cubase record latency - advice requested

[ugo]

thanks for all the advice guys. i'll see what i can do to improve the situation until i can get a new setup...since, between this issue, a few other things, and the fact that im always quickly pushing my cpu to its limits, a new daw is clearly in order.

btw, just as a side question (since i cant afford it now anyway)...
where do you go in the US to get a new computer built with an amd? it seems nearly everyone builds with intel instead. is this the sort of thing you either (learn to) build yourself or try to find a good local computer shop to custom build for you?

-ugo

[bduffy]

...When you speak of the lottery of Mobos, do you (or anyone) know of motherboards that do not have any onboard audio/video/whatever? I'm sick and tired of having to disable or possibly fight with these ultra-background devices. And next time around, I don't want this to be an issue if I can help it.

Like I said bduffy,I'm always some time behind actual technology. But from what I've seen these days, almost ALL mobos do have most of the onboard stuff going like networkinterface, audio and a whole bunch of other stuff. If you really don't need or use the one or the other service/device, you can always disable it in the BIOS which is not such a big deal. You'll do it only once.
I'd say,try to stick with brand name stuff, your chances that the stuff is working will be a whole lot better IMHO. Of course they're not always perfect neither, but then they usually take much less time to fix stuff then.

As for your OEM version of Windows, does it come on it's separate CD-ROM with "Microsoft Windows" written on it? Or is it a simple recovery CD? If it's the latter, I'm afraid you're out of luck, if you have a real Windows Install CD then it should work. I do have a retail version,so I never had that problem

Regards
Raphael

Ah right, I forgot the "behind" part. I tried to stick with recommended 'brand name' stuff too this time. I had a bad experience with my last computer, hand-picked the components and still wound up with a lousy Mobo. Everything seemed fine with this one and the first thing I did was disable EVERY onboard device. Just wish it weren't so for audio people.

And yeah, all I have is a recovery CD. No fresh installs for me! Which is why I test everything at work and keep my machine clean at home.

[Hink]

thanks for all the advice guys. i'll see what i can do to improve the situation until i can get a new setup...since, between this issue, a few other things, and the fact that im always quickly pushing my cpu to its limits, a new daw is clearly in order.

btw, just as a side question (since i cant afford it now anyway)...
where do you go in the US to get a new computer built with an amd? it seems nearly everyone builds with intel instead. is this the sort of thing you either (learn to) build yourself or try to find a good local computer shop to custom build for you?

-ugo

Hi ugo, I found a place through audiomidi.com that is right up the street from me in Derry NH, I thought I saved it...I just got back from visiting dad at the hospital...I'll find it and pm it to you.....or you might just go to audiomidi.com and surf their site...if I found I'm sure you can twice as quickly...

[Lord Snarebottom]

Get yourself an ASUS A8V Deluxe and an AMD 64. I have EVERY device enabled, 2 UAD-1 cards and a Powercore Element. This system runs flawlessly. I'm even using the onboard firewire for my Tascam FW1884 and have absolutely no issues.

[Hink]

Get yourself an ASUS A8V Deluxe and an AMD 64. I have EVERY device enabled, 2 UAD-1 cards and a Powercore Element. This system runs flawlessly. I'm even using the onboard firewire for my Tascam FW1884 and have absolutely no issues.

Later I would like to ask you some questions about the tascam, if you don't mind I'll drop you a pm later...

[bduffy]

Get yourself an ASUS A8V Deluxe and an AMD 64. I have EVERY device enabled, 2 UAD-1 cards and a Powercore Element. This system runs flawlessly. I'm even using the onboard firewire for my Tascam FW1884 and have absolutely no issues.

Later I would like to ask you some questions about the tascam, if you don't mind I'll drop you a pm later...

Thanks for the tip! I'm taking a note of that for the next purchase. I'm also eyeing a Tascam 1884, that seems like a marvelous solution.

[ugo]

Hi ugo, I found a place through audiomidi.com that is right up the street from me in Derry NH, I thought I saved it...I just got back from visiting dad at the hospital...I'll find it and pm it to you.....or you might just go to audiomidi.com and surf their site...if I found I'm sure you can twice as quickly...

thanks for the tip hink. in all the times i've gone to that site, i never thought to look if they sold complete computers. is it one of the terra digital audio computers that you've got? the price on the M4 seems pretty reasonable, all things considered.

-ugo

[alligatorlizard]

I know this an old thread, but to reply to the OP's original question, I just ran into the same problem - every time I thought I'd nailed a guitar take dead in the groove, I'd listen back and the timing just sounded off. At first I thought it was just my playing, but after I'd recorded about a 100 takes of a certain part, and failed to get one that locked perfectly into the groove, I revisited all my settings, and tried un-checking the "adjust for recording latency" box. Then tried a few more takes, listened back, and hey presto they were all in time!

I still don't know exactly what this "adjust for record latency" box does, but whatever it is, it's not helping on my system...

It's a weird feeling, repeatedly recording what you think is a perfect take, then listening back and finding it doesn't seem to be in time - I'd really started to worry about my playing! But now when listening back, even if a takes not perfect, at least it sounds how I thought it sounded while recording it. I guess cubase was previously shifting it slightly one way or another to compensate for something that wasn't actually a problem.

btw, early on while diagnosing this, I'd done the loopback test (recording a click or similar back in to cubase and checking if it lines up with source track) and it showed no problem - another reason why I was convinced it was just my playing. I can only guess that the "adjust for record latency" box compensates for some latency in the Amplitube 4 plugin I'm recording thru, wheras I am timing my notes physically, i.e. pick-hitting-string with click.

Anyway, it's a nice feeling to know that my timing's not terrible! I'd started to resign myself to a lot of metronome practice... turns out all I needed to do was un-check a box