Can't get latency down

Hi everyone!

After years of working on a Mac and cursing about Logic I finally got a PC again and since I have such fond memories of the very first Sonar, I thought maybe I can finally move back and gave it a go!

But my problem is this: I can't get latency down! Please someone point me in the right direction. I beg you.


I'm on Windows 8 with the Sonar X2 Trial. I have onboard sound, a Soundblaster Recon3D PCIe as well as a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 connected via Firewire (I used this one on the Mac and I'd like to use it here as well)


All I want is to play on my LDP8 pad controller without any audible latency. I've set the Driver Mode to ASIO, set up the Saffire in ASIO4ALL - In Sonar's Preferences it says ASIO Reported Latency is 4.2ms for Input/Output and 8.3ms for Roundtrip.


As far as I can tell there is no MIDI Latency (If I look at the the MIDI signals of the LPD8 in midi-ox they appear instantly when I press the pads), but if I try to play in Sonar I have so much latency, it's unplayable. :(


Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks so much for your help!