Topic: Latency issues : USB midi - PCI sound card
System specs:
C2Duo 3.0Ghz (OCed)
2GB dual-channel DDR2 (soon to be 4GB after going Vista...)
ASUS mobo (good enough, have a Thermalright sitting on the northbridge)
I have the Razer Barracuda AC-1 (gaming sound card) http://techgage.com/article/razer_barra...und_card/2
This has the Razer fidelity chipset.
It is decent for games but it does not have the ASIO hardware implementation.
I am already using ASIO4ALL and I have a horrible 1-1.5 second delay from the time I press the key until the sound comes through.
Now, on Pianoteq the key stroke corresponds to the real life keystroke which is good but the sound doesn't come through until a second later so I know it is not my USB<->MIDI interface that is lagging. So, the sound card?
The funny thing is when I use DirectSound I get almost no latency! Haha. There is maybe a 20ms or less latency when I use DirectSound but ASIO4ALL is ULTRA SLOW.
Albeit small the latency still bugs me as I still do hear a delay from the sound the piano generates vs. the Sound from the Sound card.
I don't know what you guys do to tune the sound but mine still sounds very "MIDI-like" and nothing near what the people in the testimonials speak of... Nothing like what the Demos sound like...