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Latency difference 1/4 vs USB or headphones


zimzaladim
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Yesterday I tried to connect my Pod HD500x to try recording for the first time. Have played with it plenty. I was surprised to find that while I have no delay playing through 1/4 to amp, I was experiencing latency from other outputs. I tried playing through the PC USB connection through connected PC speakers and found enough of a delay to make playing uncomfortable. Thinking it was the PC I tried directly from the headphone out to PC speakers and had the same delay. I tried removing the USB and using the headphone out to microphone in on the PC and still had the delay. 1/4 inch cables to amp were still fine. 

I can try a factory reset and see if it makes a difference. Any advice welcome.

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On 4/30/2019 at 1:50 AM, zimzaladim said:

I tried playing through the PC USB connection through connected PC speakers and found enough of a delay to make playing uncomfortable. Thinking it was the PC I tried directly from the headphone out to PC speakers and had the same delay. I tried removing the USB and using the headphone out to microphone in on the PC and still had the delay.

 

1/4 inch cables to amp were still fine. 

 

I had to read that a few times to make sure I was reading it correctly....

  • USB Output to the PC has latency
  • Headphone Output to MIC Input on the PC has latency  
    NOTE: why didn't you expand this and try the headphone output to the amp input.... that would have had no latency
  • 1/4" out to the AMP has no latency
    NOTE: why didn't you expand this and try the 1/4" output to the MIC input on the computer... that would have produced latency. 

I hate to sound like a broken record, but everything you run into your PC has latency.... it's the PC that has latency, not the HD. Furthermore... this is actually normal. 

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