Frustration station

[opusarlo]

Hello all this is my first forum I have ever been a part of so I hope I do this right. The only reason I am here is out of sheer frustration and exasperation. When I go to Guitar Center (the only place in the area that I know of) answers to my questions vary from clerk to clerk. Today I was there looking to purchase an external audio card (I was told last time I was there that this is the one piece I need). I asked about the presonus because I have heard great things about the included studio 1. After 1 minute of conversation I was told the audiobox was not going to do anything for me and there was nothing I could do. Imagine my frustration. We landed a robot on Mars and yet there is nothing I can do to record music without latency. Right now I can record through Komplete Elements however there is at least 1/2 sec latency, which is completely unacceptable. Here are my basic needs and hopefully someone can help me:

I have Casio CDP 120 (no midi in/out although there is USB and in Komplete Elements it reads as USB/MIDI)
I have a very capable PC that I built myself
I want the two to speak to each other in such a manner that I can record, control voices, and add voices all without latency.


That is it. That is all I want. I want to record the keyboard on a sequencer and be able to add voices since the Casio is more of a piano than a synth. Years ago I did this with a $150 Yamaha and Propellerhead Reason. Now I cannot seem to get it done. Again, I just want to record what I play on a sequencer and be able to control voices with my Casio (be able to play a note on the keyboard and have it sound like a sound pad through the speakers and on the recording). I like to lay down track after track until the song is complete.

Right now I only have Komplete Elements

Any Ideas?

 

[Steenamaroo]

Ok, I understand i think.

You want to record midi data only over usb, then use software to create synth patches or whatever?


GC clerk is right to an extent. You will never get a zero latency system because there is always some sort of delay for processing,
but any half decent modern computer should be capable of recording audio or midi with a latency so small that it's unnoticeable.

First thing to check is the hardware buffer settings which directly relate to latency.

If your buffer is set to 1024 you'll incur noticeable latency and the software will be less likely to encounter overload errors.
If your buffer is set to 64 you'll incur latency that'd you probably couldn't perceive, but the computer will be 'working harder'.


Is this something you've looked at?