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Help!! sudden severe latency in SD3 when hitting my drums

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  • Replied July 21, 2024 at 23:09 #3272168
    Brad
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    Hi there,

    Is the latency with all kits/presets or one in particular?

    Silly question, but…. have you rebooted your host/pc and then checked?

    Are you using an audio interface? If so, which one?

    Can you check > Memory Details (top right) and make sure that “Cached” is not selected.

    Is SD3 running as an app or as a plug-in through a DAW, if so, which one?

    Assuming Windows, are you running virus protection, or any other resource intensive software at the same time? Particularly anything using the same audio interface/card.

    How much RAM does your host/PC have?

    32 sample buffer should be instant


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
    Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

    • The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Brad.
    Replied July 22, 2024 at 00:47 #3272190
    bpjacobsen
    Participant
    Brad wrote:

    Hi there,

    Is the latency with all kits/presets or one in particular?

    Silly question, but…. have you rebooted your host/pc and then checked?

    Are you using an audio interface? If so, which one?

    Can you check > Memory Details (top right) and make sure that “Cached” is not selected.

    Is SD3 running as an app or as a plug-in through a DAW, if so, which one?

    Assuming Windows, are you running virus protection, or any other resource intensive software at the same time? Particularly anything using the same audio interface/card.

    How much RAM does your host/PC have?

    32 sample buffer should be instant

    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
    Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

    • The post has been modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Brad"> 2 times, last modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Brad.

    So I figured out that the culprit was my hi hat controller connection to one of the eDrumin 4 boxes. the issue stopped when unplugging it then started again when plugging it back in. So I moved it to the next eDrumin 4 box in my collection and now it works fine. Very odd. Wonder why this suddenly started happening or what is wrong with the pedal controller connection on the one box.

    Replied July 22, 2024 at 01:06 #3272196
    thedrumdoctor
    Participant

    I get this from time to time with SD3 running in its own host on a Mac mini with 2 x eDrumin interfaces using a 1st gen Focusrite Scarlet to handle the sound output.

    My latency problem doesn’t produce delay, it creates horrible distortion in the cans.

    It happens all of a sudden and the only cure is to reboot the computer. Even when I try to change the buffer sizes or change the sample rate in the Focusrite from 44.1khz to 48khz and then back again it doesn’t help. Nor does restarting SD3 or unplugging/replugging the Focusrite. Only a reboot resets things.

    I think it’s my Focusrite because it’s not really supported any more, but it reports as working on the Focusrite support website. OS updates seem to make a difference to Focusrite interfaces so maybe it’s time for a new interface for me.

    Incidentally, when I run SD3 from within a DAW I don’t get the latency occurring like in the stand-alone, but the Focusrite software will crash and give no sound – even though the eDrumin software and SD3 show they are working.

    Maybe it’s something to do with the eDrumin latency being apparently, ridiculously low. I don’t know, I’m just guessing really. It’s different to using a conventional drum module to trigger a VST and is way advanced in terms of the MIDI info it can send compared to a standard drum module.

    Glad to see you got yours sorted!

    thedrumdoctor

    Replied July 22, 2024 at 15:50 #3272277
    bpjacobsen
    Participant

    This basically just happened to me last night and happens more often than I would like. It’s super annoying and way frustrating to be playing and sound just dies. Starting to think I made a huge mistake with the mini pc vs just building a decent tower. But unfortunately it will be a while before I can spring for a pc so I’m stuck with what I got for now.

     

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