Latency varies from Cubase to sonar?

Submitted by unclejemima on Sat, 02/24/2007 - 21:33

Hi all, i'm new on this forum. Hope i posted in the right area. I look forward to this great site! :D :D

I had to reformat (stupid virus!) my computer(PC), so i re-installed Cubase sx3. Since then I have been having HUGE latency issues when using VST's.

Under "device setup" Cubase lists my Imput latency at 110.000ms and Output latency at 749.932ms! This is BRUTAL. :(

All my audio drivers and so on are bang on current. Funny thing, i have been thinking about going to Sonar, so i gave it a try. I dont mind it, but i learned on Cubase and i will stay with it. BUT when i had both Cubase and Sonar installed, the SAME vst would run BEAUTIFUL, with very low latency, probably in the low 3-5ms range when using Sonar. Then when i fireup cubase, same VST, HUGE latency.

Any idea what could cause this? I am using a garbage onboard sound card, this probably does not help, i will upgrade later, but why would Sonar run with lower latency than cubase?

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

God bless,

-mark :D

Comments

dementedchord

first lose the sound card.. get a real interface... second what

first lose the sound card.. get a real interface... second what happens when you change the buffers manually????

Mon, 02/26/2007 - 20:03 Permalink

unclejemima

Thank you for the reply. Yes, i know the soundcard is a weakpo

Thank you for the reply.

Yes, i know the soundcard is a weakpoint. I am getting an Alesis IO26, running it into my firewire card. Do i still have to upgrade my soundcard if i use the Alesis IO26 to run the audio?

I have tried adjusting the buffers, with no real success, but i am unsure as of how to properly change them. Any tips?

Its still weird that Sonar is running it better than cubase?!

I greatly appreciate any advice,

Thank you,

-mark