Weird SD3 Behavior

Howdy, Konradh

Sounds like you need to up the i/o buffer size on the Advanced tab on the Audio Options window.  When it's too small, you can get missed notes like that.  Try 512.  There are times when I've even had mine up to 1024.  Try settings in increments like that.  256, 512, 1024. 

But it's likely that all your snares will be triggered if you bounce your SD MIDI track to audio, even with your present settings. That's not a bad practice anyway, so you'll have audio to work with during your final mix.  I grin and bear it when soft synths aren't playing back perfectly before I've bounced to tracks.

Randy B.

well i agree with everyone here//buffers bro

Frank Haas


yeah almost I'd say..
you need to adjust the midi-buffers.. and they are hidden in the "Preferences"-"Midi"-"Playback and Recording" menu.
default at 500 ms.
I have set mine to 1200ms to get a constant midi playback..
Some plugins add a high latency, thats why it's necessary to make those adjustments.

The buffers Randy is talking about are for your harddrive(s),..

Thank you Frank - You're absolutely right.  Had me buffers mixed up.  I'm often juggling the settings in both places as my projects increase in size, needing more room for both audio playback and MIDI playback, it's like they've become one big Buffer thing to me.  Thanks for the needed correction.  You should be good to go on this now, Konradh.

Randy B.