Upgrade...v2.2 to v4 Question

[mark4man]

Hi all...

Just today upgraded from SONAR XL 2.2 to SONAR4 PE; & I intend to bust out the User's Guide this afternoon...but had one quick question:

After installation & opening v4, I noticed in Audio Options (ASIO) > Advanced Tab > File System...that my I/O Buffer Size had been automatically set to 128 KB, whereas it was always 64 KB in v2.2. Then I opened a project created in v2.2; & the playback was slow to start, with a slight delay after hitting the play button (even after resetting the I/O Buffer Size back to 64 KB.)

Went back into v2.2 & opened the same project; & playback started immediately.

Anyone know of a specific reason for this (relative to program version differences)?

Thanks,

mark4man
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BTW - Oh my god...this F'in GUI !!! How long does it take to get used to this interface? I'm like a blind man over here...can't find my way around for nothin'. Tried some different color schemes, but...wo!

Now...I did bounce the core tracks from a test project; & compared the .wav to the exact same bounce outta v2.2...& it does sound better, to my ear. So lets just say that right now, I'm happy with the summing bus!

(but man...this interface.)

 

[James Argo]

Straight from the help menu:

I/O Buffer Size--This value determines the buffer characteristics for transfers to and from the disk. Changing this value does not affect audio latency, but will affect the disk throughput for audio tracks. The default setting is 64. If you have audio problems, try 32 and then 16. If audio problems persist, try 128, 256, 512, or reset to 64 and try a different remedy.

It's like DMA buffer of your soundcard (latency), but the setting applied for your drive.


Jaymz

 

[mark4man]

Jaymz,

Thanks.

Yes...I understand all of that.

I'm asking why there would be a slight delay bfore playback started in v4; & none in v2.2...with identical I/O Buffer settings (64).

Thanks again,

mark4man

 

[Teacher]

Jaymz,

Thanks.

Yes...I understand all of that.

I'm asking why there would be a slight delay bfore playback started in v4; & none in v2.2...with identical I/O Buffer settings (64).

Thanks again,

mark4man

sounds like a problem beyong sonar 4PE cuz I don't I have that problem but then again I went from 2 to 3 to 4