Latency issues

[Mark Swanson]

I think I have always had latency issues but worked around them for the most part. I have workarounds when using analog sources, I just monitor my sources using a mixing board and listen to things through that, sending whatever I am recording to Waveform from the preamp outputs.
But when I am using a MIDI source, I don't have that option and the latency is so bad that I can't deal with it. I am using a drum pad to play some drum parts, using Collective or a drum plug in, and I am also using a Roland guitar synth as a midi input device. I cannot understand why the latency is so bad that I can't use the guitar synth, and pretty terrible on the drum pad as well.
I am running each device into the MIDI port of my Behringer UMC 1820. It's a decent interface.
How can I deal with this?

[zzz00m]

If you are using Windows, I assume that you are only using the official ASIO driver that was supplied by Behringer.

If so what are your buffer settings? Your computer specs?

Here is a thread over at the Behringer forum...
https://forum.musictri.be/showthread.ph ... 20-latency

One thing to consider when using a MIDI trigger source, or any MIDI controller, is that the MIDI data needs to be processed by a virtual instrument plugin, then that audio data needs to be processed by the DACs in your audio device, then output to your monitors.

There are several possible delays that will occur along that signal path, which result in the perceived latency if they add up to too many milliseconds.

The obvious things to rule out: are you using the correct driver and buffer settings? If you are not getting dropouts, lower the buffer setting until you get dropouts, then increase until you don't, but the latency is acceptable. Every configuration is unique so you have to adjust to find a balance.

Secondly, is your computer actually capable of efficiently processing real-time audio (virtual instruments or FX plugins)?

[rosesbyrosex]

Try ASIO Driver
Try Voxengo Latency Delay Plugin Compensator