Cubase latency problems

cornbb

Hi,

not sure if I'm posting in the right place, but here goes anyway.

I'm using Cubase SX to do a bit of home recording on my laptop but I've been having latency problems. When my guitar is plugged in and I'm monitoring it there's about half a second of latency. There's no problem on the recording itself, just the monitoring. I'm using a Dell laptop with onboard soundcard and Sigmatel audio drivers, which may be the problem.

Would appreciate any pointers, or anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Doctor J

Monitor the input signal, not the output signal, which will always be prone to latency. I'm more familiar with ProTools myself, so I'm not sure how you'd go about it on Cubase but I'm sure a quick google will sort ye.

Hippo

you might need to think about a higher grade soundcard such as soundblaster. Latency probs are often soundcard related.

Beecher

Go to Devices -> Device Setup -> VST Multitrack -> Control Panel and you can setup your latency there (providing you have a driver that can do this)

Giblet

A good sound card helps. You can get as low as 2ms on a good Audigy. Monitor the input signal if you just want to hear the guitar, this may be annoying if you are using effects though as you wouldn't be able to hear them. (Should use pedals anyway)

cornbb

Giblet wrote:

A good sound card helps. You can get as low as 2ms on a good Audigy. Monitor the input signal if you just want to hear the guitar, this may be annoying if you are using effects though as you wouldn't be able to hear them. (Should use pedals anyway)

I've just found a generic ASIO driver for crappy soundcards such as my own which should help relieve the problem. Its at www.asio2ks.de if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the help guys!

Eoin Madsen

There'll be a latency no matter what you do - as the good Doctor suggested, always monitor the input on a computer recording. Depending on how you're routing your audio, you may need a soundcard/drivers that support this option.