>And even there, the problem isn't always the soundcard drivers >-- softsynths often have incredible latency issues when trying >to play them live, since the soundcard or USB keyboard driver >gets the keypress, has to pass that information on to the >softsynth which has to get that sound's data from memory and >pass that onto the CPU to be processed, then that gets passed >to the soundcard to be sent to the speakers. > >For extremely low-latency while using soft-synths (such as >Finale Soundfont or GPO playback) an extremely fast CPU with >tons of RAM is required. > >Running a midi keyboard directly into the soundcard to play >the soundcard's built-in synth (even if the sample are held in >RAM such as with Creative Audigy soundfonts) is very direct >and unnoticeable latency. Once a USB keyboard is added into >the mix a bit more latency creeps in, and once a USB keyboard >along with softsynth playback such as through Finale/GPO, a >lot more latency is introduced. > >David H. Bailey
My keyboard can also be set up to use direct MIDI into a soundcard (an M-Audio Audiophile 2496), then to Finale and out to Audigy Extreme with a soundfont loaded. I cannot really hear much improvement from routing the keyboard in through USB, but it may be a bit better. CPU is 2.4GHz with 2GB of RAM. Does anyone have a setup with Finale and a MIDI keyboard that has minimal latency? Richard Yates _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
