Cubase softsynth latency settings
- Thread starter qfactor
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Faster latency I think you mean lower latency?
Which Cubase version are you using. Anyway I'm using Cubase SX 3 and this is how I change it.
Device > Device Setup > VST Audiobay(On the left hand side of the panel) then change your Master ASIO Driver on the right hand side of the panel.
Which Cubase version are you using. Anyway I'm using Cubase SX 3 and this is how I change it.
Device > Device Setup > VST Audiobay(On the left hand side of the panel) then change your Master ASIO Driver on the right hand side of the panel.
Cheez
Moderator
1. Make sure your audio driver is set to ASIO 2
2. Play around with your buffer setting in both Cubase and your soundcard - largest buffer setting does not equal to lowest latency. You'll have to go by trial and error.
3. Make sure your PC is dedicated to audio and optimised (already discussed before - do a search)
2. Play around with your buffer setting in both Cubase and your soundcard - largest buffer setting does not equal to lowest latency. You'll have to go by trial and error.
3. Make sure your PC is dedicated to audio and optimised (already discussed before - do a search)
seekz
New member
yeah, for audio recordin affects alot...
3-4 ms is confirm not noticable. But when i try to record with NI Guitar Rig on live monitoring, its pretty bad. Well still playable but, quite a difficult way to track.. hehe
any work arounds? clean sound no problem. but its the distortions that i want lah... hard to track a dist. guitar track with a clean sound then applying guitar rig as an after effect.
3-4 ms is confirm not noticable. But when i try to record with NI Guitar Rig on live monitoring, its pretty bad. Well still playable but, quite a difficult way to track.. hehe
any work arounds? clean sound no problem. but its the distortions that i want lah... hard to track a dist. guitar track with a clean sound then applying guitar rig as an after effect.
azhiwen said:
Yes I meant "lower"
As for soundcard, I'm using Creative Audigy! :wink:
I know, I know! I should ditch the card and get something REAL, but I have my reasons for having to use it and see how much I can get out of it.
Cheez mentioned to play with the buffer....how to access that in Cubase SX3?
And yes, I tried recording voice from a mic, and WHOA! to the latency!! Can't even monitor and talk into the mic - everything so delayed!
How to lower this latency too? Even 50ms, also happy already! :lol:
Thanks!
QF
Indigo_blues
New member
think u should monitor ur mic using an outboard mixer or something. Cubase tends to delay all the sound during recording by half a second or something but i haven't found this to be a problem cause it automatically syncs up everything internally.. try recording with the metronome/click on?
Try recording into another program first then open the file as wave in Cubase? I don't know if that's what you want to do, but I get my guitarist to record into garageband/wavelab(depending on the computer he has then) then I open the wave/.aiff in Cubase and work on it from there.
Cheez
Moderator
qfactor, you seem to have 2 issues. One is latency associated with softsynths; the other is latency associated with recording. Both are actually quite different.
Latency for softsynths is easier to resolve. The bottlenecks are usually CPU, RAM and software-based problems.
For audio recording, the bottlenecks are CPU, RAM and HD speed (+ the recording hardware).
Perhaps you should try to deal with one thing at a time. Is the latency problems for the softsynths resolved using the above suggestions?
Is your PC dedicated to audio? Is it optimised? What are the specs? We can deal with recording later after you resolved the problems with softsynth plug-ins.
Latency for softsynths is easier to resolve. The bottlenecks are usually CPU, RAM and software-based problems.
For audio recording, the bottlenecks are CPU, RAM and HD speed (+ the recording hardware).
Perhaps you should try to deal with one thing at a time. Is the latency problems for the softsynths resolved using the above suggestions?
Is your PC dedicated to audio? Is it optimised? What are the specs? We can deal with recording later after you resolved the problems with softsynth plug-ins.
Hi,
Finally got down to testing the VST Instrument. I'm only using the RealTEK drivers, so expect really bad latency issues, but was wondering what's the BEST I can get from this! :lol:
I'm not sure where to set the latency when it's not from a soundcard (like this Realtek on the motherboard). Can I set the latency in the Cubase Full Duplex or Multimedia setup found in the Cubase folder?
Thanks!
QF
Finally got down to testing the VST Instrument. I'm only using the RealTEK drivers, so expect really bad latency issues, but was wondering what's the BEST I can get from this! :lol:
I'm not sure where to set the latency when it's not from a soundcard (like this Realtek on the motherboard). Can I set the latency in the Cubase Full Duplex or Multimedia setup found in the Cubase folder?
