Maya44XTe vs. RME Ladyface vs. RME HDSPe AIO

[sqigls]

yes, if your plugins have a latency inherent in them, you will get lag...
Go to the "Devices" menu and select "Plug-in Information", this list will show you all of your installed plugins that are available to Cubase and their latency etc...
To constrain the latency (i.e. switch off all plugins that have a delay in their audio stream, click the clock icon about 3 icons from the left up the top on your Cubase control panel, if it's not there, right click in a blank part of this top icon panel section and select "Constrain Delay Compensation", this will show the icon of which you may now click it ges red, then your audio stream is 'as per buffer' you might say...

pitty i found this thread too late, i have an RME card for sale mega cheap... you won't regret buying an RME card, they are solid and the drivers are second to none.

Good luck!

[Japanese]

I still can't make it behave the way I want it. There's always a minimal delay. It's really minimal, but enough to drive me crazy. You may say it's normal. I don't rap, but I think a fast rapper couldn't live with this minimal delay. I'd say a drummer would also complain.

But I also found out that it was a compressor plug-in that caused a bigger delay there. But what I don't get rid of is the effect that is best comparable with a pre-delay known in reverbs. It's so short that it sounds like a chorus effect. And this is there even if Cubase is not running. As if there are two mono audio channels running at the same time :/

Perhaps I have to ask RME about it. What confuses me a bit is the fact that I can disable the HDSPe input/output in the menu where you can select the "Recoding Devices" and "Playback devices" but there's still audio coming from the mic to the digital out of the HDSPe. The HDSPe happen to be running even if no audio application is running. I actually want Cubase to be the sole application to use the HDSPe.

Turning the HDSPe mixer off doesn't change a thing.

Am I understanding something wrong there?

[Japanese]

I now just found out that if I configure TotalMix and set Cubase to Direct Monitoring, there's NO latency at all. That's how I expect it to be.

Does this mean that I can not use a VST reverb on a voice in real time without having an annoying latency? I'd love to have a reverb or echo on my voice when singing.

[Japanese]

yes, if your plugins have a latency inherent in them, you will get lag...
Go to the "Devices" menu and select "Plug-in Information", this list will show you all of your installed plugins that are available to Cubase and their latency etc...
To constrain the latency (i.e. switch off all plugins that have a delay in their audio stream, click the clock icon about 3 icons from the left up the top on your Cubase control panel, if it's not there, right click in a blank part of this top icon panel section and select "Constrain Delay Compensation", this will show the icon of which you may now click it ges red, then your audio stream is 'as per buffer' you might say...

pitty i found this thread too late, i have an RME card for sale mega cheap... you won't regret buying an RME card, they are solid and the drivers are second to none.

Good luck!

Thank you very much. I somehow oversaw your post until now. I will check that out tonight.

[lfm]

Good, you found the compressor that introduced most of your problem.

I think you can get a reverb in there as well, using a send to effectbus with reverb.

This will be slightly delayed - but that is what reverbs do anyway - produce early and late reflections. Remember that reverbs on effectbus usually is 100% wet signal setting, so no direct signal slightly delay should come through.

If you are troubled by this - you are more sensitive than most of us.

If you are not satisfied you can solve it with external gear - a mixer and reverb unit.

The preamp I use(Focusrite Twintrak) can both do mix audio from computer with direct signal, and also has effect inserts to use reverb or whatever.

Getting a good quality mixer - like a Mackie - you get a good sound for both recording and your monitoring.