Chiwalker Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I just got a laptop which isn't too bad, but I noticed in finale and FL (demo for now) my midi keyboard had a HUGE (prolly like .05 seconds but very noticeable) delay between hitting key and the sound coming out. Is this a matter of soundcard, processor or what? Specs: Inspiron 1545, Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 1M L2 Cache 3GB, DDR2, 800MHz 2 Dimm 320G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB(Panzer) Application 1.0 My main computer is custom and perfect in almost every way...so it makes sense that I should be let down by a pre-built dell laptop, but still I wonder if there is a reason that this delay is there >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 How are you connecting the keyboard to the computer? Direct USB, or are you going through a MIDI interface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 You're remembering to use ASIO sound drivers, right? If not, head over to asio4all.com and grab them. Then simply specify that you want to use those drivers in your DAW or VSTi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 How are you connecting the keyboard to the computer? Direct USB, or are you going through a MIDI interface? USB You're remembering to use ASIO sound drivers, right? If not, head over to asio4all.com and grab them. Then simply specify that you want to use those drivers in your DAW or VSTi. I thought it did that automatically when I dl'ed FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 FL does include asio4all, if that's what you mean. You still have to specify in FL (or the stand-alone synth you want to use) which audio driver to use. If you hit F10 (or options > audio settings) under the audio tab make sure you don't have one of the "DirectSound devices" selected as your driver. If you're using a stand-alone synth like say, FM8, it'd be under like File > options or File > Audio/MIDI preferences or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 It wasn't set to Direct Sound Devices here's what I think/know: when metronome is going at 140bpm the keyboard sound is off by 2/3 of a beat. This happens in FL, finale, and I'm sure any other program that my keyboard could generate sound through. I think it's just the capabilities of my laptop. So that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 It wasn't set to Direct Sound Deviceshere's what I think/know: when metronome is going at 140bpm the keyboard sound is off by 2/3 of a beat. This happens in FL, finale, and I'm sure any other program that my keyboard could generate sound through. I think it's just the capabilities of my laptop. So that sucks Well, what IS it set to currently? You pretty much have to have Asio4All set as your Input/Output device if you want to record live with decent latency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 What have you set the latency to? I don't see any mention from anyone else that it is, in fact, adjustable. For example, I have mine set to 5ms, and it can go all the way up to 100ms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Except I don't think Asio4All goes higher than 2048 samples, which is somewhere around a 47ms delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 2048 samplerate is 43ms [at 48 khz], which is quite noticeable. Wait for Chiwalker to actually look at his settings though @_@. Most decent computers can probably handle down to 16-20 ms with ASIO4all. I was running at 16ms back when I had my Audigy 2, and my computer's 5 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 thanks for the continued help everyone! I found on my main comp that the buffer length is 512 samples (but it's 12ms) On the new laptop you were right that my sound driver wasn't even on Asio, and it was set to 47ms. When I set it to Asio4All v2 it goes to the 512 samples 12ms but no sound comes out of speakers ._. When I set it to my primary sound driver and set the buffer rate to less than 47ms it gets really fuzzy. So now what I'm wondering is why is there no sound coming out when my sound driver is set for asio (I'm such a noob) Also: I noticed in main comp that "Use Hardware Buffer" is unchecked, but on my laptop I cannot uncheck it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 wait, it was working with the asio set as my sounddriver, but now it sometimes doesn't have sound (it shows the wave moving in the monitor though...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 wait, it was working with the asio set as my sounddriver, but now it sometimes doesn't have sound (it shows the wave moving in the monitor though...) If you have any music programs open (utilizing the sound card) or have MIDI playback enabled in your DAW, ASIO won't work. This is because ASIO is designed to bypass all windows mixing to reduce latency as much as possible. Make sure you don't have anything open that's producing sound and that you don't have midi output enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiwalker Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 I've been searching the internet and ppl have the same problem only i cant find the solution. My soundcard was pre-installed and it's fine. When I click Show Asio Panel, nothing is unavailable but the "Use Hardware Buffer (does not always work)" is checked but I can't uncheck it. It was working the other day for a little, and now it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 dang man, not sure what to tell ya. definitely sounds like an asio4all problem, and I never really used asio4all, so I'm not sure what to tell you. post some screenshots if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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