Suggestions For Reducing Latency For Live Performance

Takacs · Post by **Takacs** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:52 pm

Hello,

I am currently using an M-Box as an audio interface(input/output) with Live and hope to use it to layer vocals in a live situation. I have noticed there is more latency than I want. I am also planning on using a midi controller to play "simpler" and VST plug ins in live shows. Any ideas on how my latency can be reduced to around 5 ms? Is there a great sound card that would be better for my output? Does the ECHO Indigo DJ work with OSX Tiger?
By the way I have a Powerbook G4 with 2 gigs of RAM. Still planning on buying an external 7200 RPM hard drive. Thanks for your suggestions.

timothyallan · Post by **timothyallan** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:16 am

bump your audio card buffers down to 256. Voila 5ms!

If it crackles, you'll have to remove VST's however.

Clearscreen · Post by **Clearscreen** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:44 am

a friend of mine does pretty hard core vj stuff with vdmx and from what he's told me he uses a stripped down OS for mac. i dunno any more than that, but reduced CPU use in general should give you more overhead with latency etc. so it might be worth googling about or summink.

ps - firewire of pcmcia should perform better than USB too.

phredbull · Post by **phredbull** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:48 am

I think you have to go into the Digidesign control panel to adjust the buffer size.