Latency problem with Yeti microphone

Johntechwriter

Newbie Location: San Francisco Bay Area Joined: Nov 17, 2012 20:07 Messages: 12 Offline

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Nov 17, 2012 20:27

I'm a newbie at this, so please be kind.

My setup: Windows 7 PC and Cyberlink Director Suite (current build), Blue "Yeti" microphone, Logitech 920C webcam, Sony HDR-CX260 videocam

My new Yeti USB microphone gives me a half-second of latency both through the headphones while monitoring a recording session, and through the recording software as well -- in this case, AudioDirector.

Thanks to support forums like this one (and NOT to the manufacturer's user guide, which doesn't even include Windows 7), I found the solution to the headphone lag. But input lag to the software is a mystery. By input lag I mean, I clap my hands while recording and a half-second later the needles jump in AudioDirector.

Can the problem be solved through Win 7's Control Panel settings for sound? Is it solvable at all with a USB mic?

I'm surprised that just installing the hardware gives me this show-stopping problem. Does everybody have to deal with this? Or have I made an error during installation?

Thanks for your ideas.

mistertee

Newbie Joined: Feb 18, 2009 14:21 Messages: 20 Offline

Nov 28, 2012 12:27

I too have a Yeti but haven't had an opportunity to use it with AD. When I have a bit more time I'll experiment with it and post the results.

PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Nov 28, 2012 18:39

Hello Johntechwriter and mistertee,

I'm no hardware expert. The M-Audio Producer USB mic I'm using exhibits the same latency. It's clearly not in the same league as the Yeti, but there are probably similarities with this issue.

Yours has a headphone output, like mine, which gives "zero latency" but that's before the signal is processed. With mine latency can be increased or decreased in the M-Audio Control Panel. That doesn't solve it completely.

In tracking down the problem here, I found that latency is almost unavoidable with USB mics. One useful reference I found is http://www.computer-answers.ca/2011/computer-questions/q-why-is-there-a-time-delay-when-i-am-recording-sound/

To my knowledge, there's no way to affect latency levels within AudioDirector. It would need to be minimised as much as possible at the source.

PIX

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mistertee

Newbie Joined: Feb 18, 2009 14:21 Messages: 20 Offline

Nov 28, 2012 23:46

Check out the freeware ASIO4ALL low latency WDM driver project here:

http://www.asio4all.com/

And tutorial here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYh9H8gKLTo

Haven't used this yet but it looks interesting!