Posted by Sylvia Moreno on 04/22/06 09:02

I just got a brand new PC. None of my old soundcards will work in it,
so I'm using the onboard AC97 for sound. What I'm trying to do is
record vocals over mp3s and blend the two together to create a
"karaoke" version of the audio track, using various mixing software.
This sounds okay when I'm laying down the vocals, but whenever I try to
combine the vocal track with the music track, the timing of the vocals
are -always- off, and don't blend seamlessly with the music track. The
problem is they alway start a bit before the music track, and even
sound slightly speeded up, with a faint clicking sound in the
background.

This is NOT a software problem, as you might think. This occurs in all
software I've tried. The same software that used to be able to do this
without fault, on my old computer. When I tried this same software on
another computer, there was no timing problem, after trying to mix the
two tracks into a combined form! I've tried different mikes, too. I
like the quality of the on-board sound and want to use the AC97, so the
question is, how is this problem otherwise resolved? Any clue as to
what exactly would be causing the timing problem?

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