[linux-audio-user] determining source of latency (system info included)

i am experiencing the "system can't keep up" messages like crazy, even recording a single first track. often when i speak into the microphone, what comes out of the speakers sounds like it has a crazy chorus effect on it. i also wonder what the correct settings to use in the alsamixer gui are. below is some system info gleaned from a modified shell script somebody posted on another list. if anyone has any ideas please let me know! and if there's any other system info i could provide. thanks! ========================= ALSA Audio Debug v0.0.2 - Wed Jun 2 11:06:32 EDT 2004 Kernel ---------------------------------------------------- Linux 66.149.213.131 2.4.22-21mm.2mdksmp #1 SMP Sun Nov 2 15:20:57 CET 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Loaded Modules -------------------------------------------- snd-seq-midi 5632 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-oss 37824 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 6784 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq 51920 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss 46852 0 (unused) snd-mixer-oss 16016 1 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-cs46xx 84232 1 snd-pcm 92128 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-cs46xx] snd-timer 22404 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 51352 0 [snd-cs46xx] snd-rawmidi 20128 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-cs46xx] snd-seq-device 6268 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-page-alloc 10228 0 [snd-cs46xx snd-pcm] snd 50692 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-cs46xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] Modules Conf ---------------------------------------------- alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs46xx above snd-cs46xx snd-pcm-oss Proc Asound ----------------------------------------------- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.8. Compiled on Nov 2 2003 for kernel 2.4.22-21mm.2mdksmp (SMP) with versioned symbols. 0 [CS46xx ]: CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xf8ffe000/0xf8e00000, irq 18 0: [0- 0]: ctl 8: [0- 0]: raw midi 18: [0- 2]: digital audio playback 17: [0- 1]: digital audio playback 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 1: : sequencer 33: : timer 00-00: CS46xx : CS46xx : playback 31 : capture 1 00-01: CS46xx - Rear : CS46xx - Rear : playback 31 00-02: CS46xx - IEC958 : CS46xx - IEC958 : playback 1 CPU ------------------------------------------------------- model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) cpu MHz : 864.478 cpu MHz : 864.478 RAM ------------------------------------------------------- MemTotal: 513760 kB SwapTotal: 1028120 kB Hardware -------------------------------------------------- 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82840 840 (Carmel) Chipset Host Bridge (Hub A) (rev 02) 02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) HDPARM /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 122 MB in 3.03 seconds = 40.26 MB/sec /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 124 MB in 3.04 seconds = 40.79 MB/sec __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/