I have started to use Cubase LE 4 and I installed the G-Force "M-Tron" mellotron software emulator to use with Cubase.
The problem I am having is that there is a very slight delay in the sound of the melltron program when played through Cubase. When I push keys down on my MIDI controller there is a slight delay in the sounding of the patches. I am running the programs on a laptop but I have a fast processor and 4 GB's of RAM so I don't think it is a hardware problem. I don't know much about digital recording yet but this delay would be classified as a "latency" problem correct?
If this makes any difference the mellotron program can be run as a "stand alone" program as well and when I run it like that there is no delay present but when I turn the "pitch" control on the MIDI controller the program goes crazy and crashes. This does not happen when I open it in Cubase.
There is, of course, a "latency" section of Cubase and using the ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver (the only one I can use with the M-Tron program) my input latency is listed as 325.079 and my output latency is listed as 65.714. There is also a box checked for "Adjust For Record Latency" and it is set at "0 Samples". Are these numbers indicative of a latency problem using a MIDI controller?
As I said the delay is slight but it is severe enough to totally ruin any fast or medium tempo passages I play using the M-Tron program. I don't have any other software keyboard programs to compare the M-Tron with to see if I have the same latency problems using other programs.
Any help I can get will be really appreciated. I need to get this M-Tron program working in real time.
The problem I am having is that there is a very slight delay in the sound of the melltron program when played through Cubase. When I push keys down on my MIDI controller there is a slight delay in the sounding of the patches. I am running the programs on a laptop but I have a fast processor and 4 GB's of RAM so I don't think it is a hardware problem. I don't know much about digital recording yet but this delay would be classified as a "latency" problem correct?
If this makes any difference the mellotron program can be run as a "stand alone" program as well and when I run it like that there is no delay present but when I turn the "pitch" control on the MIDI controller the program goes crazy and crashes. This does not happen when I open it in Cubase.
There is, of course, a "latency" section of Cubase and using the ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver (the only one I can use with the M-Tron program) my input latency is listed as 325.079 and my output latency is listed as 65.714. There is also a box checked for "Adjust For Record Latency" and it is set at "0 Samples". Are these numbers indicative of a latency problem using a MIDI controller?
As I said the delay is slight but it is severe enough to totally ruin any fast or medium tempo passages I play using the M-Tron program. I don't have any other software keyboard programs to compare the M-Tron with to see if I have the same latency problems using other programs.
Any help I can get will be really appreciated. I need to get this M-Tron program working in real time.