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Re: [exs] EXS - latency while playing sampler from MIDI keyboard

2002-01-16 by Colin Shapiro

Joe wrote:
>Hey, I'm playing a Yamaha midi keyboard through my mixer using a GINA audio
>card.  I get a slight delay as I play the EXS24.  I press the note on the
>keyboard and I hear the note come in slightly late.  I'm sure this is a
>common thing but I'm new to midi.  Does anyone know how I can cut down on
>that delay?  Is there a way to optimize the settings for the GINA card?
>Could it be my keyboard isn't good enough to use as a MIDI controller?
>(It's a cheap Yamaha PSR 262)

No, it's not the keyboard - just latency.
On Mac, you can play the EXS24 through Mac AV and it's instant. I 
don't know if there's an equivalent on PC.
If you use an ASIO driver, you could try tweaking the buffer size and 
other parameters for lower latency.

Regards - Colin

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