Latency Issues :-(

Help!
I used to use Sonar HS6 a lot. I haven't done any recording for 4 years and really want to get back into it.
I've bought a new pc, bought Sonar Professional but can't get the system set up well enough to record. The problem really bad when using 'input echo' when recording say a guitar. Can someone please help!?
 
I am using an Edirol UA-25 Interface, with the Win 7 (64 bit) driver installed.
My PC Spec is as Follows:
Win 7 64 Bit (Service Pack 1)
i5 Processor (i5-2500 running at 3.30GHZ)
6GB RAM
 
I've got background services checked in windows.
 
I've got buffer size at 20ms in sonar driver settings, If I go any faster than that audio just distorts.
I tried adjusting the buffer size in windows settings but go a similar result. Either the audio (record and playback) would drop out or the input would be so distorted.

Also the weird thing is, when I downloaded and tested my system with the free trial version of Sonar Artist it all worked perfectly.
 
Any help would be much appreciated as currently i've spent over £400 on a new PC and Sonar and can't use it :-(
 
Thanks in advance for your help,
Ben

Hi Scook,
Thanks so much for your swift reply. I've defintly got the latest driver from Roland.
Sorry, I've not had this problem before. What is WDM driver mode and how do i try it? Also not sure what you mean by direct monitoring. I can record without input echo on and hear a clean signal through the interface. But that's not great, for example i find it so much more natural to be able to hear the reverb fx when singing or guitar fx when playing the guitar into the DAW.
Forgot to say in my original post that the weird things is when I donwloaded a trial version of Sonar Artist it all worked perfectly!
Thanks for your help,
Ben

Since it's a new PC you will want to be sure that you are on a USB2 port. I'm pretty sure that interface is USB 1.1, in fact mine was particular about which USB2 port I was using, so try it in a couple ports and don't run it off of a hub.

All,

Many thanks for your help and advice.
On checking the driver settings, it had somehow switched from ASIO to WDM. (pretty sure I didn't do that).

Anyway, switch it back and things, for now, working much better.

Will definitely look into effects mixing pre interface so I can use direct monitoring as suggested.

Thanks again, I'm really glad to be up and running again and I really appreciated all the comments.

Ben

Awesome, thanks Sidroe. This looks really useful.