[gongos]

I use a external usb converter so I'm not sure what difference the soundcard would make.

 

[floodo1]

what digital output are you using? soundcard or "external usb converter"?
if its "external usb converter" then maybe your "external usb convertor" isnt capable of 96khz?

you need to provide clearer info so we can help you

 

[gongos]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gongos I use a external usb converter so I'm not sure what difference the soundcard would make.

This isn't clear enough.

 

[floodo1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gongos This isn't clear enough.

ok does you "converter" do 96khz?

 

[jiiteepee]

Hmmm.....

There are not much data of your equipment/driver available

What kind of setup (hardware) are you using?

Are you using native ASIO, USB-ASIO, Asio4All or ASIO2KS driver? Is latency set high enough (can be set quite "high" when just outputting)?

If the slowing down is not much, your issue sounds like samplerate issue to me (supposeingly 44.1 kHz <--> 48 kHz). Which samplerates your DELL's onboard sound (or instaled card) can operate with (remember, if you're using native ASIO driver, ASIO functionality can be "locked" into certain resolution, like it's on most Creative cards)?

This can also be a sort of an audio codec issue too.

jiitee

 

[gongos]

I'm using a Red Wine Audio USB Select Converter--basically a glorified m-audio transit feeding a Empirical Audio Modified Ack! Dack!. The computer is a Dell 2400 P4 w/ 1 Gig of RAM. Native ASIO. It does 96khz. I have the latency set as high as it will go. When I use the converter the soundcard is completely bypassed so I don't think my soundcard has anything to do with my playback issues.

 

[audioengr]

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Originally Posted by gongos I'm using a Red Wine Audio USB Select Converter--basically a glorified m-audio transit feeding a Empirical Audio Modified Ack! Dack!. The computer is a Dell 2400 P4 w/ 1 Gig of RAM. Native ASIO. It does 96khz. I have the latency set as high as it will go. When I use the converter the soundcard is completely bypassed so I don't think my soundcard has anything to do with my playback issues.

I believe it might be that your CPU is just too taxed. If you dedicate the computer to the audio task and turn off all other applications, including screensaver and virus scan, then also do the following:

In Transit Menu window, set "Latency" to Highest (increases buffer) and bring up Windows task manager (ctrl-alt-del) and choose Foobar and make it "highest priority."

This may or may not fix it. It certainly helps with ASIO.

Steve N.