latency issue in live situation

[modrob]

I have an e-kit that I built using analog triggers, and had been using an Alesis D4 for sounds. EZDrummer is my first attempt in this kind of operation, as I play all my own instruments, recording into an outboard Fostex VF16 recorder…I use the Solo application, and after a few days of problems, the fine folks at Obedia got me up and running (problem with a new MAudio interface).
I now can get everything working, but the latency is killing me, and I’m not even a “pro” drummer. The setting in EZD is set for the lowest option I have at “64”, and I am using the ASIO4ALL driver.
I just want to be able to play my drum track live out of my computer front audio jack and run into my Fostex…
Surely this is feasible and I’m just missing some fundamentals?
 
I have a less-than-a-year-old Vista computer, 3.0 MHz processor, and 1g of RAM (all stock Emachines unit–not 64bit). I don’t have any aftermarket soundcard (not too fluent in that kind of stuff yet) so I guess I’m using whatever is stock in the computer–if at all. (The EZD menu is showing that I am using my “new” Maudio Interface unit for output, and as far as I can tell, all other options are right, to the best of my limited ability.)
 
I have purchased a new Alesis trigger I/O unit and not installed it yet, but I don’t think that would help me in the latency issue. I have read some info that maybe I have to go in and adjust a setting in the ASIO4ALL setup?
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as right now I’m just sick that I can’t use this setup in real time. (I bought a piano program–Akoustik– and am loving it, as it is working just perfectly, and using the same MAudio interface from an old Clavinova piano unit)…

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[Jason Runyon]

You need to dump the ASIO4all driver and get the M-Audio one specific for you OS and hardware.

[modrob]

Can you be a bit more specific please? Sorry, but I’m limited in my knowledge of this kind of stuff, since this is my first foray into using computer “assisted” sounds in my outboard recording…

I opened Solo and instead of selecting ASIO4ALL as my AUDIO selection, I tried each of the other options which were “primary sound driver”, “Realtek speakers”-or something similar, or “Realtek Digital”. Those were the only selections available. I think two of them let me hear sounds (monitoring through my computer speakers at the time instead of outputting from headphone jack to outboard recorder), but again, latency was horrible. I did notice, however, that when ASIO was not selected, under the “latency” element, I found a slider that was based at “30”, whereas when ASIO was selected, then a “buffer window” appeared in “Latency” and lowest selectable value was a “64”.

I have visited the MAudio site and downloaded, then installed the latest driver for my MAudio Midisport 2×2 Anniversary Edition interface…And in Solo, when I click under the Midi Device, I have the unit selected (only options being Maudio Input A or Input B–nothing else listed)..

Thanks again for any more ideas.

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[Rogue]

Hi – I think you are confusing Audio and MIDI interface, the latter will account for very little in the latency you are reporting.

Unfortunately there is no miracle and the best advise we can give you is to invest in a sound card designed for real time audio application as a computer stck card, even with the help of a generic ASIO driver such as ASIO4ALL, is unlikely to ever come close to unnoticeable.

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
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[modrob]

Hey thanks, Rogue…I kinda thought it might be something like that…

Tim

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