Latency issue

Pat_Sullivan · April 8, 2011, 9:55pm

I am running cubase 6 - Vista 64 - amd phenom 64 quad core with 8gb ram - Mackie d8b - m-audio lightbridge into my pc.

I have been using podfarm 2 as one vocal effect and had no latency issues and now added the mazerati waves vst effect and maxed the ASIO meter out to 100%. My buffer in my lightbridge is set to 128 samples. If I increase my buffer my keyboard lags. Is there another adjustment to find a happy medium? I have 9 vocal tracks on this particular track and am running individual instances of these effects on each track.

Is there a preferance of a new soundcard mounted to the pc vs the lightbridge firewire?

Thanks!

system · April 8, 2011, 10:08pm

Which ASIO driver is selected in Device Setup?

Pat_Sullivan · April 8, 2011, 10:51pm

M-Audio FireWire ASIO

TwinOak · April 9, 2011, 11:53am

If you’re running 64 bit Cubase and the Maseratis are 32 bit then there’s probably nothing to do about it other than to switch to 32 bit Cubase.

/A

Pat_Sullivan · April 9, 2011, 5:01pm

I am currently running 32bit as the VST’s are not compatible to 64bit.

system · April 9, 2011, 5:05pm

What firewire chipset? If not TI, that’s likely the issue.

Grim · April 9, 2011, 7:28pm

I think the issue is more that those Waves signature plugs area) VERY cpu hungry & b) have built in latency of their own.

http://www.wavesupport.net/content.aspx?id=2213

Can’t you group your vocals & use one instance across the group while you finish writing then up your buffers for the final mix to get as much cpu as you can & reintroduce the different instances.