Why does the sound lag on my computer?

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Morten S

I have tried multiple speaker systems and the same thing happens every time. It sounds kind of like it gets ahead of itself. Can it be the sound card there is something wrong with? Please help me. Thank you :)

Answer
This seems to be a latency problem. That's when there's a time lag between the sound being initiated and you hearing it.

It's not likely to be the speaker system that's causing this, but the sound card, or the driver to it.

I started to write details but ran out of space....
then found a web site that gives you all the information:

http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/computing/sound/latency1.htm

Which catagory of enigineering does speaker design fall into?

Q. Who designs speakers? Which catagory of enigineering does speaker design fall into? Where is the best place to study? What does the job intail, and how much does it pay?

Answer
Loudspeakers (including transducers) are and have been traditionally designed by electrical engineers. To the best of my knowledge no college or university classifies âloudspeaker engineeringâ as its own formal engineering discipline. Rather it is a subset of audio engineering and both are specialized fields within the larger formal discipline of electrical and electronics engineering, or simply âelectrical engineering.â

As with most specialized engineering fields there are other disciplines that play varying yet significant roles. In the case of loudspeaker design and engineering such disciplines include acoustics (which is a specialized subset of physics,) mechanical engineering, materials science and the obligatory prerequisite - mathematics.

The best schools to prepare you for such a profession will be those that are not only fully accredited but also offer a strong electrical and electronics engineering curriculum. My recommendation is that you avail yourself of all the resources that are available from each of the professional organizations listed below in order to find the detailed educational information that is the most appropriate for your needs and expectations.

I am a very strong advocate of the community college, aka junior college, system for the first two or three years of a studentâs basic scholastic curriculum. Upon completing a two-year program, and preferably obtaining an Associate of (Arts and) Science degree, you can then transfer to an accredited four-year university or college of your choice to complete the remainder of your undergraduate curriculum. That said, due to intense competition over a fairly limited number of job opportunities, you may be better served if you take the time to pursue a graduate degree* (i.e., at least a MSEE degree,) in order to increase your odds of finding employment in the profession in which youâre interested, i.e., loudspeaker engineering. On a related note, given the opportunity you should always take advantage of the multitude of internships that may come your way, especially those from companies that employ engineers or scientists in your desired profession.

The job responsibilities and pay will vary depending upon numerous factors including: your level of education, work experience, employer, geographical location, as well as the health of the job market, i.e., economic factors, including the demand and level of competition at any given period in time. For more detailed information the professional organizations listed below regularly publish salary surveys for various engineering disciplines and levels of job experience.

AES Education Initiatives
http://www.aes.org/education/

IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/ces/

Acoustical Society of America
http://asa.aip.org

By the way, if youâre truly serious about a career in audio engineering I highly recommend membership in each of the organizations listed above.
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*The following is a very short list of some of the best colleges and universities that offer graduate and post-graduate science and engineering programs, many of which include more specialized studies in audio engineering and acoustics.

INTERNATIONAL

Delft University of Technology
http://www.english.tudelft.nl

Imperial College London
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk

Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
http://w3.tue.nl/en/

University of Essex
Department of Computing and Electronic Systems
http://www.essex.ac.uk/dces

University of Salford
Acoustics, Audio and Video Group
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk

University of Sydney, Australia
http://www.usyd.edu.au

NORTH AMERICA - CANADA

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Audio Research Group
http://audiolab.uwaterloo.ca

NORTH AMERICA - UNITED STATES

California Institute of Technology
http://www.caltech.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.gatech.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu

Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu

Pennsylvania State University
College of Engineering
http://www.engr.psu.edu
Graduate Program in Acoustics
http://www.acs.psu.edu

Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley
http://www.berkeley.edu

University of Colorado at Boulder
http://www.colorado.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.uiuc.edu

University of Texas at Austin
http://www.ece.utexas.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu
 

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