This should be posted here: http://www.recording.org/forum-29.html

Are you recording to your system drive?

Have you followed the manufacturer's tips?

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2048 is huge for buffer size! Have you tried dropping that to 512? Sometimes you can get away with 256 if you have a decent system and audio interface. At worst you should be set at 1024. Too large a buffer is almost as bad as too little and can cause as many problems.

ya....that buffer size is way too big. i like to follow the rule that its best to track in a lower buffer size and mix in a larger buffer size.

2048 is the smallest size it will let me have

What sound card/interface are you using?

Ok. I downloaded the demo. It looks like you are using a WDM driver which leads me to believe you are using your standard soundcard or a Soundblaster. That being the case, download asio4all and install it. Once you have that set up, open Mixcraft and go to File/preferences. Change the option from wave to ASIO, then go to the drop down menu and select ASIO4ALL. In the asio4all menu you should be able to resize the buffer. That should both bring your latency down considerably as well as eliminate the "skipping" problem. You may have to play with the settings a bit to get it right.

aight i downloaded asio4all and im still havin poblems..ive been messin around with it some times it gets better some times it gets worse and some times i have to close everything and reopen them because it says the device is unavalible..any settings you recomend? the device is "Realtek AC'97 audio for VIA(R)Audiocontroller"

well there it is.. I really think you need a different
sound card or audio interface.. those ac97's wont get it....

and how much would a new sound card or audio interface cost ?? i dont know much about all this stuff..im just an artist that spent money on a mic and a mixer so i can record when ever i wanted to and not have to go pay more than 60 dollars an hour everytime i wanna record a new song haha ..anyone know of any programs simular to acoustica mixcraft that i can download or anything?..i like recording in it because thats what ive used since ive started recordin ya digg..ive tryed other programs and it records my vocals fine its just this program thats givinme problems but i dont really want to use anything else..

you can get a M-audio 2496 card for about 80 bucks

that should work just fine