Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay

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2005/06/12 11:11:37 (permalink)

Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay

I have several VST synths in Sonar 3. They all have a delay between key depress (both on the virtual synth screen and when routed to a physical keyboard) and hearing the patch from the synth. It seems to be about a half-second delay. What's going on, and how do I fix it?
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    Phrauge
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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/12 11:19:02 (permalink)
    What sound card are you using? What is your latency setting in S3?
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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/12 11:34:42 (permalink)
    1. Make sure you card latency is 10ms or less
    2. Disable all plugins, delay compensation on one or more is killing you live performance. SIR is a prime suspect.

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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/12 11:44:42 (permalink)
    Thanks for pointing that out. I had my integrated SoundMax Digital Audio set to a latency of 220.5. I changed it down to 20 msec (any lower and the sound becomes crappy), but at least there isn't an annoying delay.

    I should probably get a better sound card. This is the one that came with the computer. I've generally had negative experiences with integrated devices.
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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/12 11:55:15 (permalink)
    Glad it helped.
    Before you waste to much frustration on that card, there are some very nice sounding Recording Audio Interfaces starting around $100.

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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/12 12:14:27 (permalink)
    Thanks for the sound card info. I was in Best Buy recently, and though not shopping for sound cards, happened to notice a few ranging in price from 60 to 300. Not sure those are what I need, since they seem to be oriented towards consumer audio and gaming. Will have to poke around before deciding on the right card.
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    RE: Sonar 3 VST synths have MIDI delay 2005/06/14 07:56:23 (permalink)
    Before you do this, try downloading ASIO4ALL, which supports most commercial inbuilt sound chips. It is free, and will often give you < 20ms latency even on standard laptop etc inbuild sound chips.

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