Richard Yates wrote:
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
I use a Kurzweil PC88mx keyboard, hooked up via midi through
my Audigy2 soundcard using a loaded soundfont and there's no
noticeable latency.
Using the same keyboard, same attachment through Virtual Sound
Canvas softsynth there's horrible latency.
Using my keyboard to enter notes into
Richard Yates wrote:
I use a Kurzweil PC88mx keyboard, hooked up via midi through
my Audigy2 soundcard using a loaded soundfont and there's no
noticeable latency.
Using the same keyboard, same attachment through Virtual Sound
Canvas softsynth there's horrible latency.
Using my keyboard
Can you hook up your keyboard via midi to your Audigy?
--
David H. Bailey
Thanks for the suggestions, David. My Soundblaster card is an X-Fi
Xtreme Audio and does not have a MIDI connector. It requires a
separate module for that and that does not seem to have MIDI
connectors either -
I have been very dissatisfied with a keyboard (Behringer UMX61) that I
bought recently because of the irritating latencies between key press and
sound. I thought I might get used to it, but have not been able to. It plugs
into a USB port (Windows XP) and perhaps that accounts for the problem.
The problem belongs to soundcard drivers, not to the keyboard, which
only sends a MIDI signal to the soundcard. It is the soundcard itself
that has to manage the signal in real time and convert it in a sound. If
the card has poor drivers, the latency occurs.
You should specify if you need a
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
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
