Dealing with Latency

[Blender Bender]

I have a desktop replacement laptop (therefore of more than adequate spec) and run Cubase SX.

Unfortunately at the present I have to settle with my onboard soundcard.

As expected, this gives me a significant latency (>100ms)

Is there anyway I can set Cubase to play ahead at the value of the latency so I can record MIDI information from my usb keyboard without suffering from the lag?

 

[Ott^]

No.

That would require a blatant flouting of the laws of physics.

Cubase already compensates for the latency of your system. For it to remove the lag between you hitting the key and the sound emerging from your speakers, it would have to guess what you are about to play 100ms before you play it.

The only solution is to find efficient ASIO drivers for you onboard soundcard [others on here know more about that than me] or stick your hand in your pocket and buy a decent soundcard.

You can buy great soundcards 2nd hand on Ebay and other places for peanuts. I run 5 x Echo Gina 20 cards and they only cost me £100 each.

Ask yourself "Is my music worth £100?" - which is about the same price as an ounce of weed, or a gram of coke and an hour with a reasonable prostitute.

 

[Faction]

www.asio4all.com

 

[Abstraction]

www.cokeandprostitutes.com :bananase:

 

[Faction]

:mad:

 

[Abstraction]

:runsmile:

 

[Ott^]

Sad bastard I am - I clicked it.

 

[Faction]

Well you've got to, haven't you.

Just in case.

 

[Abstraction]

muahahaha!!!

 

[cameron-NSE/Mood Deluxe]

Well you've got to, haven't you.

Just in case.

so did I.....hmmm dunno buot 100quid for a gram of charlie though...

 

[Warwick Bassmonkey]

www.asio4all.com

:dito:

This software is just a piece of black magic.

I got near inaudible latency with soift synths on a shitty old P3 Toshiba laptop.

 

[Ott^]

so did I.....hmmm dunno buot 100quid for a gram of charlie though...

Me neither. It actually said;

or a gram of coke and an hour with a reasonable prostitute.

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[Rorymonster]

So £50 buys a reasonable prostitute by your standards does it Ott?

I've never paid more than a drink! But admittedly that wasn't on the street...

 

[Blender Bender]

Colin you LEGEND!!

Asio4All dropped my latency from 350ms play/ 700ms record

to

13ms play/ 13ms record!!

Black Magic indeed....

 

[seuss]

Me neither. It actually said;

or a gram of coke and an hour with a reasonable prostitute.
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i believe the trade term is a 'deayton'.

 

[andrew]

I clicked the link too. surprise surpise.

asio for all is great. I've used it when i've forgotten to take my sound card on hols. Is quite resource hungry tho - I've noted that i can't just keep on adding synths ad nauseum like i do with my m-audio.

Andrew

 

[Blender Bender]

Hmmm... That would explain a few glitches I had last night then...

Oh well... It will have to do until I get together some money to get a firewire soundcard and drop the latency to 0.1ms!!

Cheers guys you've all been great help!