In have tried and tried to make my Tascam US 1800 work for recording but the latency between my recorded guitar tracks is just not usable. I have tried the new drivers but its still there. I come from the Roland RPC setup which used a PCI card. Never had latency issues, this is my first usb experience and I am pulling my hair out. Does anyone have suggestions for a unit $500 or less with 8 inputs?


FWIW I would love to keep the Tascam if I could get it to work. Thank you for any help anyone can offer.

Have you tried to update your drivers? I see there is a new version V 2.05 since the 26-12-2014. I would try that first.

Sorry if I wasn't clear when I posted this I had been up for about 21 hours. When I referred to having tried the new drivers, that's what I meant is the new Tascam drivers.

I asked this already but my post was deleted ...
 
What are your latency numbers with what machine?  I've been thinkng about buying one of these.

Where do I see the latency numbers?

Pictures and all that  :)
 

I think I am getting somewhere around 11ms on the second to lowest setting.

Thanks

I pulled up a project that I recorded with my old set up. I solo'd the two rhythm guitars, I then imported a sub mix of the drums into a new project and re-recorded the rhythms then compared the two. With my Roland/RPC-1 PCI set up the only delay you can hear is just slight timing inaccuracies in my playing; slightly noticeable. The two recorded with the Tascam is more noticeable. It sounds like two guitarists that are basically in time but just not locked in with each other. I called my "go-to" place today (Sweetwater Music) the tech I talked to hasn't used the Tascam, he also uses Pro Tools so I dont know how helpful his advice will be. He said he has a slight latency but nothing that messes with his performance so after recording he "nudges" the file to synch it up. He also recommend I check out the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20.

So when you say your having latency issues, Is this when you turn on input echo? 
 
With my us1641 the best I could get was about 14 Ms but at that setting it would stutter. So I always used the "normal setting which was then around 22ms. 
But I never would "hear" latency because I always monitored from the interface. 
My problem was with using VST's and Effects. My system would just crap out if I tried anything complicated. I always blamed it on my computer which was older and only a duo core 4 Gigs of RAM. 
I had to stay with my in laws for a week and I installed X3 on this HP i7 , 16 gig of RAM/ 7200 RPM drive mega computer and I had the same experience...So I got fed up and drove over to a music store and bought the Focusrite 6i6 and have never looked back. Tascam's drivers are just not great. 
But to tell the truth, the RTL of the Scarlett is not a heck of lot better than the Tascam, it's the stability that's hugely improved. 
Edit:
I see we where typing at the same time.. If your tracks are not in sync then there's something gone weird, I never had that issue with my Tascam.