Hi there. I got a Steinberg UR12 and a SHURE SM7 microphone in hopes of hearing myself while recording (without delay). There is still a delay. I've checked the listen to this device feature in my sound settings (recording tab) and it also catches all ambient sound in addition to the delay. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
How can I hear myself w/o delay?
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That's most likely latency between the Steinburg and your computer. What DAW are you recording into? Most of them have a way to lower the buffer size, which will help. There's a few tips in here you can run through that'll help get things going. If you're using a bunch of plugins, take them off, they increase latency and some can add latency even when they're bypassed.
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Did you try any of the suggestions so far?
Boudoir Guitar
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Do exactly what Blix suggested in his first post.
Currently you are capturing sound with the microphone, piping the mic into the interface, letting the interface convert it to digital, sending the digital into your DAW, then having the DAW send the sound back to the interface where it is converted back to analog before sending it to your speakers.
If you do what Blix said, the sound is sent straight from the mic preamp to the speakers with none of the conversions mentioned above, so has no delay.
I did activate this button and it made no difference at all on the delay issue. I opened my sound settings and clicked the recording tab and checked listen on this device. The mic is connected to the UR12 and my headset is also plugged into it. I don't know how to turn off the input monitoring, but those are my steps so far. I'm trying as hard as I can here I promise.
I did activate this button and it made no difference at all on the delay issue. I opened my sound settings and clicked the recording tab and checked listen on this device. The mic is connected to the UR12 and my headset is also plugged into it. I don't know how to turn off the input monitoring, but those are my steps so far. I'm trying as hard as I can here I promise.
UGH. I'm so dumb. I did not install the drivers. My buddy just asked me the same question. [insert face palm]. Will install and report back!
Do you have someone more experienced who could walk you through your setup? This is nearly impossible to troubleshoot properly on a forum.
Are you monitoring your own voice? Are you using headphones or speakers for monitoring? You may be hearing your voice from another source in addition to the direct monitor on the interface.
Are you monitoring your own voice? Are you using headphones or speakers for monitoring? You may be hearing your voice from another source in addition to the direct monitor on the interface.
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Are you just trying to listen to this in WIndows or something? or are you using a DAW software like Cubase, Reaper, Ableton etc?
Input monitoring should be without delay, but if you are also trying to listen to it through WIndows then you might get weird results.
All you should need to do is press the Direct Monitor button on the audio interface.
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Make sure you've activated ASIO inside your DAW. Which DAW software are you using?
HomespunEffects
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Are your speakers/headphones plugged into the computer or into the interface?
Boudoir Guitar
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The buffer size and audio drivers are all an unecessary rabbit hole for what you are trying to do. You have only done 1/2 of what Blix’s first comment told you to do. You have to also turn off monitoring of the track in your DAW so you aren’t hearing the delayed signal.
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Really, you *do* need to check what Blix was suggesting (and what Boudoir Guitar was trying to hammer in - rightly so, I gotta say) and you need to tell us what DAW ("digital audio workstation", typically your recording program) you're using, so people could talk you through the process of either deactivating software monitoring or optimizing your latency (which is what this kinda delay you're experiencing is typically called in DAW land).
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