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Re: [elektron] Machinedrum + Reason - LAGGING!

2005-01-27 by Christopher Mitchell

No problem, Matt.  I'm glad you've got it working right for you now.  
Now you can get some tracks done and you're 49 steps ahead of me.

Chris
On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:04 PM, machinedrum99 wrote:

>
>
> Hey man, you hit the problem right on the nose!  Talk
> about "customer support"!  Thanks so much.
>
> I went into Reason and found a setting for "latency compensation"
> which solved my problem.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> MATT
>
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Mitchell
> <chrism@l...> wrote:
>> Sounds like audio card latency - the lag that occurs between when
> the
>> software receives the midi event and when the sound is actually
>> generated.  What kind of audio card are you using?  Have you set
> the
>> latency as low as you can with it still being usable?  Generally
> if you
>> can get it 12ms or less, you should hear much less than a 32nd
> note of
>> latency.
>>
>> When Reason triggers notes on its own synced to itself, you never
>> notice this because either a) it compensates for itself or b) it
> is the
>> only thing running so there's no reference to tell the
> difference.  If
>> you cannot adjust your sound card buffer latency low enough and
> can't
>> replace it with a card that does accept lower latency, you might
>> experiment with running the MD slaved to Reason and see if that
>> eliminates the lag.  That would at least point you in the right
>> direction.
>>
>> Midisport 2x2 rules.  I use one as well.  One of the only
>> M-Audio/MidiMan products I'd recommend anymore :/ (bad experience
> with
>> some audio devices...)
>>
>> Chris
>> On Jan 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, machinedrum99 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm running Reason and I have it slaved to my MD.  They're
> perfectly
>>> in sync but Reason is about a 32nd note behind the MD.  So
> basically
>>> Reason and the MD are running at exactly the same speed, but
> Reason
>>> is running just slightly behind the MD.  Anybody know what this
> is?
>>>
>>> I'm using a Midiman Midisport 2x2 USB MIDI interface plugged
> into my
>>> laptop.  I have a good computer, Reason is using just 5% of my
> CPU
>>> (according to the meter).
>>>
>>> Any of you guys running Reason with the MD successfully? How?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>> MATT
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