Thanks!
QF
Cheez
Moderator
qfactor, you'll need ASIO drivers for low latency. Realtek uses windows MME drivers, which is not recommended. Try downloading this:
http://www.asio4all.com/
As for the discussion on SATA vs SCSI, really 7200 rpm IDE is sufficient. Remember to check out the specs. The key: read/seek and write time, not just the rpm. I've used both 10,000rpm SCSI drives and 7200rpm IDE drives. IDE at 7200rpm is really quite sufficient. 10,000rpm is better of course, but the price vs performance is not worth it. SATA is cheaper than SCSI, but there is a cost difference between 7200rpm and 10,000rpm. Of course, there's always the 15,000rpm SCSI drives, if you have the money.
http://www.asio4all.com/
As for the discussion on SATA vs SCSI, really 7200 rpm IDE is sufficient. Remember to check out the specs. The key: read/seek and write time, not just the rpm. I've used both 10,000rpm SCSI drives and 7200rpm IDE drives. IDE at 7200rpm is really quite sufficient. 10,000rpm is better of course, but the price vs performance is not worth it. SATA is cheaper than SCSI, but there is a cost difference between 7200rpm and 10,000rpm. Of course, there's always the 15,000rpm SCSI drives, if you have the money.
Thanks for the reply, Cheez but I've already been using asio4all and usually get system hangs so have uninstalled and re-installed asio4all many times already. In fact, sometimes when I set VST Connections to "Asio4All", I wouldn't be able to even start Cubase without it quitting on me, after getting to Cubase! Had to uninstall Asio4all before Cubase can run again! I've even tried the latest (beta) version of Asio4all, before going back to the version before this, which was supposedly more stable. All to no avail. 
But I think, I've digressed from my main question which was WHERE do I set the latency in Cubase. Is it true that there is no "slider-type" to set latency in Cubase but you'd have to key in numbers by "trial and error" to tweak latency for Cubase? (Using the Full duplex application?)
Thanks
QF
But I think, I've digressed from my main question which was WHERE do I set the latency in Cubase. Is it true that there is no "slider-type" to set latency in Cubase but you'd have to key in numbers by "trial and error" to tweak latency for Cubase? (Using the Full duplex application?)
Thanks
QF
Cheez
Moderator
I don't use Cubase, so other have to help. But I really think one problem to your latency lies in the ASIO drivers. I'm confused. You mentioned that you are using Creative Audigy soundcard - why then do you use Realtek drivers, and for that matter, use Asio4all? Audigy should have their own ASIO drivers.
Do you have 2 soundcards? I don't understand why Realtek drivers are there. If you have 2 soundcards, you really should disable one of them.
I'm not sure of Audigy supports duplex mode. Anyway, that shouldn't affect the latency of your VSTi.
Also note that most pro soundcards also have buffer settings. Sorry, I don't use Audigy so I can't help you there again.
My suggestion is still to try to make sure you are using the Audigy's inherent ASIO drivers, uninstall ASIO4all (may interfere with Audigy's ASIO), disable other soundcards (may also interfere). If that doesn't work, make sure you have your Cubase installed in a dedicated boot partition with nothing else installed. If you have not already done so, you should. Once you have a clean installation, things will work smoother...and faster.
Do you have 2 soundcards? I don't understand why Realtek drivers are there. If you have 2 soundcards, you really should disable one of them.
I'm not sure of Audigy supports duplex mode. Anyway, that shouldn't affect the latency of your VSTi.
Also note that most pro soundcards also have buffer settings. Sorry, I don't use Audigy so I can't help you there again.
My suggestion is still to try to make sure you are using the Audigy's inherent ASIO drivers, uninstall ASIO4all (may interfere with Audigy's ASIO), disable other soundcards (may also interfere). If that doesn't work, make sure you have your Cubase installed in a dedicated boot partition with nothing else installed. If you have not already done so, you should. Once you have a clean installation, things will work smoother...and faster.
Ha... Ha... :lol:
Although I am working in connector company, :wink:
but I quite confuse with the discussion above regarding SATA vs SCSI.
SATA: http://www.serialata.org/
SCSI: http://www.scsita.org/
Although I am working in connector company, :wink:
but I quite confuse with the discussion above regarding SATA vs SCSI.
SATA: http://www.serialata.org/
SCSI: http://www.scsita.org/