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rickwillingham Just Startin' 7 posts since
Apr 2, 2009
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Dec 2, 2012 4:14 PM

latency issues...

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...

  • TheRealZap Expert Line 6 User 11,829 posts since
    Dec 22, 2006
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    Dec 2, 2012 4:30 PM (in response to rickwillingham)
    Re: latency issues...

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

      • TheRealZap Expert Line 6 User 11,829 posts since
        Dec 22, 2006
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        Dec 3, 2012 4:11 AM (in response to rickwillingham)
        Re: latency issues...

        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.

  • aaron__aardvark Just Startin' 1,269 posts since
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      • TheRealZap Expert Line 6 User 11,829 posts since
        Dec 22, 2006
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        Dec 4, 2012 5:05 AM (in response to rickwillingham)
        Re: latency issues...

        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?

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