X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO

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2011/09/07 21:53:07 (permalink)

X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO

I am just configuring X1 for the 1st time after my new PC build. Out of the box, X1 defaulted to the WDM version of my Mackie Onyx FireWire driver (latest, v1.7). Performed loopback recording test. Tried to adjust Record Latency. In WDM mode, X1 let me type in a value, but the actual record latency did not change at all, no matter what I typed in! Switched to ASIO driver. Record Latency works fine; currently recording sample-perfect. Strange. I power-cycled the computer 4x to try it each way twice, and this result was completely consistent. Related observations: - In ASIO mode, X1 only seems to want to work with one Audio Device at a time. This is usually fine for me, but a seemingly significant limitation - I haven't noticed any problems with the ASIO driver yet, but if it performs worse than WDM, and I thusly have to choose between performance and recording synchronicity, that will be a downer. If this happens, I will be back, and I WILL whine at you guys, you can take that straight to the bank.

Chuck
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    brundlefly
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    Re:X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO 2011/09/07 22:05:19 (permalink)
    In ASIO mode, X1 only seems to want to work with one Audio Device at a time. This is usually fine for me, but a seemingly significant limitation



    This is a limitation ASIO, not SONAR. Actually, you can have as many "devices' as you want, but they all have to be able to use the same driver.


    Not sure why manual offset wouldn't work in WDM mode I wouldn't have thought that's driver dependent, It's just an additional compensation (or anti-compensation if you use a negative number) factor that SONAR applies in correcting the position of the clip after recording is complete. It has no affect in real time.


    I'd check it out for you, but the WDM driver for my E-MU interface has big problems in Win7.


    But I would have thought someone else would have reported a problem by now,


    What's so bad about the ASIO performance?

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    Chuck_P
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    Re:X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO 2011/09/07 22:15:58 (permalink)
      ...I haven't noticed any ASIO issues yet, and hopefully I won't. It's just that I performed my initial testing in WDM mode, until I ran into the Record Latency issue, and then I haven't gone back and evaluated ASIO yet. So far, so good. Thanks for your insight regarding the ASIO limitation (one driver at a time)- I never noticed that before. I learn something every time I get into the configuration menus....

    Chuck
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    Re:X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO 2011/09/07 22:23:22 (permalink)
    chuck: nice system build, u wana work with asio..
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    Chuck_P
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    Re:X1 Record Latency Observation - WDM vs. ASIO 2011/09/08 11:01:41 (permalink)
    I hope you are right about the ASIO driver, StarTekh. It still seems to be working OK, so I am cautiously optimistic. Yeah, the PC build is pretty hot for the moment, but it will surely be obsolete within hours...!

    Chuck
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