Latency nightmare

Dear God please help me someone.   Im using X2 studio and an M-Audio fastrack interface. Letely i started to get all sorts of really bad latency issues. If i go into the properties page and go to audio, there is a slider there to adjust latency.  if i go all the way to the right (i think its listed as "safe"") the latency really slows down. I play a chord on the guitar and it seems like 10 seconds later the chord plays.   If i slide the slider all the way to the right
the latency improves, but the sound is really distorted and has that extreme whah whah effect.   I also see settings for buffers which is a numerical value. Ive tried raising this and lowering it.   Its not that the adjustments are having no effect, they are changing the latency, but there is still a delay.  It makes doing any kind of punch ins impossible or trying to record a bass line for example is a nightmare. I've just reimaged the laptop and did a clean install of sonar but no joy.  In case it might be an m audio issue i upgraded the drivers but again no joy.
I have 4gb of memory in the laptop and plenty of space on the C drive.  As i say, this only started recently so i dont it the specs of the laptop causing the issue. 
Any of you guys have this nightmare :(  

If the Fast/Safe slider works, you are using MME or possibly WDM driver mode.
Ideally, you should probably be using ASIO. Verify that you have appropriate Fast Track drivers for your OS, and change the driver mode to ASIO.
With ASIO, the slider will be inoperative, and you use the ASIO panel to adjust latency. The Wave Profiler button will be replaced with the ASIO button. X2 should accept this change on the fly, but you may need to restart the program.
 
edit: lampshade makes a valid point. Don't use effects with look-ahead when recording. The wah/helicopter effect you are experiencing suggests drivers, though.

Hi Laura, Rob B n Rob E
Some great tips there guys.  Yeah not using any effects. I usually add in effects only when mixing.  I didnt know about the wireless adapter so will definately kill that.
Sadly my M-Audio will not use ASIO so i have to use MME. It wasn't a great buy to be honest.  It has non existant pre amp and even M audio now don't support this model.  Trying to get drivers for it is a joke.  M Audio do very good equipment but the fat track pro is not i'd recommend to anyone. But i will motor on and try the good advice from all of the above.  Thanks guys :)

All m-audio Fast track models use asio as far as I am aware?
I would check you have the correct drivers installed first of all.

I have no recollection of seeing a dedicated audio interface that doesn't have ASIO support.
 
This might seem weird, but try going into Sonar Preferences>Audio>Devices, and removing the check boxes for your interface, so that you do not have ANY enabled audio interface.
 
Then, go to Preferences>Playback and Recording, then change your driver mode to ASIO, and click Apply.  This should work, and will set the driver mode to ASIO.
 
Now, go back to Preferences>Devices, and hopefully you will see your audio interface there, able to be selected by checking the boxes for it.  If you do not see your audio interface listed, then it does not seem to support ASIO.  BUT, if you do see it listed, check the boxes to select it as your audio interface, and then click Apply.
 
IF the above works, Sonar should also populate the Record and Playback Timing Master information for you.  Make sure the Sample Rate in Sonar exactly matches the setting in your audio interface, and give it a try.
 
Bob Bone
 
 

Hi agentcalm. Just to know if i can help....Are you an' experienced user or a beginner?
 

I just found this thread by clicking on your user name from your other thread about session drummer 2 , I was trying to determine what OS your using and I don't see you mentioning this yet. 
I owned a Fast Track Pro, My son is using it now with no issues other than it's pre amps low quality. I mostly used SPDIF.  My only complaint was it would randomly die on me. This was the 32 bit drivers, It was stable under 64 bit.  There was also the hi pitched scream which we now realize is due to using USB buss power. Solution was use a wal wart. 
 
It has ASIO drivers and the web site is kept up to date so don't understand your complaint about support.  Seems by your other thread you have re done you OS anyhow.. but which OS are you using? 

by the way, you don't really have to fill it out, just scroll down and click the link. :)