cubase delay

[simonvenn]

hi to everyone.i am a total novice when it comes to recording hopefully someone could give me some help on the reason why i am experiencing delay issues e.g i am plugging my guitar into a small preamp and then into my laptop through a jack adapter. i am using cubase sx3 and have been shown enough so that i can record my guitar and vocals. the problem starts when ive played my guitar or spoke in to the mic its delayed. Is it my sound card, pre amp or am i not trying something that i should? sorry its a long message


Many Thanks

[richiebee]

It's your sound card. The problem you experience is called latency. You may be able to reduce it to a decent level with the ASIO4ALL driver. Failing that, you really need to get a pro audio interface, with a low latency driver, and preferably direct monitoring.

R.

[brandondrury]

It's the old latency problem again.

Read this:

Soundcard Troubleshooting 101

Brandon