Midi Help

Still need help, in a way... I found the culprit. Once I froze Session Drummer 3, my delay on my other synths ended. This is on my core I-7 system.... Is there a setting that can help keep sd3 from delaying other midi / softsynths?

My guess would be that you have a plug-in on the SD track that uses an extra buffer of its own for processing, and requires Plug-in Delay Compensation. SONAR applies PDC automatically, delaying all other tracks including synths and live, input-echoed audio) to maintain sync. On a drum track, Transient Shaper would be a likely offender.

If that's the case, and you don't want to leave SD frozen, you will need to remove the offending plug-in from the track, possibly substituting something else that doesn't need PDC. In general plug-ins that do need PDC are intended for the Mixing/Mastering phase of a project and shouldn't be used while still tracking.

There's also a PDC Bypass button (default hotkey "D" IIRC) in the Control Bar for temporarily disabling PDC on input-monitored audio tracks, but I don't recall if it works for soft synths.