General latency issues

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perehj
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General latency issues

Post by perehj » Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:40 pm

Been using the regular core audio drivers for my MB pro running Suite 8.3.4 and there is always a gap between me pressing the notes on the keyboard / midi keyboard and the audio actually coming out. Activity on the volume fader always shows up about half of a second - 1 second before the sound comes out, its really annoying.

I don't have my audio interface here, can anyone help?

KrisM
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Re: General latency issues

Post by KrisM » Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:39 pm

You can still go into preferences and adjust the buffer size for lower latency if your CPU can handle it.
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perehj
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Re: General latency issues

Post by perehj » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:31 am

KrisM wrote:You can still go into preferences and adjust the buffer size for lower latency if your CPU can handle it.
Bump - still having this after playing with buffer settings.
Thanks for the input though.

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Re: General latency issues

Post by Eventful » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:39 am

Need to know your computer's specifications.
Default audio drivers won't work nonetheless. Try Asio4all.
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Re: General latency issues

Post by vitalispopoff » Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:42 am

Write more on setup and routings.
If You use midi keyboard, it may be caused by some HW issues on its side, or improper midi setup in Live.

@ Eventful: it's Mac - Asio4All is useless, as MacOSX has midi implemented by default, and onboard soundcard should work straight away without any 3rd party solutions.
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perehj
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Re: General latency issues

Post by perehj » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:21 pm

Eventful wrote:Need to know your computer's specifications.
Default audio drivers won't work nonetheless. Try Asio4all.
Macbook Pro running Lion 10.7.4 and Ableton Suite 8.3.4.
Logic pro 9 doesn't have the same issue, strangely.

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Re: General latency issues

Post by broc » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:22 pm

In contrast to Logic (and other DAWs) Live adds some latency to MIDI input.
The manual explains that it's done for reducing jitter, see chapter 'MIDI Fact Sheet'.

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