Community: Message List - latency issues...

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:06:09 GMT

Hi Zap, thanks for sticking with this.

On Pod Farm, it was set to auto-detect, on PF2 it was UX2. I changed PF to UX2 and latency reduced but was having a slap-back echo effect with the delayed signal the stronger one. I went back into PF2, double-checked the UX2 setting and switched on "Mute mains for mic record" (I don't think this did anything though, I think that it was simply the matter of opening the software up.). Now the latency sounds like reverb but that is acceptabe to me, at least the "feel" is right for playing on time.

So, consider this one solved! Thank you for your help, Zap!

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:05:41 GMT

have you brought up pod farm in standalone, go to the preference and make sure that it's setup to use the correct line6 ASIO driver?

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:30:31 GMT

Thanks aaron, I'll try that.

Zap: I checked Control Panel / Hardware and Sound / Manage Audio Devices and the UX2 is the default for playback and recording.

Any other ideas on where/what to check?

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:03:01 GMT

Try this forum (ask the same question here):

http://line6.com/support/community/support/computer_based/pod_farm_pod_studio_toneport?view=discussions

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:34:46 GMT

Thanks again for taking the time to add your input and insight, Zap.

Well, I have to agree with you, something IS wrong.

The way I understand things, if there is 'zero' latency and there are no applications running, the sound you think you hear is the 'live' signal. But in actuality it is really played back directly through the sound card, right? So, in my case, the signal is delayed by something along the signal chain path. If there are no programs running and no signal processing, then the most likely candidate is the sound card, right?

I'm not able to access my laptop to verify the sound card until after I get home, but I'm 99% confident that the UX is set to be the default sound card for input and output. I'll check it later (around 7PM pacific) and post an update.

Speakers and headphones are both connected properly to the UX2 outputs and funtioning.

Thanks again.

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:11:10 GMT

something is definently wrong if you can't hear the live signal....

your speakers need to be plugged into the UX2, and it needs to be selected as the default soundcard in windows.

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:03:09 GMT

Thanks, but I don't think that's it Zap. One, I can't hear the live signal at all (except the actual live acoustic sound direct from the guitar itself, not the signal). Two, the latency is there even without the DAW on/open/running. I also get the latency in Gearbox, POD Farm, POD Farm 2, and even with NO Applications running - it seems that the headphone feed out of the UX2 by itself has the latency. I can't seem to find anyway to change that. Any other ideas?

Re: latency issues...

support@line6.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:30:05 GMT

sounds like you have monitoring enabled in your daw... which feeds you the playback as well as the live signal.

latency issues...

support@line6.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:14:52 GMT

Hi all,

I don't know if this is the right place to ask for guidance but here goes.

I have a Windows 7 laptop with Cubase 6 installed and a UX2 connected to it. Monkey has all green check marks, so all Line6 software seems to be up-to-date. In one of the many windows that I've gone through the latency is clocked at 14.55ms for the Line 6 ASIO driver and 356ms for the built-in generic ASIO driver. I have the POD Farm output settings set to "dry" and I've adjusted Windows to 'best performance' instead of 'best appearance'. The DPC Latency Checker from thesycon.com indicates I don't have a latency problem. When I use the mouse to trigger midi sounds (Halion, toontrack), the time between mouse click and sound is near instantaneous (no latency issues audible to me).

Yet, with all of the above (regardless of which ASIO driver, by the way), I have a noticable,unchanging latency playing a guitar through the UX2.

I don't know how to measure it, but playing something not so fast (intro guitar riff to country song My Maria), I get to the next note before I hear the first note played. I hear and feel the first note on the guitar then the delayed sound comes through the headphones. I would guess that the delay is about an eigth note in duration (making playing on time next to impossible).

I have used the UX2 on an XP machine and did not ever have any latency issues.

The UX2 is connected directly to the laptop, the mouse goes through a USB hub.

The buffer is one notch above minimum and going to the smallest cuts out all sound. No other audio issues such as white noise, glitches, or pops...

Any suggestions on what to do to get near-zero latency out of the UX2?

Thank you...