Best midi interface?

[btlguy]

Hi, I’m a keyboard player with a studio, and for incoming drummers I researched and bought a Hart Dynamics 5.3 pro kit, Roland TD-12 module ( for trigger to midi conversion only) and wish to use SD2 for live rehearsing and eventual recording. I currently have a Mac G4 but will be upgrading. My concern is latency, latency, latency. In the superior drummer manual and other literature, the “dedicated” midi interface is urged, and drawbacks of USB “jittering” are mentioned. How else can you get midi into a current Mac computer without using USB? I am looking for recommendations for the “BEST” midi interface for my situation and lowest latency, and can anyone back it up with specs or antedates? Also, IN SD2 can audio latency be adjusted below 64? There doesn’t seem to be a option for this, but I am new to the software. Thanks everyone!

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[John]

Hi,

that’s a good setup you have got there, I have got a TD-12 with Hart Pro 5.3 myself.
Personally, I actually use a Korg padKONTROL as my MIDI Interface for the E-drums and with Toontrack solo I get just below 1,5 ms latency @64.
This is acceptable as far as I am concerned.
Going lower will demand much more of your computer and I am not certain your G4 will cut it if you’re planning on tracking (with other tracks and plugins) at a hardware buffer size of 32.
You would need a PCI or FW based Audio and MIDI setup, I am pretty certain.
And it greatly depends on your host as well.

I am sure someone else will chime in with their experiences.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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