Midi timing suggestion on recorded VST instruments.

NYC_Composer · March 20, 2012, 9:20am

Joel Eriksson:

NYC Composer:

How are you recording your audio-are you sending the track to a group?
Also, just for consistency, what sound card are you using and what was your buffer setting when you did the video?

This explains a little about how the test was done:
I don’t think it’s so important for the matter but it
could be useful if you’d like to test for yourself.

First I created a VST instrument track, a group channel, and an Audio track.

On the VST instrument’s output channel I activated a “send” (copy) to the group channel.

Then I set the audio channel’s input to the group channel .

I record enable both the VST instrument track and the audio track.

This test is made using a Frost Autumnleaves PC and the soundcard is a Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 I/O. Windows 7 64 bit running Cubase 32 bit. The latency on the soundcard is set higher than usual to give a more clear picture of the problem: The ASIO Buffer size is set to 40 ms giving me an Input latency on 41.6 ms and an output latency on 45.5 ms.
I have to say though, that even on my soundcard’s smallest ASIO buffer size setting, 4 ms giving the input Latency 5.6 ms and the output latency 9.5 ms, this is a problem too. I wouldn’t bother to lay time on this thread if I didn’t feel that way. Notes still doesn’t playback accordingly with how it was played and all data seems to be placed a bit too early in comparison to the “take”.

But with the buffer substantially lower, the amount you’re off is much less, yes?