Hello Everyone, I have a really frustrating midi problem which I can't figure out, any help will be really appreciated. I am using Cubase SX 2.2.0 When I play midi tracks the sound comes slightly late, maybe like 1/34 late or less, it isn't extremely obvious but it just kills the groove and sounds bad. Sometimes it is worse and I noticed that when I record audio from these tracks the audio is much better in time although still not perfect, worst cases for audio has an offset of about 250 samples which I assume is pretty bad. But the really bad part is the midi playback, and I thought I could get around by adjusting the little clock slider in the midi track but the offset seems to change every time I turn cubase on again. Plus not all the notes have exactly the same offset so there is a randomness going on although it is all in a close range. I checked the timing of the VST instruments like the bass module VB-1 and both the midi and the audio have perfect timing. I also tryed some suggestions like moving the "igonreportfilter" from the enable ports folder back to the main cubase folder so I could choose the NON-emulated ports and I really can't see much or any difference after I did that. I also tryed cliking on timestamp and nothing. The problem does not seem like latency because I was just playing a few notes for testing and when I used to have Cubase VST I never had any problems and could have a bunch of midi tracks all playing at once, when I pushed it to far I could start getting some latency but it isn't the case here at all. I also set my computer processor to background services like someone suggested and nothing. The last thing I tryed was to change my computer from ACPI to standard PC and the problem remains the same. AT this point I don't know what else to try and how should I proceed at this point. Do you guys think reinstalling windows XP or stuff like that would help? Any suggestions would be really appreciated. Here is my setup: Intel Pentium III processor 866 MHZ 768 MB of Ram 34.1 GB of hard disk space Plextor CD-R Toshiba DVD-Rom Hard Disk Controller via bus master PCI Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 / Service Pack 1 Sound Card: Dakota / frontier design: with the clock source set to s/pdif with a sample rate of 44.1 / time code internal and in cubase I have it selected as ASIO 24 bit Dakota I also have an Adaptec scsi 19160. And hace connected a Yamaha mixing console 01V, vocal tube preamp and compressor, digipatch, Akai S6000 sampler and a sierra 8x8 midi plus SMPTE. Thanks for any help, Aluxe
I had the same problems for more than 6 months and here is my set of PERFECT solutions: Options>Audio>Setup Number of channels: start small, like 2 Disk block buffer sive, start high, like 128 Click 'Apply' Midi to Audio delay: 0 Priority: High Sample rate :44,100 or 48,000 ASIO direct montering:Global disable <Checkmark>Plugin delay compenstation If the above settings don't work, give up. If they do, twaek 'em down untntil you hit the wall. Good luck! Danny wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > > I have a really frustrating midi problem which I can't figure out, > any help will be really appreciated. I am using Cubase SX 2.2.0 > > > When I play midi tracks the sound comes slightly late, maybe like 1/34 > late or less, it isn't extremely obvious but it just kills the groove > and sounds bad. Sometimes it is worse and I noticed that when I record > audio from these tracks the audio is much better in time although still > > not perfect, worst cases for audio has an offset of about 250 samples > which I assume is pretty bad. But the really bad part is the midi > playback, and I thought I could get around by adjusting the little > clock slider in the midi track but the offset seems to change every > time I turn cubase on again. Plus not all the notes have exactly the > same offset so there is a randomness going on although it is all in a > close range. > > > I checked the timing of the VST instruments like the bass module VB-1 > and both the midi and the audio have perfect timing. I also tryed some > suggestions like moving the "igonreportfilter" from the enable > ports folder back to the main cubase folder so I could choose the > NON-emulated ports and I really can't see much or any difference > after I did that. I also tryed cliking on timestamp and nothing. The > problem does not seem like latency because I was just playing a few > notes for testing and when I used to have Cubase VST I never had any > problems and could have a bunch of midi tracks all playing at once, > when I pushed it to far I could start getting some latency but it isn't > > the case here at all. > > > I also set my computer processor to background services like someone > suggested and nothing. The last thing I tryed was to change my computer > > from ACPI to standard PC and the problem remains the same. AT this > point I don't know what else to try and how should I proceed at this > point. Do you guys think reinstalling windows XP or stuff like that > would help? Any suggestions would be really appreciated. > > > Here is my setup: > > > Intel Pentium III processor > 866 MHZ > 768 MB of Ram > 34.1 GB of hard disk space > Plextor CD-R > Toshiba DVD-Rom > Hard Disk Controller via bus master PCI > > > Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 / Service Pack 1 > > > Sound Card: Dakota / frontier design: with the clock source set to > s/pdif with a sample rate of 44.1 / time code internal and in cubase I > have it selected as ASIO 24 bit Dakota > > I also have an Adaptec scsi 19160. And hace connected a Yamaha mixing > console 01V, vocal tube preamp and compressor, digipatch, Akai S6000 > sampler and a sierra 8x8 midi plus SMPTE. > > > Thanks for any help, > > > Aluxe
Sounds like you need to reduce the latency in the ASIO control panel of your audio card. If you have a slow computer you'll get more pops and snaps as a result.
