revalver latency???

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Hey all. I've been using cakewalk pro audio 9 for my home recording for a while and i used a dual rectifier amp for most of my guitar recording. well we just moved into an apartment and i unfotunatly had to sell of my recto. so now i have no amp. I purchased the Revalver program and its great at giving me vintage sounds and some of the sounds i got with my recto, the only problem is the latency is terrible. I was wondering if there are ANY programs other than revalver that let you select certain amp types on your computer for recording that let you here what your playing with the selected sound on it in real time, without all that latency. Also, it would be easier if it was a plugin for cakewalk, since i'm not very experienced with much other recording software. thank you.

(also, would it help the latency problem with revalver if i had a faster computer or sound card or something? i currently have a celeron 1Ghz with 128mb ram, is that whats making all the latency?)
 
The reason it won't work in Cakewalk Pro Audio is that it is an older program that does not support WDM drivers and DirectX 8 and above, which are required for using Revalver in real time. Your sound card also needs to have WDM drivers available, and if it's an older one driver development might have stopped.
 
Well I have DirectX 8.1, i dunno if that helps. and also even when I use just revalver alone (not in cakewalk) it has latency. I have a 2 month old sound blaster 5.1, do that support the drivers your talking about? will that take away the latency?.
 
It doesen't just concern the drivers, also how fast your machine is. But good drivers for your soundcard will do the trick. What drivers will the Revalver use as a standalone program?

Anyway, SB Live! is not known for it's ultralow latency. Using WDM-drivers you won't get latency under 40 ms, which still is way too much for realtime playing.
 
It most certainly does concern the drivers. With MME drivers you will not be able to get acceptable latency, at least not as a DXi. And with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 you can't use WDM drivers.
 
What type of soundcard do you have? That is the most crucial first question because you'll need the right low-latency drivers for it to operate, if they exist...


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He has a SB Live! and since he's using PA9, he's stuck. PA9 only uses MME-drivers. MME-drivers = High latency.
 
He can get it to tape or disk with the Revalver, just not while he plays it, which is the fun part that he wants. I have the SB Live card as well, I record my instruments as midi or raw audio, and then patch in the dxi`s after the fact. Thats probably the only way he`ll get it running without getting eaten alive with latency.
 
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