related problem and not a problem with my soundcard.
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As said, be sure to install the ASIO4all driver in the meantime. Download it here: http://www.asio4all.com/
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IS it possible that maybe you found higher CPU overhead using it with Sonar, and are now carrying that assumption over to Reaper, without having checked it first?

I've not used Sonar myself, but, if I'm not mistaken, Sonar was initially optimised for DX drivers, and then only added ASIO compatibility in the last few years? Perhaps this is something more unique to Sonar, rather than being true of most other apps that have always been set up for ASIO?

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What would be a good soundcard for me to get. If i get a Line 6 Toneport will I still need a new soundcard?
My experience with USB interfaces has generally been negative, with few exceptions (my Zoom H4 for instance). If you have a free PCI slot, consider that 1st (M-Audio's Audiophile 2496 is a pretty safe bet) or Firewire interfaces..(the Audiophile 2496 is available in a Firewire flavour). I mention these two because I'm assuming you want to keep your outlay at the low end....you can spend more of course....
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