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fourmations

hi all

i used to use cakewalk PA 6 and despite
it taking quite a long time to get the knack of it,
i eventually did,

i used a soundblaster live card
with soundfonts and all that and it was good,
i could lay some tracks

now i have bought an m-audio audiophile usb
(used) on a bit of a whim, and now trying sonar

i cant believe that a dedicated soundcard cannot monitor,
i have to run sonar to hear my guitars!
and there is a delay (even though both sonar and the audiophile are maxed out on latency)

is this normal? my crappy onboard soundcard plays "live"

rgds

4

dav nagle

fourmations wrote: »

hi all

i used to use cakewalk PA 6 and despite
it taking quite a long time to get the knack of it,
i eventually did,

i used a soundblaster live card
with soundfonts and all that and it was good,
i could lay some tracks

now i have bought an m-audio audiophile usb
(used) on a bit of a whim, and now trying sonar

i cant believe that a dedicated soundcard cannot monitor,
i have to run sonar to hear my guitars!
and there is a delay (even though both sonar and the audiophile are maxed out on latency)

is this normal? my crappy onboard soundcard plays "live"

rgds

4

What is your latency settings at?

gsparx

I'm assuming it would also depend on the power of your computer. Is it an older processor? What about RAM?

fourmations

thanks guys

Im getting there, have sussed out a few things since
my interface has a few quirks

trying Reaper at the moment which i like better so far

my latency is 128,
machine has 1gb ram, 2.4ghz processor

cheers

4

madtheory

You need a lot more RAM for reliable audio work.

gsparx

I use a Mac so I don't know a whole lot about audio on a PC or the programmes you mention.
My interface has a direct monitoring option so I don't have to have anything running. I would have thought that would have been standard.
Do you have a manual for your interface?