Softsynth latency in Sonar X2 Producer

Hi. Which driver mode do you use, and are the drivers (and the rest of your pc) up to date? If possible, use ASIO drivers.
10 ms RTL (round trip latency) should not be a significant problem. But if it is 10 ms "each way", you will feel it as being out of sync.
Do you have the possibility to lower the latency?
All the best.

A roundtrip latency of 10 ms should, IMO, be quite tolerable in most cases (I have much higher). In many cases, though, the actual latency is much higher than the what the settings indicate, due to many reasons, usually VST-dependant ones.
Then again, latency should not be a problem when mixing, anyway (as you talk about mixing latency).
Do you use different settings when recording?

My bad

I guess this would be true when you think about it, because there must be a delay from when the midi message triggers the soft synth then the CPU/ system needs to generate the sound, then the audio driver is involved in the playback and the D/A too. ,,  I wonder why  I've had the RTL as high as 45 ms but I never have a problem with midi latency that was noticeable unless I'm running a effect like the LP64 multiband ? I certainly notice the 10ms delay if I run a Guitar sim?  

Thanks for your replies, everyone.
 
My experience is regarding playing notes on my MIDI controller (a Yamaha S90XS). The latency isn't huge but it's enough to affect live playing, especially when playing/recording a drum part in realtime.
 
I tried pressing E but no change yet.
 
Driver mode is currently set to to WDM/KS. I recall having problems with ASIO settings in the past for some reason but I could try it again I guess.
 
The latency is currently set to Fast and the slider is all the way to the left (in the Preferences | Driver Settings window).
 
Should I adjust the buffer size? I'm not exactly sure what that does.
 
Or perhaps it's an issue with my controller?
 
Thanks,
CK
 

Alright, so here’s my issue. Perhaps I can piggyback on the OP's issues and see if we all can learn.
 
I have no discernible latency with audio.  The problem is with  MIDI – esp Soft Synth.  There is a definite lag, and it isn’t just hearing, it’s in the recording itself. 
 
I’ve read and talked to people, but . . .
 
My computer is fine – AMD A10, Quad Core, 3.6 GHz; 16 g RAM, separate video card, Windows 10.  I’ve turned everything off – no wi-fi and so forth.  I have a UR242 Audio Interface (ASIO with up to date drivers), Sonar Platinum (purchased at the end of last month)  
 
I’ve raised and lowered buffers, samples, . . . up and down, in and out, backwards and forward
 
I have an old MIDI keyboard, but a relatively new Yamaha DTX700 e-drum kit.  The keyboard goes through MIDI cables, and the drums USB.  Both have the same issue.
 
It isn’t bad if I have only one or two tracks.  My workaround has been to mix everything down except for the track I’m recording – I then open a new file and a track with the mix – play the instrument, etc. etc.  It works, but it’s a bit of a pain, and it definitely takes some creativity away. (perhaps that is the answer, but . . .)
 
I talked to a nice guy at Steinberg and he recommended that I record in regular MIDI and then process it though the soft synth.  But, that doesn't seem to work all that well -- missing events and such.
 
Surely, I am doing something wrong.
 
If someone has advice, I sure would welcome it. 
 
Thanks in advance.

I'll do some tests to see.  Certainly, it could very well be messing with my head.
 
Thanks.

Interesting. i have the latest Yamaha driver, but . . . You'd think they would be on top of that, but perhaps not. 
 
If you are listening to the brain as it goes out, how are you monitoring the mix to play along?  Do you mix it back to you?
 
Thanks.

I too use a little mixer ,, but I also have done this: with my monitors on and used headphones plugged into the brain.. just adjust how they sit on your head to hear both. 
 
I have also  plugged the brians output into my interface and can monitor like that. But--
 
Yamaha gear has always had the stupidest output system and only have the TRS headphone jack.. Just tonight at a rehersal there was a Yamaha stage piano with this same dumb set up..
Next to useless unless you just happen to have an insert patch cable kicking around. Most people don't. So they end up using a guitar TS cable which actually shorts out one channel and possibley could cause dammage to the piano ( or drum brain) output.  
I have one from my hardware compressor days.. 
It's TRS  y's to two TS jacks. 
So anyhow if you don't have an insert cable try the headphone trick. 
Open cell headphones work best.