Terrible Latency Using Vegas 4.0 and Audigy in 5.1

NPCPed wrote on 3/11/2003, 9:24 PM
I have an Audigy Platinum EXT. And Vegas 4.0

I have it set up to use the surround channels as three stereo pairs. And as far as the mixing and channel specificity go, everything is gold.

But there is a huge latency when it begins to play. If I'm trying to synch to video, the video begins playing a full two seconds before the sound starts. I can see very well that the audio begins at the top of the video clip, but the audio plays 2 seconds behind the cursor, and the video.

Obviously this makes preview monitoring a nightmare.

Anyone else run into this, or have any advice?

Your time and effort are greatly appreciated.

Comments

pwppch wrote on 3/11/2003, 11:55 PM
Make sure you have the absolute latest drivers for the Audigy from Creative. The problem you are describing has been seen with the older driver set.

Peter
JohanAlthoff wrote on 3/12/2003, 6:12 PM
I second that. Latest drivers = all problems go away. Also, be careful you don't get the "ghost ASIO device" problem, described elsewhere. It manifests itself as constant nag screens about "The ASIO device has changed, please restart your application" or something to that effect.
pwppch wrote on 3/12/2003, 6:37 PM
Good call Johan.

Make SURE you completely and totally remove any thing related to the old Audigy drivers. (This isn't easy as Creative hooks into your system all over the place - and I do mean ALL OVER THE PLACE!) In general this is one of the nastiest take overs I have EVER seen a driver for a simple sound card do. People are concerned about viruses, well Creative's Audigy drivers beats out any virus I have EVER been infected with.

Peter
NPCPed wrote on 3/12/2003, 8:05 PM
Wow, now THAT'S Tech support.

I read the first reply and downloaded the latest upgrade. I know I should do this anyway on a regular basis. But between all the different software and hardware that's specialized on my system, I take an, "If it ain't broke don't fix it," position regarding updates. But the update seems to have worked like a charm. I have no problems, and in fact I have somehow managed to successfully avoid this, "Ghost driver," issue.

So thanks for all of your help. Much appreciated.
pwppch wrote on 3/14/2003, 12:51 AM
Glad to hear it worked out for you.

Peter