MIDI latency problem...

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James Argo

James Argo

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My PA9 had some problem... When I play my keyboard KORG N364 through SB Live! MIDI Port, takes 1 to 2 secon to hear the note I played. Same thing happens when I change the port. I use Win XP home edition. I've checked all necesary setting, normal... Sounds like I've got MIDI latency problem. I install Cakewalk Pro 3.0 (... yes, the old one...) it works just fine... no latency heard. What went wrong with the PA9 ? How can I solve this ?
 
try getting the latest patch for version 9 from cakewalk.com

i've had intermittent problems but it has always turned out to be some background process on the PC causing the problem.
 
Okay, I've got the latest patch from cakewalk.com, I also spying those hiden CPU activity, everything is normal. I even shut down many unrelated windows background activity (which I know exactly for sure doesn't have anything to do with PA9), it still doesn't solve the problem. I'm thinking of upgrading to sonar, but I'm affraid I wouldn't do that without granted. I reinstall my PA9, it still goes that way...? Ain't it strange ?
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Sonar upgrade may not be the answer...

I just started a similar thread, titled "Midi is kicking my @$$" describing a similar problem. I'm using Sonar 1.3. There are so many variables in this equation. Windows, sound card, keyboard controller, sound module, etc.
I'm not having the problem anymore and I don't know how I fixed it. But what DID NOT work for me was the diagram in the Sonar manual for hooking up. What I ended up with was my initial setup:
midi out from keyboard to midi in on soundcard. Midi out from sound card to midi in on sound module. I didn't use the thru on the sound module as recommended or the keyboard's midi in (this caused all kinds of loops and lockups).
In project options, midi input, I checked only the channel I was sending midi on. Echo on auto. You might want to start with none and see where it goes.
I'm not familiar with your keyboard, but I think the one I have (my friend's) is the source of most of my trouble (it's over 15 years old and the only constant of my setup over the past 5 years and 4 versions of Cakewalk that always give me some sort of midi problem).
 
Midi timing off??

I know exactly how you feel. I had a very similar problem with PA9. I dont know if it was the hardware I was running or if it IS something with PA9. I HAD a SB Live card and a SB 64 gold running with the audio through the Live card and the midi through the 64 gold. I rebuilt my computer(with MUCH more high end motherboard and processor, plus an extra 512mb of ram). In the process I took out the 64 gold and had audio AND MIDI running through the live card. THAT'S when the problems came. My midi timing was completely off, I couldnt even get audio to load and play with midi tracks I'd already created. I uninstalled, re-installed and nothing worked untill I put the 64 gold back in. Now? Everything runs perfectly. Go figure.
 
My spec is :
PC : P!!! 866, Asus MB, SBLive! DE5.1. with latest driver update from Creative. 256 RAM, 20 & 3,2 GB 5400rpm HD. NVidia 32MB AGP vidoe card. Runing winXP Home edition, CWPA 9.03.

KORG N364 Keyboard hooked to SBLive!'s MIDI OUT/IN. KORG O5R/W hooked to PC/IF Serial interface. I use no Thru conection.

Umh... note when I change the VGA resolution from 32 bit (True color) to 16 bit, the latency is slightly reduced... I can hear the note being sounded earlier... so...?
 
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