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Distilled1 · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 421 Location: Chicago

I don't get any latency that I can tell and I run mine like this, albeit I don't like this set up because for recording I have to change it all:

Mic/Guitar into alesis FX8 (mic to mic and guitar to left in of stereo ins (makes it goto both channels) mains out R/L into R/L line in on sound card (before I used a E-mu card and used a regular soundblaster I went mains out R/L into RCA into stereo mini)

I monitor by sending the R/L out from the computer back into the mixer on the other stereo channel and monitor through a set of monitors as well as headphone out on the mixer.

Doing this I would think that my sending the mix back out and should be back in in a loop causing allkinds of issues, but maybe its my software mixer set up it seems to work fine I hear exactly (unless its a nano second) what I'm playing...and no one yet has said its looping or delaying etc. (sometimes I am to hot on the mic or guitar but thats not due to the set up but me bumping those pots around or getting to close to the mic.)

your on a lap top mac though and I am guessing maybe that's the latency is the mac soundcard? (I thought they were supposed to be better for music recording etc. ?) I would think there should be a way to monitor with out any latency with your set up, Firewire maybe? I didn't read what mixer your using, does it have a mon out or headphone out? could use the headphone out and just run a powerd monitor through that keepig your full stereo mix going in..
and last I see your line out is left. this may be on that mixer the mono send that will actuly send both out, (the Alesis is this way with the inputs, left runs both R/L and R is true mono, I wonder if thats what the deal is with the turning your R mon up down effecting the test recording.
EDIT:
" I watch the meters on my SimpleCast as I bang my guitar and yell into the mic. From there, I adjust the output of the mixer to get the signal to -2 db, MAX. This doesn't affect my monitoring, because I'm listening just BEFORE that point. "

This is what I do as well LOL!

I don't know if my set up will help either being entirely different, but still thought I'd toss it out there, and hey maybe I am doing stuff really wrong and someone will speak up Wink

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Norris Shepherd · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject:

... oh crap...

.. some people have been having problems hearing my stream the last couple of days. While most (85%) have no problem.

I think we've got it narrowed down to people who are using Comcast seem to have a problem picking up my stream.

Sorry for that..... you on Comcast? hmmm... now that i think of it... the other people with problems were also in the Seattle area.....

EvaMoon · Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 748

Yep - I'm on Comcast.

I have a Eurotrack 1604a (Behringer).

Ha ha, I just looked at how I REALLY have it set up and I DO have both left and right channels going into the computer via the 1/4" lines out. Silly me. That explains why the there was no right channel when I muted it for the headphones test. Doh. It's been so long since I set it up I forgot.

I'm using the XLR right channel out for the monitor.

Wot a doofus.
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EvaMoon · Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 748

Thanks to Norris who did a sound check with me (with the right settings on Nicecast) I think I'm good to go now.

Thanks everyone for your help!

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