EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Douglas Harris wrote:
> I'm running an SB Live card which I realize is a big part of the problem,
> however I don't want to spend the $$ on a better digital audio card (Mia,
> Delta44) if the return is only marginal.

There you go.
You will have to buy another audio card. Lowest latency you can get with the
SBLive should be around 250ms or something, that's defenitely unusable for
realtime play. All "real" audiocards these days come with ASIO drivers which
should give you latencies below 10ms - defenitely no marginal difference,
even some older hardwaresynths have that much of latency.
Go buy yourself one of the available small solutions (personal tip:
M-Audio's Delta Audiophile 2496, www.m-audio.com) and be happy immediately.
Depending on the amount of I/Os and features you need prices start around
150 US$, defenitely worth every penny. Apart from the great improvement
regarding latency you will experience that the SBLive simply sounds like a
piece of total crap, once you run your stuff through good converters (which
the Audiophile for example has).

Btw, the reason that you can run the B4 in standalone mode with reasonable
results has to do with the fact that it uses the DX drivers which are not
suitable for sequencers.

Regards,
Sascha