Hi my Able brothers and sisters. I just got done setting up my latency in Live 5 and was ROFC because it was 119ms. I switched my input settings from Mac Aggregate Device to Tascam FW-1884 and it is now a highly respectable 5ms. I'm not using my powerbook's 1/8" ins, I just wanted to be cool with 20 tracks, when the good lord knows I should be happy with 18 (although i rarely use above a couple at a time).
Anyway, jus thought I'd pass along the info. I'd been wondering why everything was lagging. I guess it had to go look someplace else everytime it did anything. Maybe this'll solve some of my CPU issues as well.
Keep it warm..
Latency and Mac "Aggregate Device" Settings Tip
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Mac PB 1.33, L5, Tascam FW-1884, Motif ES, Mackie HR824, FMR RNC, Rode NTK, Jimmy Page Danelectro, Jazzmaster, Bandmaster, Leslie, Vintage Warmer, Numark CDX, Southern Jumbo
Mac PB 1.33, L5, Tascam FW-1884, Motif ES, Mackie HR824, FMR RNC, Rode NTK, Jimmy Page Danelectro, Jazzmaster, Bandmaster, Leslie, Vintage Warmer, Numark CDX, Southern Jumbo
That is a lot of cpu for such a limited number of additional ins... I wonder if the argregate devices need some polishing on some end.
I have disabled the agregate device myself, as my drum kit is still in storage, and I wanted to avoid some nasty cpu spikes I was getting.
I was up to about 34 tracks (two interfaces and a set of 16 internally from soundflower) and I would occaisionally see a jump from 10-30% CPU. I was, however also using the mackie control emulation (which you also have on your tascam) and I think that eats up a lot of cpu.
I find that when I move the automatic faders on the fw1884 that I see 1-2% cpu gain, but when I move the automatic faders via Live, I see a gain of 4-10% sometimes!
I wonder also if this is an OSX situation.
I have disabled the agregate device myself, as my drum kit is still in storage, and I wanted to avoid some nasty cpu spikes I was getting.
I was up to about 34 tracks (two interfaces and a set of 16 internally from soundflower) and I would occaisionally see a jump from 10-30% CPU. I was, however also using the mackie control emulation (which you also have on your tascam) and I think that eats up a lot of cpu.
I find that when I move the automatic faders on the fw1884 that I see 1-2% cpu gain, but when I move the automatic faders via Live, I see a gain of 4-10% sometimes!
I wonder also if this is an OSX situation.