latency--PROBLEM SOLVED

are you sure the card is still in asio mode ? look in audio preferences and make sure your onboard is unticked.. if it's not the card can't use asio.

if you unplugged it and put it in a different USB that might have caused issues. I used to have issues with my ozone, where I'd have to unplug / uninstall (use ccleaner) / install / reboot / plug ozone back in , every say 3-4 months. Can't speak for the unit you have but I dropped the ozone as their drivers for it didn't work in 64 bit.

also in windows / control panel, whats your default soundcard ? make it the realtek etc .

have a look at make sure it's keeping the settings in m-audio's control panel. e.g. buffers , you might find it's too low.. needs up'ing.

is the project the same rate .e.g. 16 bit or 24 bit and have you changed anything ?

there was a windows update the other day, such things have been known to throw devices.. you have auto update on?


I'd say contact them for support, but in my case 6 emails (telling them exactly how to fix the problem) and 2 none working drivers later made me drop them for a better rival.

I was gonna say, ASIO does not have the slider-

The gremlin was the presence if Izotope Nectar open somewhere in the project.  It did not matter if it was on the track I was recording on or not.  If the plug was open anywhere in the project, it caused a delay in the monitored audio.

What you're experiencing is Plug-in Delay Compensation. It's not a load issue per se. It's that some plugs need an additional lookahead buffer to process audio. The delay caused by that extra buffer is reported to the SONAR, and SONAR delays all other tracks to maintain playback sync with the track delayed by the plugin.

There is a PDC Override button in the Control Bar that will disable PDC on input monitored tracks (assuming the PDC plugin is on some other track) so you can monitor without latency. But it's best to avoid using plugs that need PDC until you're done tracking, and have moved on to mixing where the added latency isn't an issue.