metronome & tech advice

[paresh]

Hi - My recording keeps beginning before the metronome count - in finishes. Cakewalk tech support says to: reinstall drivers, reinstall GT Pro, clean the registry...
That's a lot of hassle when I don't know if it's just a standard answer & may not even help. In fact they've given me that same reply before for a different question. Any advice? Thanks!!

 

[James Argo]

Hello, Paresh...
Can you specify what do you use for metronome ?
And how bad the gap betwen your actual recording and the metronome (in ms approx.) ?

FYI, most of cakewalk product initialy needs MIDI (beside PC speaker beep if you wish... ) to play metronome. However, you cannot use DXi unless you sequence some pattern to trigger MIDI notes that acts as metronome. If that's the way you play metronome, there could be a latency problem with your DXi which causing slight delay betwen actual timing and metronome hit. Try using the PC speaker beep just to know if it's right.


Jaymz

 

[moskus]

I'll go along with James and say it's sounds like it's the latency of the metronome source (the MIDI source) that's messing with ya.

If the you're using the Microsoft GM softsynth, then you need to find a better MIDI source. A DXi woudn't be a problem as the latency should be compensated for during playback and recording of audio (well, not if using Input Monitoring).

 

[paresh]

metronome/latency

thanks guys - I think you're right about latency. I can't say how much of a gap there is - too much to be able to play. I was using the Roland virtual Sound Canvas just for a 4 count lead-in.

As a workaround I think I'll use drum loops as my count in. I worked with that a little bit & wasn't sure if the downbeat was exactly in synch with the time line which would make editing very hard! I'll work more with that & see.

Is it usually pretty accurate if i select convert loop to project tempo? Thanks!

(I'm a musician & not a sound engineer, esp a computer engineer!!)