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xdrkest2unearthx Just Startin'
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Jan 25, 2011 8:33 PM

Ux2 Latency Issue

Help,

 

So i'm using a Ux2 as my audio interface in logic 9, one track in the session, with one instance of pod farm on that track, yet i am still getting latency issues. My buffer is set as low as it will go, all my drivers are up to date and Logic is the only app open on my macbook. why am I getting latency.

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  • Line6Hugo Line 6
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    Jan 28, 2011 9:24 AM (in response to xdrkest2unearthx)
    RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

    Can you please provide us with the full specs of your computer (Processor type and speed, operating system version, amount of RAM)?

       

      Also, please tell me what you have your sample rate set to in the Mac Audio-MIDI setup, which can be be access by the Line 6 Audio-MIDI devices in your Mac system preferences.

       

      Also, how much latency are you getting?  What do you consider to be latent?

       

      Please make sure to test the hardware on all of the computer's USB ports.  Completely remove ANY USB hubs, even if not in use.

       

      Regards,

       

      Line6Hugo

    • xdrkest2unearthx Just Startin'
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      Feb 2, 2011 10:50 AM (in response to Line6Hugo)
      Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

      Processor: 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

      Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

      Latest version of Snow Leopard OSX

       

      The sample rate in the preferences is "Extra Small"

       

      Im getting 50-80 ms of latency, making it impossible to play in record and monitor in real time.

       

      About 95% of the time I have this problem. Other times it works fine....

      • CliveCalcutt Just Startin'
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        Feb 3, 2011 11:49 AM (in response to xdrkest2unearthx)
        Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

        I'm not familiar with the DAW you are using, but I found that with Ableton Live I get a latency issue unless I disable "Monitoring" for each track within Ableton. You might try that within your recording software as a possible solution.

         

        Clive

        • xdrkest2unearthx Just Startin'
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          Feb 3, 2011 1:59 PM (in response to CliveCalcutt)
          Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

          Clive,

           

          Thanks for the input! Im using Logic Pro 9 and PT 9. Yes, the latency issue is solved if I disable monitoring.

           

          BUT the point of my dilemma here is that I want to be able to monitor what I am recording, so disabling "software monitoring" or whatever term used kind of defeats the purpose...

          • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
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            Feb 3, 2011 2:18 PM (in response to xdrkest2unearthx)
            Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

            Try monitoring with your UX2 -  with speakers or headphones connected to the main putputs or the headphones jack.

            • CliveCalcutt Just Startin'
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              Feb 4, 2011 4:33 AM (in response to silverhead)
              Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

              silverhead wrote:

               

              Try monitoring with your UX2 -  with speakers or headphones connected to the main putputs or the headphones jack.

               

               

              My bad! I kind of assumed that he was already using the UX2 for monitoring...

               

              Clive

              • xdrkest2unearthx Just Startin'
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                Feb 7, 2011 2:58 PM (in response to CliveCalcutt)
                Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

                Clive / Silverhead

                 

                Thanks for the continued help,

                Yes I have speakers connected out the analog outputs but how will monitoring out those fix the latency? In order to hear my signal being affected by pod farm plug in, I need to have software monitoring enabled. If it is not enabled, then i cannot hear what I am playing. If it is then I can, but the latency between my input signal and the monitored signal is delayed. I don't think it matters if I monitor out the headphones or analog outputs. Latency is still latency regardless of the monitor path.

                 

                Maybe you are talking about the Tone Direct Monitoring feature? If so can you tell me how to use this? I know it allows you to monitor with close to zero latency but is this by using the standalone podfarm?

                • CliveCalcutt Just Startin'
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                  Feb 8, 2011 6:07 AM (in response to xdrkest2unearthx)
                  Re: RE: Ux2 Latency Issue

                  Sorry, but I'm not at all familiar with PodFarm - I'm still using Gearbox. My understanding is that theToneDirect monitoring is a (key) feature of the UX2 and isn't something that needs to be switched on, it just is. Using gearbox and Ableton, I hear all the tracks I've previously recorded (assuming I haven't muted any of them) and the instrument (or vocal) I'm currently playing (or recording) with no discernible latency; I only get latency (kind of like a pronounced echo) if I have Monitoring enabled within Ableton. Switching off monitoring still allows me to listen through the UX2 either via phones or powered monitors plugged directly into the UX2.

                   

                  So I can only think it's down to the signal path within/between your DAW and PodFarm - I don't understand why you can't hear yourself play (even the dry signal?) through the UX2 with monitoring disabled in the DAW.

                   

                  No doubt Silverhead will be along to sort you out in due course.

                   

                  Clive

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