Keyboard delay

Hey anyone, I connected my midi controller--Roland A49--to my song and when playing a key in any instrument the note comes out delayed by almost a second. I guess it has something to do with the (to me) abstruse Cakewalk input/output panel, but I'm not sure. The keyboard is showing up in the in/out panel, alonmg with midi omni, and my USB external sound "card'. Any advice? Thanks!

Thanks kakku, will check, appreciate the answer!

To the original poster: 
 
Your computer specs are not listed in your form profile's Signature section (see the bottom of mine for an example), so I don't know if you are running Sonar on a desktop computer or on a laptop.
 
IF you are running Sonar on a laptop - please try turning off or disabling your Wi-Fi adapter just prior to launching Sonar.  IF this fixes things for you, then you will want to make sure that every time you are going to work in Sonar, that you temporarily turn off or disable the Wi-Fi adapter for the laptop, then launch Sonar, then when finished with Sonar turn the Wi-Fi back on or enable it, to get the internet back again.  For many laptops, the presence of a Wi-Fi adapter can cause problems with Sonar.
 
If the above does not fix anything, or you are using a desktop computer, then please review and respond to the following:
 
1.  Are you running a dedicated audio interface?  If so, what is the model name?
2.  In Sonar, are you using a driver mode of ASIO?  (Edit>Preferences>Audio>Playback and Recording)
3.  In Sonar, please post the Sample Rate and the listed reported latency values (Edit>Preferences>Audio>Driver Settings for both)
4.  Does your project have any loaded effects?  If so, please post all the plugins loaded into the particular project that is giving you the lag.  In addition, does the lag go away if you hit the letter 'E' on your computer keyboard and then try to play notes on your controller?  (The letter 'E' toggles on/off the bypass of all loaded effects, so if the lag goes away after bypassing all the loaded effects, then it means that one or more of your loaded effects are contributing/causing the lag.  Hit 'E' again to turn all effects back on again, by the way).
 
Bob Bone
 
 

I concur with Craig on being wary of ASIO4ALL.  IF no other solution is available, then ASIO4ALL might provide a temporary band-aid work around, but it has been known to interfere with other audio drivers and programs just by being installed on a computer, so once an audio interface is obtained you would want to completely remove (uninstall) all traces of ASIO4ALL.
 
But again - it may provide a temporary solution to audio issues, so it might be worth experimenting with as a short-term workaround.
 
Bob Bone
 

There are USB midi Drivers for the A 49 ( I own one) and therefore it has nothing to do with your audio interface it's drivers and it's latency. You could have a top of the line RME or a sound blaster and this makes no difference to the Roland's latency. 
The Latency you are experiencing will no doubt be due to a look ahead plug in like LP64. 
By pass any heavy use plug ins or all of them while recording MIDI. 

Problem solved. ASIO was the problem. A49 is now "at one" with my playing, such as it is.  Folks, This forum is reason alone to stick with Cakewalk DAW ... I found my Roland A 49 WAS NOT RUNNING asio, thru my Zoom guitar box, which functions as my soundcard.  The Zoom, and Keyboard work as should with other DAWs, some of which, by default, run asio (when found); so I assumed I was set to use with Sonar Home. It is somewhat convoluted in Cakewalk to find all the checkboxes and panels to change soundcards, but I thank you guys for all the help! Happy New Year to all.

I am about to take a nap - my brain is swimming, and I read the above post and my brain just shut off - I will take another stab at understanding your above post in an hour or so. :)
 
Bob Bone
 

I go to Preferences | Driver Settings | ASIO Panel and use a very low number (like 3 on the slider) while tracking.  I reset it to 6 or higher on the slider when mixing.
 
The low number minimizes delay like you are experiencing.  The higher number prevents noise and drop-outs when mixing.

If the question was directed at me, there is a definite delay with MIDI instruments with the ASIO buffer is set high.  I believe it is a delay in hearing the sound and not actually a delay in receiving the MIDI.
 
If this doesn't apply to you, then please ignore me; but this issue of delayed MIDI based on the ASIO buffer is legitimate, I believe.