Hi,

I am setting up a whole new DAW with Sonar X2 Producer.  Yippee!

My midi interface is the M-Audio MidiSport 2x2. Audio Interace is M-Audio Delta 44.

I downloaded the correct drivers for my new DAW.

On first test, when I play my midi keyboard controller, there is noticeable latency between the time I play the key and when I hear the sound.  It didn't do this on my previous setup.  What settings should I look at to correct this?

Thanks.

Press P for Preferences and choose the Audio - Driver Settings category. If you're using WDM mode, adjust the Buffer Size slider. Set it for 10ms or lower. The lower the setting, the lower the latency. Anything below 10ms is usually unnoticeable.

If you're using ASIO mode, click the ASIO Panel button and adjust the buffer size there. Each ASIO panel is different depending on your interface.

Scott

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Thanks Scott.  I switched to ASIO and that fixed it.  

Also, the higher your smaple rate, the lower your latency can go. So record at 48kHz or 88kHz or 96kHz. Any higher is just a waste Dave

CJ

Also, the higher your smaple rate, the lower your latency can go. So record at 48kHz or 88kHz or 96kHz. Any higher is just a waste Dave

 
Huh.  That's totally counter-intutive to me.  Seems like the higher the sample rate, the greater the latency.  Thanks for the tip.

One weird thing I've noticed with Sonar is that sometimes my latency will increase with time. If I've really been pushing Sonar for hours and I insert a new synth and start playing with it, the latency will gradually get worse until there's like half a second between hitting the key and hearing the sound, even though I have it set to 128. However if I turn the audio engine off and on (or restart Sonar), it goes back to normal. 

I had a problem with similar latency I increased my Ram from 4 gig to 8 and this seemed to work for me!

CJaysMusic


Also, the higher your smaple rate, the lower your latency can go. So record at 48kHz or 88kHz or 96kHz. Any higher is just a waste Dave

CJ

Can you elaborate on that please?

I assume he means the lower you go the better for latency, tho his listing the options in rising order might have been confusing.