negative latency ?

[evilchopper]

When I do overdubs, I am experiencing an effect similar to latency with the ADAT PCR sound card and pro tools free , except that the newly recorded track is not lagging, as would be expected with latency. The track actually leads the others by 0.10 sec. If I have 7 tracks already in the window the latency(pro-tency) is up to 0.20 sec. If I leave a few tracks floating around in the window, (far enough down the timeline not to interfere during dubbing), the "negative latency" is up to 0.30 sec. I don't use plug ins during recording but I'm going to load up a session just to see if it adds to this "early-ncy".
If I am recording, and I record arm a track without muting it, I get the normal quarter second or so delay,(monitoring latency) and I use a mackie 24x8 or ST Oram 24x4 to monitor inputs without latency.
Every thing seems normal except the writing to HDD which seems to overcompensate somehow.
A tenth of a second makes a big differenc, and most anybody can hear the difference if say the vocal leads by is 0.10 sec. It is easy enough to correct after recording, but I am curious if any one else has experienced this or if there is a cure for this problem. (e.g. Is there a setting for this, perhaps some combination of buffer or DAE settings?)

Bewildered and Confused...
Chopper

[wigworld]

This is not negative latency - negative latency would be if you you heard your vocal from pro-tools BEFORE you sang it into your mic. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[evilchopper]

That kind of negative latency I could really use sometimes!

[geetarbill]

I have the exact same problem with PTFree. I usually just move the audio I just recorded, that is usually slightly ahead of the rest of the tracks, until it is in sync with the other tracks. Why this happens I have no clue. At first I thought my timing was horrible, lol.
geetarbill

[geetarbill]

I should also mention this doesn't happen everytime though, but most of the time.
geetarbill