firewire midi controller

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mysticm
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firewire midi controller

Post by mysticm » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:41 am

i currently have a usb midi controller which im not too happy with. i am experiencing some latency.
would a firewire midi controller solve this problem or are my Live settings all wrong?
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Boo
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Re: firewire midi controller

Post by Boo » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:22 pm

Firewire midi controller is quite a concept. I don't thik it would solve your problem though.


Did you check your Driver Error Compensation in the preferences?

Options > Preferences > Audio > Driver Error Compensation : set it so your Overall latency gets as close as possible to 0.

Also try changing your buffer size...


cheers!

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Post by noisetonepause » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:48 pm

I am 99% sure you are not experiencing latency on your MIDI controller. What exactly is the problem?
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.

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Post by noisetonepause » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:49 pm

I've never seen a Firewire MIDI controller BTW. And it would be a complete waste of bandwidth.

Now, OSC over Firewire, that's another thing, or audio+MIDI, but just MIDI - no. No need.
Suit #1: I mean, have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions?
Suit #2: No, sir, he says he does this sort of thing for fun.

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Post by Machinesworking » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:56 am

noisetonepause wrote:I've never seen a Firewire MIDI controller BTW. And it would be a complete waste of bandwidth.

Now, OSC over Firewire, that's another thing, or audio+MIDI, but just MIDI - no. No need.
Dead on there, I have MIDI on the Fireface, but it's nit a MIDI controller per say.
On this subject, anybody have any insight into MIDI Time Stamping? At one point Emagic, MOTU, and Stienburg all had versions of this available for supposedly improving jitter etc.

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